Add cheerful summer garden beauty to your letters with these lovely vintage unused Summer Garden Flowers series “Rose” postage stamps! This bright botanical design is perfect for adding floral charm to wedding invitations, save-the-dates, thank you notes, shower invitations, love letters, and other heartfelt correspondence. In pristine mint condition and valid for current postage use, each stamp holds a face value of 29-cents (USD) per stamp. 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 postage stamps shown in the product listing photos.

STAMP INFORMATION:

• Stamp Name: Rose
• Stamp Series: Summer Garden Flowers
• Year Issued: 1994
• Face Value: 29-cents (USD) per stamp
• Topic(s): Yellow Rose, Summer Flowers, Garden Flowers, Botanical, Floral, Friendship
• Color(s): Yellow, Pink, Green, Multicolored
• Mailing Occasions: Wedding Invitations, Save-the-Dates, Love Letters, Anniversary Cards, Summer Mailings, Bridal Showers, Thank You Notes, Mother’s Day Cards, Greeting Cards
• Printing Method: Lithographed and Engraved
• Scott Number: 2833
• Adhesion Type: Gummed (see adhesion instructions below)
• 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 the adequate amount of additional postage to achieve standard postage rates according to the weight of your mailing. Check current postage rates at USPS.com.

STAMP DESCRIPTION & HISTORY: The 1994 Rose stamp features a bright yellow rose bloom accented by surrounding pink blossoms and green foliage, creating a lively summer bouquet effect. Designed as part of the Summer Garden Flowers booklet, the stamp was intended to be one of the “bright, pretty American stamps” the USPS hoped would appeal to everyday mailers while also paying the then-current 29-cent first-class rate. The stamp was issued on April 28, 1994, in Cincinnati, Ohio, as part of the five-stamp summer booklet in the larger Garden Flowers series.

FLOWER DESCRIPTION: Roses are flowering shrubs long admired for their layered petals, sweet fragrance, and wide range of colors. They are believed to have originated in central Asia and eventually spread throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere, where wild roses have grown in climates ranging from cold northern regions to warm temperate areas. Roses have been cultivated for centuries and remain one of the world’s most recognized and beloved flowers, valued for their beauty, symbolism, and strong association with love and celebration.

STAMP MEANING & SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE: Roses often symbolize love, devotion, beauty, gratitude, and heartfelt emotion. Their timeless appeal makes this stamp especially fitting for romantic correspondence, wedding mail, anniversary cards, and thoughtful personal notes. The warm yellow rose imagery also brings a sense of friendship, joy, and affection, making this a beautiful stamp for both celebratory and meaningful everyday mail.

STAMP SERIES HISTORY: The Summer Garden Flowers booklet was the second seasonal installment in the Garden Flowers series. First issued on April 28, 1994, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the booklet featured five vertical se-tenant flower stamps representing summer blooms. The series grew out of USPS interest in offering bright floral stamps with broad public appeal, following the popularity of the earlier Wildflowers issue and the 1993 Spring Garden Flowers booklet. The Summer Garden Flowers stamps were printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing using lithographed and engraved methods, and the stamp artwork was designed by artist Ned Seidler.

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).

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.


Product Specifications

Length: 1.73 in.
Height: 0.01 in.
Width: 0.98 in.
Weight: 0.01 lbs.