Announced October 23, 2023:
A new series of low denomination stamps will debut in 2024. Each stamp will showcase a different flower design: 1-cent fringed tulip, 2-cent daffodils, 3-cent peonies, 5-cent red tulips and 10-cent poppies and coneflowers. Photographer Harold Davis combines innovative technology with digital painting and photographic techniques to arrive at his unique floral designs. These stamps will be available in panes of 20 and coils of 10,000. Ethel Kessler, an art director for USPS, designed the stamps.
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Will all five stamps be issued on the same date, or each on a separate date? Here are larger versions of each stamp; I think if you click on each of these pictures, you’ll get an even larger view:
They won’t all be on the same pane/coil right?
These make sense in coil format but who would buy these denominations in a pane? Without any research, I think low denomination stamps are usually done in coils. At least all the junk mail I get has coil stamps of low denomination.
Uh, me.
Well of course, back in the days before “Forever” stamps, we needed a pane of low denominations to make up our old first class stamps shortage when a new rate was imposed. But today? Who else besides collectors?
As long as we exist, so would they.😃
People sending mail internationally, especially postcrossers. You need two first-class stamps, plus (right now) 19 cents extra. I can’t wait for these!!
But would all denominations be on the same coil/pane…do you think?
Again, depending on their purpose, they might all show up on one pane but certainly not on coils which are used primarily for automated affixing at mail processing plants. Somebody out there has a definitive answer for you. (No pun intended).
The current low denomination stamps in both formats are the 4 & 5¢ blueberries and grapes. The 1, 2 & 3¢ (apples, lemons, and strawberries) are coil only). I use these to fill in postage because I have 37, 39 & 42¢ stamps from yesteryear.
I don’t think so, Mary. I’m not even sure these will all be issued on the same day.
I have pre-“Forever” stamps and use them and the extra-ounce stamps to make up a total of 68¢. They were given to me, so I rarely use the Forever stamps unless they’re for birthday cards, etc.
My final response on this thread is to say that each of these stamps are absolutely beautiful and for me, some of the best stamp artwork I’ve seen in some time. Can’t wait to see them become available.
Same. Personally, I was expecting USPS to release panes for 1c Apple, 2c Lemon, and 3c Strawberry, like they did with the American Design Series.
I just realized that each stamp has the same number of flowers as the value in cents. That’s a fun design element.
Good observation! Thank you.