Postal Service Accepting Pre-Orders for Kaleidoscope Stamps

News provided by

Nov 30, 2012, 02:02 ET

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Flowers are one of the most popular subjects in art — and on stamps. With the issuance of Kaleidoscope Flowers on Jan. 27, the Postal Service continues its tradition of issuing beautiful yet unique 46 cent floral stamps that are good for mailing domestic 1-ounce First-Class letters.

(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121130/DC21830)

Available in coils of 10,000, customers may pre-order the stamps now to prepare for the one-cent price change at usps.com/stamps, or by phone at 800-Stamp24 (800-782-6724) for delivery a few days following the Jan. 27 issuance.

The bold and bright designs present one contemporary flower drawing repeated on four stamps, with each stamp featuring one of four different color combinations.

Customers may view the Kaleidoscope stamps, as well as many of next year's other stamps on Facebook at facebook.com/USPSStamps, on Twitter @USPSstamps or on the website Beyond the Perf at beyondtheperf.com/2013-preview. Beyond the Perf is the Postal Service's online site for information on upcoming stamp subjects, first-day-of-issue events and other philatelic news.

The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation — 151 million residences, businesses and Post Office™ Boxes. The Postal Service™ receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. With 32,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com®, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $65 billion and delivers nearly 40 percent of the world's mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 35th in the 2011 Fortune 500. In 2011, Oxford Strategic Consulting ranked the U.S. Postal Service number one in overall service performance of the posts in the top 20 wealthiest nations in the world. Black Enterprise and Hispanic Business magazines ranked the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency for six years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.

Follow the Postal Service on www.twitter.com/USPS and at www.facebook.com/USPS

SOURCE U.S. Postal Service