{"id":18560,"date":"2024-11-16T19:45:40","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T00:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=18560"},"modified":"2025-02-28T15:34:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T20:34:20","slug":"love-2025-us-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=18560","title":{"rendered":"Love (2025) (US 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the USPS press release November 15, 2024:<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This new Love stamp celebrates the universal experience of love with a work by artist Keith Haring (1958\u20131990). With a deceptively simple and now-iconic style, Haring\u2019s work is instantly recognizable. This stamp features Haring\u2019s 1985 Untitled drawing. Antonio Alcal\u00e1, an art director for USPS, believes that this drawing makes for an ideal new stamp in this popular series. \u201cThe non-specificity of the figures allows a variety of people to see themselves in this stamp,\u201d Alcal\u00e1 says. \u201cPartners getting married, celebrating an anniversary, siblings sending each other a heartfelt greeting, or even party planners setting a positive tone for their event.\u201d<\/p>\n

Updates will be added below line, with the most recent at the top.<\/p>\n

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Updated February 28th<\/sup>:<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Scott catalogue number for this issue is 5953.<\/p>\n

Updated December 26th<\/sup>:<\/strong><\/span>
\nHere are the first-day postmarks available for this issue:\"\"<\/a>The Digital Color Postmark measures 1.54″x0.98″\"\"<\/a>The Pictorial Postmark measures 1.52″x0.97″\"\"<\/a>There is a “special” postmark which post offices other than Kutztown may use in connection with the stamp, including on the “first day of sale”<\/span> (that is again being allowed). It measures 2.42″x0.95″<\/p>\n

Updated December<\/span> 12th<\/sup>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

On January 17, 2025, in Kutztown, PA, the United States Postal Service\u00ae will issue the Love stamp (Forever\u00ae priced at the First-Class Mail\u00ae rate), in one design, in a pressure-\"\"<\/a>sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 581800). This stamp will go on sale nationwide January 17, 2025, and must not be sold or canceled before the first-day-of-issue.<\/p>\n

This new Love stamp celebrates the universal experience of love with a work by artist Keith Haring (1958\u20131990). The stamp features Haring\u2019s 1985 Untitled drawing. Two moving figures reach toward a red heart, a theme he returned to throughout his career. Antonio Alcal\u00e1, an art director for USPS, selected the Haring artwork for the stamp design.<\/p>\n

Automatic distribution.<\/p>\n

A Special Dedication Postmark is available.<\/p>\n

How to Order the First-Day-of-Issue Postmark:<\/strong><\/span>
\nCustomers have 120 days to obtain the first-day-of-issue postmark by mail. They may purchase new stamps at their local Post Office\u00ae or at The Postal Store\u00ae 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 \"\"<\/a>addressed to:<\/p>\n

FDOI \u2013 Love Stamp
\nUSPS Stamp Fulfillment Services
\n8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300
\nKansas City, MO 64144-9900<\/strong><\/span><\/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 May 17, 2025.<\/p>\n

Technical Specifications:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Issue: Love Stamp
\nItem Number: 581800
\nDenomination & Type of Issue: First-Class Mail Forever
\n\"\"<\/a>Format: Pane of 20 (1 design)
\nSeries: Love
\nIssue Date & City: January 17, 2025, Kutztown, PA 19530
\nArt Director: Antonio Alcal\u00e1, Alexandria, VA
\nDesigner: Antonio Alcal\u00e1, Alexandria, VA
\nExisting Art: Keith Haring
\nModeler: Sandra Lane \/ Michelle Finn
\nManufacturing Process: Offset, Microprint
\nPrinter: Banknote Corporation of America
\nPress Type: Alprinta 74
\nStamps per Pane: 20
\nPrint Quantity: 175,000,000 stamps
\nPaper Type: Phosphor, Block Tag
\nAdhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive
\nColors: PMS 185 C, PMS Black 6 C
\nStamp Orientation: Vertical
\nImage Area (w x h): 0.7700 x 1.0500 in. \/ 19.5580 x 26.6700 mm.
\nOverall Size (w x h): 0.9100 x 1.1900 in. \/ 23.1140 x 30.2260 mm.
\nFull Pane Size (w x h): 5.5500 x 5.7600 in. \/ 140.9700 x 146.3040 mm.
\nPress Sheets Size (w x h): 22.2000 x 11.5200 in. \/ 563.8800 x 292.6080 mm.
\n\"\"<\/a>Plate Size: 320 stamps per revolution
\nPlate Number: \u201cB\u201d followed by two (2) single digits
\nMarginal Markings:
\nFront: Plate number in four corners
\nBack: \u00a9 Keith Haring Foundation. Licensed by Artestar, New York \u2022 \u00a9 2024 USPS \u2022 USPS Logo \u2022 Two barcodes (581800) \u2022 Plate position diagram (8) \u2022 Promotional text<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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