Add cheerful vintage romance and colorful floral charm to your letters with these vintage unused "Love Flowers" postage stamps from the USPS "Love" series! Featuring the word “LOVE” created from an arrangement of flowers, this bright commemorative design is perfect for adding botanical color, retro romance, playful typography, and classic love symbolism to save-the-dates, wedding invitations, thank you cards, bridal shower invitations, engagement announcements, anniversary mailings, Valentine cards, and other snail mail. In pristine mint condition and valid for current postage use, each stamp holds a face value of 20-cents. These authentic USPS postage stamps are suitable for current mailing when used with the total required postage based on the weight of your mailing.

Purchase includes a total of TEN (10) mint condition "Love Flowers" 20-cent postage stamps shown in the product listing photos. These are NOT forever stamps — you must combine additional postage with this stamp to mail your correspondence according to current USPS postage rate requirements.

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STAMP INFORMATION:

• Stamp Name: Love Flowers
• Stamp Series: Love
• Year Issued: 1982
• Face Value: 20-cents (USD) per stamp
• Topic(s): Love Flowers, LOVE, Flowers, Floral Typography, Floral Art, Botanical Design, Romance, Wedding, Valentine’s Day, Colorful Flowers, Love, USPS Love Series, USPS Special Stamps
• Color(s): Pink, Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, White, Black, Multicolored
• Mailing Occasions: Wedding Invitations, Save-the-Dates, Floral Weddings, Garden Weddings, Colorful Weddings, Retro Weddings, Bridal Shower Invitations, Engagement Announcements, Anniversary Cards, Valentine Mailings, Love Letters, Thank You Notes, Everyday Correspondence
• Printing Method: Photogravure
• Scott Number: 1951
• Adhesion Type: Gummed (see adhesion instructions below)
• Stamp Size: 25 x 40 mm / 0.98 × 1.57 in
• Condition: Genuine Unused USPS Postage Stamps, Ready to Use for USPS Mailings, Mint Condition

STAMP DESCRIPTION & HISTORY: The 1982 Love Flowers stamp was issued as part of the USPS Love series and features the word “LOVE” created from brightly colored flowers. Artist Mary Faulconer designed the stamp in response to strong public demand for another Love-themed issue following the popularity of the original 1973 stamp. Rather than relying on a single heart or traditional romantic motif, Faulconer used flowers themselves to form the lettering, giving the design a cheerful botanical quality that feels especially natural for wedding mail. Issued on February 1, 1982, in Boston, Massachusetts, the stamp was printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing using photogravure. Its floral typography, vivid colors, and direct message of love make it especially appealing for weddings, anniversaries, Valentine correspondence, and other celebratory mail within the Love series.

FLOWER DESCRIPTION: The flowers in the Love Flowers design are stylized decorative blooms rather than clearly identified botanical species. Their varied colors and clustered forms create the letters of the word “LOVE,” transforming floral imagery into typography. The mix of pink, red, yellow, green, blue, and purple gives the stamp a lively garden-inspired palette that works beautifully for colorful weddings, floral invitation suites, spring and summer celebrations, retro stationery, and cheerful romantic correspondence.

STAMP MEANING & SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE: The Love Flowers design carries themes of affection, joy, beauty, growth, celebration, creativity, and love expressed openly. Flowers have long been associated with courtship, gratitude, romance, and meaningful occasions, while the word LOVE makes the message especially direct. For wedding invitations, save-the-dates, engagements, anniversaries, bridal showers, and thank you notes, this stamp offers a joyful symbol of relationships blooming and love being shared through both words and flowers.

STAMP SERIES HISTORY: The USPS Love series began in 1973 with Robert Indiana’s iconic LOVE design. After the popularity of that first issue, the Postal Service received continued requests for additional stamps centered on love and special occasions. The 1982 Love stamp became the second design in what would develop into the long-running series, using flowers to spell out the word “LOVE.” Over time, the Love series expanded to include hearts, roses, birds, lettering, decorative art, and other romantic imagery suited to Valentine’s Day, weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, and correspondence sent to loved ones.

GENUINE USPS POSTAGE: These unused vintage postage stamps are perfectly valid for use as current postage for mailing with USPS as long as you use an adequate amount of additional postage to achieve standard postage rates according to the weight of your mailing. Check current postage rates on the USPS website.

GUMMED STAMPS: These postage stamps have a traditional moisture-activated gum on the back. These stamps require licking or wetting to adhere to envelopes or other surfaces. To ensure good adhesion, apply vintage gummed stamps to your mailings with a glue stick (we recommend using Elmer's "Re-Stick" glue sticks).

PROCESSING & SHIPPING: Orders are typically processed and shipped within 1-3 business days of placing your order. All orders are shipped from California — please allow additional time for transit.

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TELL YOUR STORY IN STAMPS: We’ve worked with hundreds of couples and their stationers to custom design highly stylized personalized postage sets based on our customer’s life stories. We can help you curate personalized vintage postage sets to commemorate your save-the-date, wedding, shower, announcement, and other special occasions in a truly unique fashion. Drawing on our encyclopedic knowledge of every stamp ever issued by the USPS, and sourcing from our extensive inventory of collectable unused vintage stamps, we’ll help you tell your unique story in stamps!

ABOUT HERITAGE POST HOUSE: Jennifer Kramer is the founder of Heritage Post House, a boutique vintage postage house located in Northern California. Jennifer sources the most beautiful unused vintage postage stamps ever issued by USPS and artfully arranges them into curated postage sets that are sure to add a special touch to your invitations, announcements, and special mailings. In addition to creating pre-arranged postage sets, Jennifer also works with couples (and their stationers) to create one-of-a-kind custom postage arrangements for wedding invitations, save the dates, and other special occasions.

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Product Specifications

Length: 0.98 in.
Height: 0.01 in.
Width: 1.57 in.
Weight: 0.01 lbs.