The 2022 Snowy Beauty Forever Stamps celebrate plants that bring color to a winter landscape. Gregory Manchess painted ten flowers and berries in oils on panel, placing each bloom against fresh snow.
What you receive
- 100 genuine USPS-issued Forever stamps
- 5 double-sided booklets of 20
- Ten horizontal plant designs
- Two of each design per booklet
- Self-adhesive First-Class Mail postage
The ten Snowy Beauty plants
- Camellia
- Crocus
- Hellebore
- Winterberry
- Pansy
- Plum blossom
- Grape hyacinth
- Daffodil
- Ranunculus
- Winter aconite
Winter aconite also appears on the booklet cover. The designs are botanical studies rather than generic holiday graphics, so they work for winter mail beyond Christmas.
Official issue specifications
- Issue date: October 11, 2022
- First-day city: Guilford, Indiana
- Format: pressure-sensitive double-sided booklet of 20
- USPS item number: 684000
- Stamp orientation: horizontal
- Overall size: 1.19 × 0.91 inches
- Designer and art director: Derry Noyes
- Artist: Gregory Manchess
Postage value and use
Each unused stamp pays the current one-ounce First-Class Mail letter rate and remains valid after rate increases. Additional postage may be required for heavier, oversized, square, rigid, or nonmachinable mail. The winter botanicals suit greeting cards, wedding correspondence, thank-you notes, garden-club mail, and seasonal business letters.
Storage and selection
Keep the booklets flat, dry, and away from direct sunlight or heat. When mailing a group of cards, rotate through both booklet sides if you want all ten plant designs represented.
Official USPS references
The USPS Postal Bulletin documents the plant list, booklet format, artwork, dimensions, and production details. The USPS issue report explains the winter-bloom theme.
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