{"id":18983,"date":"2017-04-06T19:28:32","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T00:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=18983"},"modified":"2017-04-06T19:28:32","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T00:28:32","slug":"u-s-postal-service-announces-new-celebration-corsage-and-boutonniere-forever-stamps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2017\/04\/06\/u-s-postal-service-announces-new-celebration-corsage-and-boutonniere-forever-stamps\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Postal Service Announces New Celebration Corsage and Boutonniere Forever Stamps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Celebration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
What:<\/strong><\/td>\nFirst-Day-of-Issue dedication ceremony for the Celebration Corsage and Boutonniere Forever stamps. The event is free and open to the public.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
When:<\/strong><\/td>\nTuesday, May 2, 2017, 11 a.m.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Where:<\/strong><\/td>\nMissouri Botanical Garden<\/a><\/em>
\nShoenberg Theatre<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
\n4344 Shaw Boulevard
\nSt. Louis, MO 63110<\/p>\n

The public may RSVP online at\u00a0<\/span>usps.com\/celebrations<\/em><\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>Followers of the U.S. Postal Service\u2019s Facebook page will post a video of the event at\u00a0<\/span>facebook.com\/USPS<\/em><\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>Share the news on Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag\u00a0<\/span>#CelebrationStamps.<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Background:<\/strong><\/td>\nThe Postal Service is issuing two Forever stamps that are perfect for mailing
\nanniversary, birthday, prom and other life celebrating invitations enclosed with\u00a0<\/span>
\nRSVP cards.<\/p>\n

The new Celebration Corsage two-ounce Forever stamp can accommodate the weight of heavy invitations for birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, and other celebrations, oversized greeting cards for all occasions, and mailings such as small gifts that require extra postage. The stamp image is a photograph of an arrangement of ranunculus with accents of hypericum berry, Astrantia and seed eucalyptus.<\/p>\n

Similar in design to the new two-ounce Celebration Corsage stamp, the
\nCelebration Boutonniere First-Class Forever stamp can be used for wedding
\nRSVP cards. It is also perfect for party invitations, thank-you notes,
\nannouncements, birthday cards, Father’s Day cards and other occasions when a beautiful stamp is fitting. The stamp art features a photograph of an arrangement of ranunculus, with floral accents of succulents, Astrantia, Berzelia and clubmoss greenery.<\/p>\n

Both stamps were arranged by floral designer Carol Caggiano and\u00a0<\/span>
\nphotographed by Ren\u00e9e Comet. Art director Ethel Kessler designed the stamp.\u00a0<\/span>
\nSold separately in panes of 20, the stamps will be issued May 2 and are\u00a0<\/span>
\navailable for\u00a0<\/span>pre-order<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>now<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What: First-Day-of-Issue dedication ceremony for the Celebration Corsage and Boutonniere Forever stamps. The event is free and open to the public. When: Tuesday, May 2, 2017, 11 a.m. Where: Missouri Botanical Garden Shoenberg Theatre\u00a0 4344 Shaw Boulevard St. Louis, MO 63110 The public may RSVP online at\u00a0usps.com\/celebrations.\u00a0Followers of the U.S. Postal Service\u2019s Facebook page will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18985,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usps-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18984,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18983\/revisions\/18984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}