Add classic romance and cheerful vintage charm to your letters with these vintage unused "Love — Envelope & Heart" postage stamps from the USPS "Love" series! Featuring a bold red heart emerging from an open blue envelope against a green background, this nostalgic commemorative design is perfect for adding love-letter imagery, Valentine style, colorful retro charm, and heartfelt 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 29-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 TWENTY (20) mint condition "Love — Envelope & Heart" 29-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 — Envelope & Heart
• Stamp Series: Love
• Year Issued: 1992
• Face Value: 29-cents (USD) per stamp
• Topic(s): Love, Heart, Envelope, Love Letter, Romance, Valentine’s Day, Wedding, Engagement, Anniversary, Correspondence, Red Heart, Blue Envelope, USPS Love Series, USPS Commemorative Stamps
• Color(s): Red, Blue, Green, White, Black, Multicolored
• Mailing Occasions: Wedding Invitations, Save-the-Dates, Romantic Weddings, Valentine Weddings, Bridal Shower Invitations, Engagement Announcements, Anniversary Cards, Valentine Mailings, Love Letters, Thank You Notes, Birthday Cards, Everyday Correspondence
• Printing Method: Photogravure
• Scott Number: 2618
• Adhesion Type: Gummed (see adhesion instructions below)
• Stamp Size: 30 x 24 mm / 1.18 × 0.94 in
• Condition: Genuine Unused USPS Postage Stamps, Ready to Use for USPS Mailings, Mint Condition

STAMP DESCRIPTION & HISTORY: The 1992 Love — Envelope & Heart stamp was issued as part of the USPS Love series in time for Valentine’s Day. The design features a large red heart rising from an open blue envelope against a green background, creating a simple and instantly recognizable visual metaphor for sending affection through the mail. Artist Uldis Purins designed the stamp, giving the composition a bold graphic quality that feels both playful and distinctly early-1990s. Issued on February 6, 1992, in Loveland, Colorado, the design was especially fitting for a city long associated with Valentine postmarks and romantic correspondence. Printed by photogravure, the stamp combines colorful geometric design with the timeless imagery of a love letter, making it especially appealing for weddings, engagements, anniversaries, and heartfelt everyday mail.

STAMP MEANING & SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE: The Love — Envelope & Heart design carries themes of affection, communication, devotion, openness, connection, and expressing what is held in the heart. The red heart emerging from an envelope can be interpreted as love being shared through words and correspondence, making the design particularly meaningful for wedding invitations, save-the-dates, engagement announcements, anniversaries, Valentine mailings, and thank you notes. As vintage postage, it adds a joyful reminder that even a simple letter can carry deeply personal meaning.

STAMP SERIES HISTORY: The USPS Love series began in 1973 with Robert Indiana’s iconic LOVE design and gradually developed into one of the Postal Service’s most recognizable recurring themes. Over the years, Love stamps have featured hearts, flowers, birds, lettering, romantic couples, and decorative imagery intended for Valentine’s Day as well as weddings, anniversaries, and other meaningful correspondence. The 1992 issue used the familiar imagery of an envelope and heart to connect romantic sentiment directly with the act of sending mail, giving the design a particularly natural relationship to wedding stationery, love letters, and special-event correspondence.

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: 1.18 in.
Height: 0.01 in.
Width: 0.94 in.
Weight: 0.01 lbs.