{"id":6279,"date":"2017-12-18T18:22:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T23:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=6279"},"modified":"2018-03-06T00:43:37","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T05:43:37","slug":"love-flourishes-u-s-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=6279","title":{"rendered":"Love Flourishes (U.S. 2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Scott catalogue number for this issue is 5255.<\/p>\n

From the USPS; further updates will appear after the initial, introductory entry:<\/em><\/p>\n

Love Flourishes<\/span><\/strong> (Love series) \"\"<\/span>Love Flourishes is the latest stamp in the Love series. The stamp art features a fanciful garden of colorful flowers surrounding the word \u201cLove.\u201d<\/p>\n

This stamp will be issued January 18th in Phoenix, Arizona, with a first-day ceremony.<\/p>\n

From the USPS, December 28th:<\/em>
\nLOVE IS IN THE AIR<\/strong><\/span>
\nPostal Service Issuing Love Flourishes Forever Stamp<\/p>\n

What:<\/strong> The U.S. Postal Service celebrates love of all kinds with the Love Flourishes Forever stamp. The event is free and open to the public. Please share the news using the hashtag #LoveStamp.<\/p>\n

When: <\/strong><\/span>Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, 10:00 a.m., Mountain Standard Time<\/p>\n

Where:<\/strong><\/span> CREATIVATION<\/a>
\nPhoenix Convention Center
\nBallroom North 120B
\n100 N. 3rd Street
\nPhoenix, AZ 85004<\/p>\n

\"\"Background:<\/strong><\/span> The Love Flourishes stamp art features a fanciful garden of colorful flowers surrounding the word \u201cLove\u201d written in cursive script. Hand-painted with opaque watercolors on paper by artist Anna Bond, the original art is whimsical and vibrant, at once retro and timeless. The flower garden includes stylized roses, peonies, and dahlias in pink, coral, and yellow, with pale blue-green berries and gold fronds and leaves. The word \u201cForever\u201d appears in the lower right-hand corner of the stamp, and \u201cUSA\u201d is on the lower left. Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamp using Bond\u2019s original art.<\/p>\n

Thanks to VSC member Lefty Dundee (see comment below) for the link to CREATIVATION<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Updated January 5th from the Postal Bulletin:<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"On January 18, 2018, in Phoenix, AZ, the U.S. Postal Service\u00ae will issue the Love Flourishes First-Class Mail\u00ae stamp (Forever\u00ae priced at 49 cents) in one design, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 564700). The stamp will go on sale nationwide January 18, 2018.<\/p>\n

Love Flourishes is the latest stamp in the popular Love series. The stamp art features a fanciful garden of colorful flowers surrounding the word \u201cLove\u201d written in cursive script. Hand-painted with gouache on paper by artist Anna Bond, the original art is whimsical and vibrant, at once retro and timeless. The flower garden includes stylized roses, peonies, and dahlias in pink, coral, and yellow, with pale blue-green berries and gold fronds and leaves. Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamp.<\/p>\n

Item 564700, Love Flourishes (Forever priced at 49 cents) Pane of 20 Stamps
\nStamp Fulfillment Services (SFS) will make an automatic push distribution to Post Offices\u2122 of a quantity to cover approximately 30 days of sales.<\/p>\n

How to Order the First-Day-of-Issue Postmark:<\/strong><\/span>
\nCustomers have 60 days to obtain the first-day-of-issue postmark by mail. They may purchase new stamps at their local Post Office, at The Postal Store\u00ae website at usps.com\/shop, or by phone at 800-782-6724. 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:<\/p>\n

FDOI \u2013 Love Flourishes Stamp<\/span><\/strong>
\n USPS Stamp Fulfillment Services<\/span><\/strong>
\n 8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300<\/span><\/strong>
\n Kansas City, MO 64144-9900<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

After applying the first-day-of-issue postmark, the Postal Service\u2122 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 March 18, 2018<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Philatelic products<\/span><\/strong> for this stamp issue are as follows:<\/p>\n