I was recently sent a vintage postcard with this pre-stamped Red Barn postage.
Of course to be brought up to the 35 postcard rate, two definitive stamps were added. The 3c definitive is red... well maroon maybe.
And the new 10c definitive issued Jan 17 is red... in the form of pears.
One of my favorite red stamps (well, there is a tiny bit of blue and quite a bit of gold, but it's mostly red) is the Lunar New Year stamp from 2008, the first in the current series of twelve being illustrated by Kam Mak celebrating the clever rat.
On the topic of Lunar New Year, the Year of the Monkey stamp has red peonies on them, and the USPS stamp page covering the stamp has a lot of red.
Happy St Valentine's day.
Good choices!
ReplyDeleteThanks! After last year's valentine love fest, I thought I'd try something different this year.
Deletewell done! no hearts and yet sticking to red! out of the cliche :))))
ReplyDeleteI love that new pears' issue i must say! So simple but so nice!
Thank you. Turns out it wasn't so hard to avoid hearts after all.
DeleteLiving in pear country, I ought to have seen the pear stamp by now. Must go stamp hunting!
ReplyDeleteThey are only issued in large coils, so I am doubtful I'll ever see them on mail.
DeleteI really like how the USPS has less obvious lunar new year stamps, featuring the rituals with the animal as almost an afterthought.
ReplyDeleteI like this aspect, too, and I really like Kam Mak's series. I know a lot of people have complained that they want the animals to be more prominently featured, but I'm not one of them.
DeleteI always know I'm in the USA when I start seeing red barns like yours. Great red choices and the lunar new year is a beauty.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I am particularly fond of the Lunar New Year series.
DeleteBeautiful collection!
ReplyDeleteThose pears are cute.
And the Year of the Monkey stamp is great! Usually I don't really like flowers on stamps, and I must confess that as a child I was afraid of monkeys and still am not that fond of them. So my heart wouldn't beat faster when hearing of a 'monkey and flower stamp', but now that I see 'm... The way this stamp has been designed makes it one of my favourite red stamps!
I like this stamp, but it can not compete with last year's Year of the Ram for me, which is a bit disappointing as I am a Monkey.
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