2016 First-Class Forever Stamp,Colorful Celebrations: Pink with Flowers

# 5089 - 2016 First-Class Forever Stamp - Colorful Celebrations: Pink with Flowers

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US #5089
2016 Rose Pink Flowers – Colorful Celebrations

  • One of 10 designs meant to be used to send celebratory mail


Stamp Category: 
Commemorative
Set:  Colorful Celebrations
Value:  47¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue:  June 3, 2016
First Day City:  New York, New York
Quantity Issued:  100,000,000
Printed by:  Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method:  Offset, Microprint
Format:  Double-sided Booklets of 20
Tagging:  Phosphor tagged paper, block

Why the stamp was issued:  Intended to celebrate all manner of festive occasions.

About the stamp designs:  Features an image of a piece of rose pink papel picado (Spanish for pierced paper) designed by Sally Andersen-Bruce.  The stamp pictures geometric shapes and flowers.  It can be differentiated from US #5084 by the different style of flowers and the fact that the design has four flowers on the outside edges as well as a flower with leaves in the center.

First Day City:  The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at the World Stamp Show in New York City.

About the Colorful Celebrations set:  10 stamps picturing Spanish papel picado (pierced paper) designs in different colors (light blue, orange, violet, or rose pink).  Intended to celebrate a wide variety of occasions one might send mail for.

History the stamp represents:  The artists who make papel picado are as varied as the works they create.  Contemporary artists are experimenting with new ways of creating and presenting this traditional art form.

Pedro Ortega Lozano, from Tlahuac in Mexico’s Federal District, uses papel picado to chronicle the stories of his town.  He carves scenes from daily life and local myths into his paper.  As he explains, “just as happiness lasts a tiny moment, paper is also a tiny moment.”  Lozano uses embossed aluminum, metallic tissue, and other kinds of paper for his papel picado.  The altars he creates with these materials are highly prized by collectors around the world.

Olga Ponce Furginson learned about the art of cutting paper at a young age from her father.  After several years in various art fields, she rediscovered her love of papel picado, because it reminded her of a happy time and place.  She took the craft to a new level by layering sheets of different colored paper, which she cuts through separately, resembling a painting.  Olga has received a number of awards for her work, and has taught her techniques in the US, Mexico, and Europe.

There are countless other artists creating papel picado today.  Their artwork carries on family traditions and creates new ones – adding special meaning to each cut-paper design.

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US #5089
2016 Rose Pink Flowers – Colorful Celebrations

  • One of 10 designs meant to be used to send celebratory mail


Stamp Category: 
Commemorative
Set:  Colorful Celebrations
Value:  47¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue:  June 3, 2016
First Day City:  New York, New York
Quantity Issued:  100,000,000
Printed by:  Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method:  Offset, Microprint
Format:  Double-sided Booklets of 20
Tagging:  Phosphor tagged paper, block

Why the stamp was issued:  Intended to celebrate all manner of festive occasions.

About the stamp designs:  Features an image of a piece of rose pink papel picado (Spanish for pierced paper) designed by Sally Andersen-Bruce.  The stamp pictures geometric shapes and flowers.  It can be differentiated from US #5084 by the different style of flowers and the fact that the design has four flowers on the outside edges as well as a flower with leaves in the center.

First Day City:  The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at the World Stamp Show in New York City.

About the Colorful Celebrations set:  10 stamps picturing Spanish papel picado (pierced paper) designs in different colors (light blue, orange, violet, or rose pink).  Intended to celebrate a wide variety of occasions one might send mail for.

History the stamp represents:  The artists who make papel picado are as varied as the works they create.  Contemporary artists are experimenting with new ways of creating and presenting this traditional art form.

Pedro Ortega Lozano, from Tlahuac in Mexico’s Federal District, uses papel picado to chronicle the stories of his town.  He carves scenes from daily life and local myths into his paper.  As he explains, “just as happiness lasts a tiny moment, paper is also a tiny moment.”  Lozano uses embossed aluminum, metallic tissue, and other kinds of paper for his papel picado.  The altars he creates with these materials are highly prized by collectors around the world.

Olga Ponce Furginson learned about the art of cutting paper at a young age from her father.  After several years in various art fields, she rediscovered her love of papel picado, because it reminded her of a happy time and place.  She took the craft to a new level by layering sheets of different colored paper, which she cuts through separately, resembling a painting.  Olga has received a number of awards for her work, and has taught her techniques in the US, Mexico, and Europe.

There are countless other artists creating papel picado today.  Their artwork carries on family traditions and creates new ones – adding special meaning to each cut-paper design.