Stamp Announcement 22-11: African Daisy Stamp

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On March 14, 2022, in Kansas City, MO, the United States Postal Service^® will issue the African Daisy Global Forever^® International rate stamp in one design, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 10 stamps (Item 580100). This stamp will go on sale nationwide March 14, 2022, and must not be sold or canceled before the first-day-of-issue.

African Daisy is a new Global Forever International rate stamp that can be used to mail a 1-ounce letter to any country in which First-Class Mail International^® service is available. Native to southern Africa, Osteospermum — called the African daisy — is widely available in U.S. nurseries. The stamp is round and features a photograph of an orange African daisy against a white background. The photo was shot from above and shows the detail of the central disk formed by tiny tubular florets surrounded by petal-like ray florets. Greg Breeding designed the stamp with an existing photograph by Cindy Dyer. William Gicker was the art director.

Availability to Post Offices: Item 580100, African Daisy (Global Forever Priced at the First-Class International Mail Rate) Pane of 10 Stamps

Stamp Fulfillment Services will not make an automatic push distribution to Post Offices. Post Offices may begin ordering stamps before the first-day-of-issue through SFS Web at sfsweb.usps.gov/sfsweb.

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 usps.com/shop. 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 – African Daisy Stamp
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 14, 2022.

How to Order First-Day Covers

The Postal Service also offers first-day covers for new stamp issues and Postal Service stationery items postmarked with the official first-day-of-issue cancellation. Each item has an individual catalog number and is offered in the USA Philatelic catalog and online at usps.com/shop. Customers may register to receive a free USA Philatelic catalog online at usps.com/philatelic.

Locally produced items are not authorized. Only merchandise that has been approved and assigned an item number by Headquarters Retail Marketing may be produced and sold.

— Stamp Services,
Marketing, 2-10-22