Add floral style to your letters with these stunning vintage unused Beautiful Blooms series "Red Gerbera Daisy" postage stamps! This classic botanical design is perfect for adding a pop of color to your save-the-dates, wedding invitations, thank you cards, shower invites, birth announcements, and other snail mail correspondence. In pristine mint condition and valid for current postage use, each stamp holds a face value of 41-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. Deliver floral elegance with this exquisite vintage postage stamp!

Purchase includes a total of TEN (10) mint condition 41-cent Red Gerbera Daisy postage stamps shown in the product listing photos.

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STAMP INFORMATION:

• Name: Red Gerbera Daisy
• Series: Beautiful Blooms
• Year Issued: 2007
• Face Value: 41-cents (USD) per stamp
• Topic(s): Flowers, Floral, Botanical, Fragrant, Gardening
• Color(s): Red, Yellow, Green, Multicolored
• Mailing Occasions: Wedding Invitations, Save the Date Announcements, Shower Invitations, Birth Announcements, Thank You Cards, Valentine’s Day, Snail Mail, and more…
• Printing Method: Photogravure
• Scott Number: 4181
• Adhesion Type: Self-adhesive
• Condition: Genuine Unused USPS Postage Stamps, Ready to Use for USPS Mailings, Mint Condition

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.

STAMP DESCRIPTION & HISTORY: The 41-cent “Red Gerbera Daisy” postage stamp is part of the United States Postal Service (USPS) Beautiful Blooms series, a modern floral program introduced to showcase flowers as expressive works of art rather than strict botanical studies. Issued by the USPS on August 10th, 2007, in Portland, Oregon, the series reflected a mid-2000s design shift toward bold color, painterly style, and emotionally resonant imagery suitable for everyday correspondence.

The stamp's design features a red gerbera daisy shown in striking close-up, its broad petals radiating outward from a dark, textured central disk. The petals are rendered in rich crimson and scarlet tones, with subtle variations in color and shading that suggest depth, movement, and freshness. The background is minimal and unobtrusive, keeping attention focused on the flower’s energetic form and intense color. The overall effect is cheerful, confident, and dynamic—capturing the gerbera daisy’s associations with happiness, optimism, and celebration.

FLOWER DESCRIPTION: Gerbera daisies are perennial plants with daisy-like flowers that come in many colors. Native to South Africa, these popular ornamental flowers have single or semi-double flowers that are 3–4 inches across. The flowers can be red, orange, yellow, white, pink, lavender, salmon, or bicolored. The center of the flower can be yellowish, light bronze, or black. Gerbera daisies symbolize innocence, purity, cheerfulness, and loyal love. They are often given as gifts for birthdays, congratulations, thank yous, and get well wishes. Known for their bright colors, gerbera daisies can lift someone's spirits.

STAMP MEANING & SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE: Gerbera daisies are widely associated with happiness, innocence, and celebration, and the red variety adds a deeper layer of meaning connected to passion, courage, and heartfelt expression. Spiritually, the gerbera’s radiating petals surrounding a strong central core symbolize an open heart balanced by inner stability. This structure reflects the idea of expressing emotions freely while remaining grounded in one’s truth. The flower’s bold symmetry and directness convey clarity and sincerity—qualities tied to authentic communication and emotional honesty.

STAMP SERIES HISTORY: The “Beautiful Blooms” series is a set of 10 different flowers designed by artist Carl T. Herrman of Carlsbad, California, and was first issued by the United States Postal Service (USPS) on August 10, 2007 in Portland, Oregon. Photographer Mark Laita of Culver City, California, created the artistic images of the beautiful blooms featured on these stamps. Unlike botanical or garden-specific programs that focused on realism or seasonal cycles, this series highlighted bold, decorative blossoms presented almost as portraits—lush, close-up views that emphasize color, texture, and visual impact. These magnificent flowers may be seen coast to coast, not only in gardens, but floating on ponds, and adorning trees. The flowers featured were popular, widely recognized blooms commonly associated with bouquets and celebrations. The ten flowers depicted on the Beautiful Blooms series stamps are echinacea (also known as the purple coneflower), tulip, water lily, poppy, spider chrysanthemum, orange gerbera daisy, iris, dahlia, vulcan magnolia, and red gerbera daisy.

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: 0.87 in.
Weight: 0.01 lbs.