SUMMER HARVEST

About this item

2015 49¢ Summer Harvest

Value: 49¢ 1-ounce first-class letter rate

Issued:  July 11, 2015 at the California State Fair, Cal Expo

First Day City:  Sacramento, CA

Type of Stamp: Definitive


Printed by: Ashton Potter


Method: Offset printing in booklets of 20


Perforation: Serpentine Die Cut 10 ¾ x 10 ¼

Self-Adhesive

Quantity Printed: 400,000,000 stamps

On July 11, 2015, in Sacramento, CA, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the Summer Harvest stamps (Forever® First-Class Mail® priced at 49 cents) in four designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) booklet of 20 stamps.

Every summer, some of America’s favorite foods are in season. The U.S. Postal Service celebrates a few of that favorites-corn, tomatoes, cantaloupes, and watermelons-with four new stamps. Vintage produce advertising, including 19th- and early 20th-century crate labels, seed packets, and catalogs, inspired these stamp designs.

Though not all produce was shipped in wooden crates, the stamp art is especially reminiscent of vintage crate labels. The four stylized labels are drawn in the same color palette of red, black, green, and yellow-orange. The product names are in white lettering at the tops of the four stamps. The word “Forever” is enclosed in a banner centered along the bottom of the stamp; the letters “USA” are to the right of the banner.

After America’s railroads