The Postal Service dedicated the latest stamp in its Love series at the Kutztown, PA, Post Office on Jan. 17.
The Love (2025) stamp features two faceless moving figures reaching toward a red heart. It is from an untitled 1985 work by artist Keith Haring (1959-1990), who was raised in Kutztown.
The image allows the viewer to project their own meaning of love in the context of their choosing.
“It is the absolute perfect image to have for love. Keith’s universal symbols mean that love is for everybody,” said Karen DeLong, the artist’s sister, who took part in the dedication along with Kutztown Postmaster Bruno Facini Jr.
“I think it’s really special to have this in Kutztown, because this is where he was from,” DeLong said. “Everybody that’s known him through the years, he would always introduce himself in New York as Keith from Kutztown.”
Friends, family members and locals filled the Post Office — site of a New Deal-era mural — for the event.
“It’s a really inclusive stamp,” said Martin Maguss, a customer. “It shows Keith’s iconography to the best. He was a humanitarian, and I am so excited to be here.”
