The Postal Service will release its Holiday Cheer stamps on Saturday, Sept. 13.
Each of the four stamps features mixed-media illustrations highlighting seasonal flora and fauna in vivid shades of red and green:
• Three scarlet amaryllis flowers with bright green stalks tied together with a red ribbon;
• A holiday wreath with various shades of green leaves interspersed with holly berries and a large red bow at the top;
• A yellow Bartlett pear, a red pomegranate and a reddish-orange clementine nestled against the branch of an evergreen tree; and
• Two crimson cardinals perched on a mistletoe branch.
Derry Noyes, an art director for USPS, designed the stamps featuring collages by Denise Fiedler.
The artist used acrylic paints on paper from a vintage gardening book before cutting, layering and pasting shapes onto cotton board to craft each image.
A dedication ceremony will be held at the National Postal Museum in Washington, DC.
The Forever stamps will be available in booklets of 20 at Post Offices and on usps.com.
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