Announced October 23, 2023:

These stamps will be available for mailers who enjoy adorning their cards and letters with beautiful stamps depicting nature scenes. In each of the four photographs, a different female ruby-throated hummingbird hovers next to either a zinnia, cigar flower, spotted touch-me-not or sunflower. Garden Delights will be issued in booklets of 20. Greg Breeding, an art director for USPS, designed the stamps using existing photographs by wildlife photographer Ben King.

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

Updated February 8^th:
Here are the first-day postmarks for this issue:The Digital Color Postmark measures 2.87″ x 1.38″ There is no Pictorial Postmark for this issue.

From the Postal Bulletin:

On March 16, 2024, in Strongsville, OH, the United States Postal Service® will issue the Garden Delights stamps (Forever® priced at the First-Class Mail® rate) in four designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) double-sided booklet of 20 stamps (Item 684700). These stamps will go on sale March 16, 2024, and must not be sold or canceled before the first-day-of-issue.

Garden Delights celebrates the flora and fauna of America’s spring and summer gardens with four colorful stamps in a booklet of 20. Each stamp showcases a single, female ruby-throated hummingbird hovering next to either a zinnia, cigar flower, spotted touch-me-not, or sunflower. Greg Breeding designed the stamps using existing photographs by wildlife photographer Ben King.

Availability to Post Offices: Item 684700, Garden Delights (Forever Priced at the First-Class Mail Rate) Double-sided Booklet of 20 Stamps: 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 – Garden Delights Stamps
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 July 16, 2024.

Technical Specifications:

Issue: Garden Delights Stamps
Item Number: 684700
Denomination & Type of Issue: First-Class Mail Forever
Format: Double-sided Booklet of 20 (4 designs)
Series: N/A
Issue Date & City: March 16, 2024, Strongsville, OH 44136
Designer: Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA
Art Director: Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA
Existing Photos: Ben King, Charlottesville, VA
Modeler: Joseph Sheeran
Manufacturing Process: Offset
Printer: Ashton Potter
Press Type: Muller A76
Stamps per Booklet: 20
Print Quantity: 525,000,000
Paper Type: Nonphosphored Type III, Block Tag Applied
Adhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive
Colors: Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
Stamp Orientation: Horizontal
Image Area (w x h): 1.0500 x 0.7700 in. / 26.6700 x
19.5580 mm
Stamp Size (w x h): 1.1900 x 0.9100 in. / 30.2260 x
23.1140 mm
Booklet Size (w x h): 5.7600 x 2.3800 in. / 146.3040 x
60.4520 mm
Plate Size: 880 stamps per revolution
Plate Numbers: “P” followed by four (4) single digits
Marginal Markings: Header: “Garden Delights” Twenty First-Class Forever Stamps • © 2023 USPS in peel strip area • Barcode • USPS logo • Promotional text • Plate number in peel strip area

Updated January 27^th:
The Garfield-Perry Stamp Club will host a local first day ceremony for this issue at its March Party stamp show.

Updated November 30^th:
These stamps will be issued Saturday, March 16, in Strongsville, Ohio, without a “headquarters” first-day ceremony.