Object Details
- Printer
- Avery Dennison
- Description
- The Postal Service issued a 37-cent Love - Candy Hearts special stamp in a pressure-sensitive adhesive pane of twenty on January 14, 2004, in Revere, Massachusetts. The stamp features candy hearts, one pink and one yellow, with words and a heart symbol printed on them to spell out "I love you." These little tokens of affection, bearing brief messages, have been a Valentine's Day tradition for more than a century.
- The stamp was designed by Michael Osborne, San Francisco, California. Avery Dennison (AVR) printed 750 million stamps using the gravure process.
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin (December 11, 2003/ March 4, 2004).
- mint
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- January 14, 2004
- Object number
- 2004.2005.54
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (multicolor); self-adhesive
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 1 1/4 × 1 in. (3.18 × 2.54 cm)
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 3833
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Contemporary (1990-present)
- Holidays & Celebrations
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_2004.2005.54
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8dc7d9ab8-beeb-404f-a762-2348328e24de
