Stamp Announcement 23-15: Tulip Blossoms Stamps

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On April 5, 2023, in Woodburn, OR, the United States Postal Service^® will issue the Tulip Blossoms stamps (Forever^® priced at the First-Class Mail^® rate) in 10 designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) double-sided booklet of 20 stamps (Item 684200), a PSA coil of 3,000 stamps (Item 751500), and a PSA coil of 10,000 stamps (Item 761700). These stamps will go on sale nationwide April 5, 2023, and must not be sold or canceled before the first-day-of-issue.

Ten different stamps in a booklet of 20, as well as coils of 3,000 and 10,000, feature close-up photographs of beautiful tulip blossoms in a rainbow of colors. Each flower fills almost the entire frame of each stamp, with just the top of the stem showing. Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamps with existing photographs by Denise Ippolito.

Availability to Post Offices: Item 684200, Tulip Blossoms (Forever Priced at the First-Class Mail Rate) Double-sided Booklet of 20 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.

Availability to Post Offices: Item 751500, Tulip Blossoms (Forever Priced at the First-Class Mail Rate) Coil of 3,000 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.

Availability to Post Offices: Item 761700, Tulip Blossoms (Forever Priced at the First-Class Mail Rate) Coil of 10,000 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 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 addressed to:

FDOI – Tulip Blossoms Stamps
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 August 5, 2023.

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 store.usps.com/store/home. 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, 2-23-23