Announced November 1, 2021:
The Sunflower Bouquet 2-ounce stamp features an array of sunflowers, irises and other small flowers priced to accommodate the weight of heavy invitations, oversize greeting cards and other mailings that require extra postage. The Sunflower Bouquet stamp is similar in design to the new Tulips Forever stamp, and the two form a natural pair. The stamp was designed by art director Ethel Kessler, with digital photography by Harold Davis.
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Updated May 2nd: The Scott catalogue number for this issue is 5682.
Updated February 16th:
Here is the Digital Color Postmark for this issue:I
It measures 2.0″ x 1.45″.
There is no pictorial postmark for this issue, just the FIRST DAY OF ISSUE “killer bar.”
Updated February 10th:
On March 24, 2022, in Lawrence, KS, the United States Postal Service® will issue the Sunflower Bouquet stamp (priced at the Non-denominated, 2-ounce mail rate) in one design, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 578300). This stamp will go on sale nationwide, March 24, 2022 and must not be sold or canceled before the first-day-of-issue.
This stamp features a still life image of several orange-and-yellow sunflowers intermingled with irises, dahlias, echinacea (coneflowers), and other small red, purple, white, and pink flowers against a white background. As a 2-ounce stamp, Sunflower Bouquet can accommodate the weight of heavy invitations for birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, and other celebrations; oversized greeting cards; and mailings such as small gifts that require extra postage. This stamp is similar in design to the Tulips Forever® stamp, also issued in 2022, and the two form a natural pair. Art director Ethel Kessler designed the stamp, which features digital photography by Harold Davis.
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