Add floral style to your letters with these stunning vintage unused Beautiful Blooms series "Dahlia" 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 Dahlia postage stamps shown in the product listing photos.

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STAMP INFORMATION:

• Name: Dahlia
• Series: Beautiful Blooms
• Year Issued: 2007
• Face Value: 41-cents (USD) per stamp
• Topic(s): Flowers, Floral, Botanical, Fragrant, Gardening, Mexico’s National Flower
• Color(s): Red, Yellow, 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: 4179
• 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 “Dahlia” 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 fully opened dahlia blossom shown in close-up, filling the frame with layers of tightly arranged petals radiating from the center. The petals are rendered in rich, saturated red hues, with subtle gradations of color and shading that emphasize the flower’s intricate geometry and sculptural form. A restrained background keeps attention focused on the bloom itself, amplifying its sense of abundance and visual drama. The overall effect is bold yet refined—capturing the dahlia’s associations with strength, creativity, and cultivated elegance.

FLOWER DESCRIPTION: Dahlias are perennials with colorful flowers that grow from underground tubers. They are native to Mexico and Central America and are the national flower of Mexico. Dahlias come in many colors, including white, yellow, orange, red, and purple. They can be solid in color, patterned, or have different colors at the edges. Dahlia petals can be round or pointed, straight or curled, long or short, and uniform or spaced irregularly. Dahlia flowers can be simple star arrangements, complex spherical balls, or waterlily blooms. Fun fact, the tubers of dahlias can be eaten like potatoes or carrots.

While dahlias are native to Mexico and Central America, they have spread throughout the world. Mexico loves dahlias so much that its people declared the garden dahlia the national flower of Mexico in 1963. Leaders of the 1963 Floriculture Nacional event pushed then President Adolfo Lopez Mateo to declare the dahlia the national flower.

STAMP MEANING & SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE: In Victorian times, people began to see the dahlia as a sign of devotion and love. They were also viewed as symbols of beauty and dignity. With these flower meanings in mind, it’s no surprise dahlias were widely used in wedding celebrations. Today, dahlia flowers symbolize beauty, commitment, and kindness. They’re also tied to steadfastness due to their ability to bloom after many other flowers have died. Red dahlias, in particular, symbolize strength, perseverance, and the ability to overcome challenges. They can also represent love, romance, and confidence.

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.