Announced by the USPS on May 3rd:
These stamps celebrate the warmth and cheer that flowers and berries bring to our natural landscapes, even after a surprise snow.
In these hand-sketched and painted designs, the artist uses light, shadow and luminous color to evoke the beauty of 10 species: camellia, winter aconite, crocus, hellebore, winterberry, pansy, plum blossom, grape hyacinth, daffodil and ranunculus.
Derry Noyes designed the stamps with original oil paintings by Gregory Manchess.
The Snowy Beauty stamps will be released in Guilford, IN, without a first-day-of-issue ceremony this fall.
Additional information will be posted below the line, with the most recent info near the top.
Updated December 1st:
The Scott Catalog numbers for this issue are
- 5727 Camellia
- 5728 Winter Aconite
- 5729 Crocuses
- 5730 Hellebore
- 5731 Winterberry
- 5732 Pansies
- 5733 Plum Blossoms
- 5734 Grape Hyacinths
- 5735 Daffodils
- 5736 Ranunculus
- a. Convertible booklet pane of 20, 2 each #5727-5736
Updated September 21st:
On October 11, 2022, in Guilford, IN, the United States Postal Service® will issue the Snowy Beauty stamps (Forever® priced at the First-Class Mail® rate) in 10 designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) double-sided booklet (Item 684000). These stamps will go on sale nationwide October 11, 2022, and must not be sold or canceled before the first-day-of-issue.
Snowy Beauty celebrates the unexpected beauty of flowers in snow. The stamp designs, painted in oils on panel, feature 10 different plants:
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Camellia,
- Crocus,
- Hellebore,
- Winterberry,
- Pansy,
- Plum blossom,
- Grape hyacinth,
- Daffodil,
- Ranunculus, and
- Winter aconite.
Winter aconite is also shown on the cover of this booklet of 20 stamps. Art director Derry Noyes designed the stamps with original art by Gregory Manchess.
No automatic distribution.
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 – Snowy Beauty 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 February 11, 2023.
Technical Specifications:
Issue: Snowy Beauty Stamps
Item Number: 684000
Denomination & Type of Issue: First-Class Mail Forever
Format: Double-sided Booklet of 20 (10 designs)
Series: N/A
Issue Date & City: October 11, 2022, Guilford, IN 47022
Art Director: Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
Designer: Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
Artist: Gregory Manchess, Fort Thomas, KY
Modeler: Joseph Sheeran
Manufacturing Process: Offset
Printer: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd (APU)
Press Type: Muller A76
Stamps per Booklet: 20
Print Quantity: 300,000,000 stamps
Paper Type: Nonphosphored Type III, Block Tag
Adhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive
Colors: Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
Stamp Orientation: Horizontal
Image Area (w x h): 1.05 x 0.77 in/26.67 x 19.558 mm
Overall Size (w x h): 1.19 x 0.91 in/30.226 x 23.114 mm
Full Pane Size (w x h): 2.38 x 5.76 in/60.452 x 146.304 mm
Plate Size: 880 stamps per revolution
Plate Number: “P” followed by four (4) single digits
Marginal Markings: Header: Snowy Beauty, Twenty First-Class Forever Stamps • USPS logo • Barcode • ©2022 USPS in peel strip area • Plate number in peel strip area • Promotional text in peel strip area
Updated September 13th:
Here are the first-day postmarks for this issue:
