Poinsettia Global Stamps

Poinsettia Global Stamps
International $1.75 | Sheet Stamp Format

Send greetings to friends and family overseas with a Global Forever® stamp from the U.S. Postal Service.

Celebrate the holidays with Poinsettia, a Global Forever® stamp from the U.S. Postal Service®. This Global Forever stamp can be used to mail a one-ounce letter to any country to which First-Class Mail International® service is available.

As with all Global Forever stamps, this stamp will have a postage value equivalent to the price of the single-piece First-Class Mail International first-ounce machinable letter in effect at the time of use. The stamp art features a photo of a poinsettia. Taken from above, the photo captures the beauty of the green leaves, the red bracts, and the yellow flowers in the center of the plant.

The poinsettia — Euphorbia pulcherrima — is a small tropical tree that can reach heights of more than 10 feet in the wild in its native Mexico. We tend to think of the beautifully colored “petals” as the flowers, but in fact, those are the modified leaves called bracts.

The poinsettia flower is the cluster of small, yellow, cup-shaped structures in the center of the leaves. Revered by the Aztec, the poinsettia was considered a symbol of purity. They used the bracts to make dye and cosmetics and created medicine for fever from the plant’s sap. Growers in California are credited with the 20th-century explosion in popularity and availability of the poinsettia, which continues today. 

The poinsettia has more than 100 varieties, though red is still America’s favorite. Modern plants are bred in many other hues including pink, apricot, yellow, cream, and white. In addition, there are unusual varieties that blend several colors in speckled or marbled patterns.

Poinsettias are now as much a part of the holidays as evergreens and mistletoe; tens of millions of plants are sold during the season.

This Global Forever stamp can be used to mail a one-ounce letter to any country to which First-Class Mail International® service is available. As with all Global Forever stamps, this stamp will have a postage value equivalent to the price of the single-piece First-Class Mail International first-ounce machineable letter in effect at the time of use. The Poinsettia Global Forever stamps are being issued in self-adhesive panes of 10.

Stamp Issuance:
August 26, 2018
Kansas City, MO 64108

Made in the USA