The Postal Service Makes it Easy to send your Mother Love With the New Love Stamp, Pansies in a Basket
Greenfield Manager Julie Joers says " Show your Mother the Love this Mothers Day".
The Postal Service Makes it Easy With the New Love Stamp, Pansies in a Basket. Stop in at the Greenfield Branch Post office for your Love stamps.
In time for Mother’s Day, ideal for birthdays, and perfect for expressing that little word that is sometimes hard to say, the new Love: Pansies in a Basket postage stamp was dedicated today at the National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial.
Featuring a white woven basket brimming with dark and light purple pansies and the word “Love,” the Postal Service’s 2010 44-cent love stamp design is a detail from a Hallmark card that was first issued as a Mother’s Day card in 1939.
“The very name of the flower — pansy — comes from the French word ‘pensée,’ which means thought,” said Stephen Kearney, senior vice president, Customer Relations. “This museum serves as a place of remembrance, and it is fitting that we should gather here to celebrate the issuance of a stamp with the image of flowers that have long been recognized as symbols of remembrance.”
The Postal Service began issuing its popular love stamps in 1973, and over the years, these stamps — featuring swans, cherubs, candy hearts, Victorian lace, modern art, and the word “Love” itself — have announced marriages, births, and graduations; and delivered congratulations.
“It truly is an honor to join with the Postal Service in unveiling this beautiful new stamp,” said David Hall, president, Hallmark, North America. “For more than a century, Hallmark has enjoyed a special relationship with the Postal Service. After all, exchanging greeting cards often involves buying stamps, addressing envelopes and dropping cards into mail boxes. I’m sure this new stamp will quickly become a favorite.”
