Announced October 23, 2023:

The 2024 Love stamp features a stylized bird in flight bearing a message of love in its beak. Made of four geometric shapes shown against a rich red background, the white bird carries a pink envelope sealed with a red heart. Antonio Alcalá, an art director for USPS, designed this stamp with an original digital illustration by Katie Kirk.

Further information will be posted below the line, with the newest information at the top.

Updated March 2^nd:
The Scott catalogue number for this issue is 5826.

Updated January 14^ht:
Photographs from the first-day ceremony, courtesy Lewis Burchett:Burchett at the ceremony with some of the FDCs he serviced. Burchett’s autographed ceremony program.

Updated January 1^st:
Linn’s Stamp News reports that the Romance, Arkansas, post office will hold a local ceremony at 11 a.m.

Updated December 18^th:
Here are the first-day postmarks for this issue:The Digital Color Postmark measures 2.19″ x 1.49″The Pictorial Postmark measures 2.50″ x 1.25″

From the Postal Bulletin:

On January 12, 2024, in Romance, AR, the United States Postal Service® will issue the Love 2024 stamp (Forever® priced at the First-Class Mail® rate) in one design, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 581100). This stamp will go on sale nationwide January 12, 2024, and must not be sold or canceled before the first-day-of-issue.
The new Love 2024 stamp is a reminder that the sentiments we send are larger than the letters and cards that convey them. The stamp features a stylized white bird made of four geometric shapes shown against a rich red background. Facing the upper right corner of the stamp, the bird carries in its beak a pink envelope sealed with a red heart. Art director Antonio Alcalá designed this stamp with a digital illustration by Katie Kirk.

No automatic distribution.

How to Order the First-Day-of-Issue Postmark:
Customers have 120 days to obtain the first-day-of-issue postmark by mail. They may purchase new stamps at their local Post Office™ or at The Postal Store® website at store.usps.com/store/home. They must affix the stamps to envelopes of their choice, address the envelopes (to themselves or others), and place them in a larger envelope addressed to:

FDOI – Love 2024 Stamp
USPS Stamp Fulfillment Services
8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300
Kansas City, MO 64144-9900

After applying the first-day-of-issue postmark, the Postal Service™ will return the envelopes through the mail. There is no charge for the postmark up to a quantity of 50. There is a 5-cent charge for each additional postmark over 50. All orders must be postmarked by May 12, 2024.

Technical Specifications:

Issue: Love 2024 Stamp
Item Number: 581100
Denomination & Type of Issue: First-Class Mail Forever
Format: Pane of 20 (1 design)
Series: Love
Issue Date & City: January 12, 2024, Romance, AR 72136
Art Director: Antonio Alcalá, Alexandria, VA
Designer: Antonio Alcalá, Alexandria, VA
Illustrator: Katie Kirk, Minneapolis, MN
Modeler: Joseph Sheeran
Manufacturing Process: Offset, Microprint
Printer: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd (APU)
Press Type: Muller A76
Stamps per Pane: 20
Print Quantity: 200,000,000 stamps
Paper Type: Nonphosphored Type III, Block Tag Applied
Adhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive
Colors: PMS 1795C Red, PMS 1905C Pink, Black
Stamp Orientation: Vertical
Image Area (w x h): 0.7700 x 1.0500 in. / 19.5580 x 26.6700 mm
Overall Size (w x h): 0.9100 x 1.1900 in. / 23.1140 x 30.2260 mm
Full Pane Size (w x h): 5.5500 x 5.7600 in. / 140.9700 x 146.3040 mm
Press Sheets Size (w x h): 22.2000 x 11.5200 in. / 563.8800 x 292.6080 mm
Plate Size: 320 stamps per revolution
Plate Number: “P” followed by three (3) single digits
Marginal Markings:
Front: Plate number in four corners
Back: © 2023 USPS • USPS logo • Two barcodes (581100) • Plate position diagram (8) • Promotional text

Updated November 30^th:
This stamp will be issued Friday, January 12, in Romance, Arkansas, without a “headquarters” first-day ceremony