A high-resolution image of the stamp is available for media use only by emailing mark.r.saunders@usps.gov

LOUISVILLE, KY — The Postal Service will reissue the Wedding Cake stamp in a 66-cent version to accommodate the one-cent price change that goes into effect Jan. 27.

The stamp will be unveiled during the American Philatelic Society’s AmeriStamp Expo at the Kentucky International Convention Center, 221 S. Fourth St., on Friday, Jan. 18. The unveiling will be held at noon in Room L4. Ellen Williams, member of the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors, will be the keynote speaker.

As a special treat, the Postal Service in Louisville is hosting a Wedding Cake Stamp-Off competition, inviting local bakeries to share their unique wedding cake designs featuring a USPS theme. Judging will begin at 11 a.m. in the lobby of the convention center (4th Street entrance). Judges will include Chef David Dodd, director for Sullivan University’s National Center for Hospitality Studies, John Carlos White, publisher and editor in chief of Food and Dining Magazine, and Alice Columbo, former assistant food critic for The Courier-Journal.

The Wedding Cake stamp, first introduced in 2009 and sold at the two-ounce rate, accommodates the heavier weight of an invitation, as well as other mailings such as oversize cards or small gifts that require extra postage. The stamp art features a photograph taken by Renée Comet of Washington, DC, of a three-tier wedding cake topped with white flowers. The cake was created and designed by pastry chef Peter Brett of Washington, DC. Art director Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, MD, designed the stamp.

The stamp is available in panes of 20 and may be purchased at the event, at usps.com/stamps, by phone at 800-STAMP24 (800-782-6724) and at Post Offices nationwide.

Ordering First-Day Postmarks
Customers have 60 days to obtain the first-day-of-issue postmark by mail, which also will be available at the event. They should affix the stamps to envelopes of their choice, address the envelopes to themselves or others, and place them in a larger envelope addressed to:

Wedding Cake Stamp
Retail Manager
U.S. Postal Service
4500 Annshire Ave.
Louisville, KY 40213

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. All orders must be postmarked by March 18, 2013.

The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

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