I’m a USPS stamp artist three years in a row with this announcement. Pretty exciting stuff! My image is one of the 16 featured in this release. They announce one release per day and this was the 11th stamp announced. The entire National Park Forever stamp series debuts June 2 and will be available in post offices nationwide.
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Thanks to all the participants who continue to submit to my “Traveling Water Lily Forever Stamps Project.”
For this collage, we have a slew of Texans—Luis, James, Sandra, Tracey, Martha, William, and Laney, followed by Juliette from Wisconsin and Ginny from New York. Thanks for purchasing my water lily FOREVER stamps and sharing your mugs with me!
Here’s a cool statistic that I just learned from the USPS PR man—normally they print stamps in quantities of 40-50 million.
They’re printing my waterlily stamps in a quantity of HALF A BILLION—500 million stamps, which usually only happens with their holiday stamps. He said flowers tend to sell particularly well so they’re hoping this is the case with these.
So, on that note, go out and buy a book of 20 on March 20 (when the stamps make their official debut across the US)! You’ll make the USPS (and me) very happy indeed. (And no, I don’t get a cut of sales, in case you’re wondering!)
Look what I just found! The Garfield-Perry March Party stamp show will host the First Day Ceremony for my four waterlily FOREVER stamps on Friday, March 20 at 11:00 am. The show is March 19-21 in Cleveland, Ohio. Guess who’s planning a road trip to Cleveland in March?
The USPS just posted a sneak preview today of my waterlily stamps on their Facebook page! The stamps will be available in booklet form at post offices country-wide sometime in 2015. Read more about the waterlily stamps here: http://uspsstamps.com/stamps/water-lilies 
Just in time for spring, the latest issue of USA Philatelic is now available! An essential resource for all stamp enthusiasts, this 42-page, full-color catalog can be found at Post Offices™ nationwide. Or subscribe for free and never miss an issue. Just visit http://www.uspsstamps.com/ and click “Join” at the top of the page.
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