Add NYC flair to your letters with these vintage unused "Art Deco" (Chrysler Building) postage stamps! This classic Big Apple design is perfect for adding a touch of class to your cards and letters or save-the-dates and weddings. In pristine mint condition and valid for current postage use, each stamp holds a face value of 32-cents. These USPS postage stamps are suitable for current mailing when used with the total required postage based on the weight of your correspondence. Embrace the charm of New York City with this iconic postage stamp!

Purchase includes a total of TEN (10) mint condition postage stamps shown in the product listing photos.

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STAMP INFORMATION:

• Name: Art Deco (Chrysler Building)
• Series: Celebrate the Century — 1920s
• Year Issued: 1998
• Face Value: 32-cents each (USD)
• Topic(s): Art Deco Style, Chrysler Building, NYC, New York City
• Color(s): Blue, White
• Printing Method: Offset, Intaglio
• Scott Number: 3184j
• Adhesion Type: Gummed
• 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 HISTORY: The 1998 32¢ “Art Deco” postage stamp was issued by the U.S. Postal Service on May 28, 1998, as part of the "Celebrate the Century – 1920s" pane, one in a landmark series honoring the major events, people, and cultural trends of each decade of the 20th century. This "Art Deco" stamp represents the artistic and architectural brilliance of the 1920s—a decade defined by innovation, modernity, and the pursuit of beauty through design.

The "Celebrate the Century" program, launched in 1998, was one of the most ambitious commemorative projects in U.S. postal history. Beginning with the 1900s and continuing through the 1990s, the series included ten souvenir sheets, each featuring fifteen 32¢ stamps, for a total of 150 designs. The 1920s pane, issued in Bloomington, Indiana, captured the energy and optimism of the Jazz Age through images of cultural icons such as Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis, Babe Ruth, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, and the birth of Art Deco style.

The “Art Deco” stamp, designed under the direction of Carl T. Herrman, features a stylized architectural motif inspired by the movement that shaped the visual language of the 1920s and early 1930s. The design includes geometric forms, bold symmetry, and rich, radiant color—hallmarks of the Art Deco aesthetic. Its composition echoes the vertical dynamism of famous New York skyscrapers like the Chrysler Building and Empire State Building, both masterpieces of Art Deco architecture that embodied the era’s fascination with progress, elegance, and technological optimism.

Art Deco emerged after World War I as a visual expression of confidence and renewal. Originating in France and gaining international prominence after the 1925 Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, it combined modern materials and machine-age precision with fine craftsmanship and ornamentation. In America, the style flourished not only in architecture but also in industrial design, fashion, graphic arts, and even cinema, symbolizing the nation’s growing modern identity.

STAMP MEANING & SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE: The 1998 32¢ “Art Deco” postage stamp from the "Celebrate the Century – 1920s" pane honors the divine impulse to create beauty from order, to bring harmony, light, and elevation into the material world through art. The Art Deco movement that the stamp commemorates was not only a design style—it was a spiritual expression of humanity’s faith in progress, balance, and the transformative power of creativity.

The geometric symmetry of the stamp’s design, echoing the soaring lines of 1920s skyscrapers, reflects the ancient spiritual principle that beauty arises from proportion and unity. In this sense, Art Deco becomes a modern cathedral of form—an architecture of light and motion that elevates the human spirit through precision, rhythm, and radiance. Its gleaming metallics and upward thrusts evoke aspiration—the soul’s desire to rise, to transcend limitation, to reach the divine through the act of creation.

Emerging after the devastation of World War I, the Art Deco era symbolized a rebirth of hope. Spiritually, it represented humanity reimagining its relationship with the world—choosing to rebuild not in sorrow but in brilliance. The movement married machine-age innovation with ancient motifs, bridging science and spirit, technology and art. In this synthesis lies a profound truth: that progress need not erase beauty, and modernity need not abandon meaning. The stamp, with its luminous precision, embodies that harmony—an image of divine order expressed through human ingenuity.

Ultimately, the Art Deco stamp is a celebration of the spiritual power of beauty—the understanding that art is not a luxury, but a pathway to transcendence. It reminds us that every era, no matter how industrial or technological, hungers for grace. Through its quiet radiance, the stamp affirms that the human spirit, even amid the machinery of modern life, remains a creator of light, order, and wonder—a living reflection of the divine artistry that shapes the universe itself.

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).

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