Add cheerful floral color and thoughtful vintage charm to your letters with these vintage unused "Thinking of You" postage stamps from the USPS "Special Occasions" series! Featuring a variety of colorful flowers against a sunny orange background, this warm design is perfect for adding floral imagery, retro color, friendship symbolism, and heartfelt sentiment to wedding invitations, save-the-dates, thank you cards, bridal shower invitations, engagement announcements, anniversary mailings, sympathy notes, friendship cards, and other snail mail. In pristine mint condition and valid for current postage use, each stamp holds a face value of 25-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 "Thinking of You" 25-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: Thinking of You
• Stamp Series: Special Occasions
• Year Issued: 1988
• Face Value: 25-cents (USD) per stamp
• Topic(s): Thinking of You, Flowers, Floral Design, Flower Bouquet, Friendship, Correspondence, Greeting Cards, Special Occasions, Thoughtfulness, Love, Wedding, Sympathy, USPS Special Occasions
• Color(s): Orange, Yellow, Pink, Red, Green, Blue, White, Multicolored
• Mailing Occasions: Wedding Invitations, Save-the-Dates, Floral Weddings, Garden Weddings, Thank You Notes, Friendship Cards, Thinking of You Cards, Sympathy Notes, Get Well Cards, Bridal Shower Invitations, Engagement Announcements, Anniversary Cards, Everyday Correspondence
• Printing Method: Photogravure
• Scott Number: 2397
• Adhesion Type: Gummed (see adhesion instructions below)
• Stamp Size: 27.5 x 45 mm / 1.08 × 1.77 in
• 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 1988 "Thinking of You" stamp was issued as part of the USPS "Special Occasions" series and features a colorful arrangement of flowers set against a sunny orange background. Designer Harry Zelenko created the Special Occasions designs in what USPS described as a simple greeting-card style, pairing clear imagery with direct sentiments for personal correspondence. Issued on October 22, 1988, in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, the 25-cent stamp paid the contemporary First-Class Mail letter rate. It was printed by the American Bank Note Company using photogravure and issued in booklet panes of six. Its bright floral imagery and gentle message make it especially versatile for weddings, thank you notes, friendship mail, sympathy correspondence, and other thoughtful occasions.

FLOWER DESCRIPTION: The flowers in the "Thinking of You" design are presented as a colorful decorative assortment rather than as specifically identified botanical species. Their bright forms and varied colors create a cheerful floral composition against the orange background, giving the stamp a warm and optimistic character. This makes it especially well suited to floral weddings, garden celebrations, thank you notes, friendship cards, valentines, sympathy mail, and correspondence meant to express care or remembrance.

STAMP MEANING & SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE: The "Thinking of You" design carries themes of remembrance, care, friendship, affection, empathy, gratitude, and emotional connection. Flowers are often used to communicate feelings that may be difficult to express directly, while the phrase “Thinking of You” makes the sentiment immediate and personal. For wedding invitations, thank you notes, sympathy messages, friendship cards, and other meaningful correspondence, the stamp offers a gentle visual expression of care and connection.

STAMP SERIES HISTORY: The USPS "Special Occasions" series was created to provide stamps specifically suited to personal celebrations and everyday greeting-card correspondence. The 1988 booklet focused on four of the most requested sentiments: “Happy Birthday,” “Best Wishes,” “Thinking of You,” and “Love You.” The stamps were arranged across two se-tenant booklet panes of six in a redesigned format that made individual stamps easier to remove. The Thinking of You design paired a simple floral image with an especially versatile message, making it useful across celebrations, friendship, sympathy, and everyday personal mail.

QUESTIONS? We love hearing from our customers and replies to inquires are usually answered the same day. Need more of this stamp? Looking for a particular stamp not found on our website? Want a curated postage set for your special event? Contact us with questions about vintage postage stamps and our services…

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: 1.08 in.
Height: 0.01 in.
Width: 1.77 in.
Weight: 0.01 lbs.