A Flavorful New Look

As promised, here is an update from my last post with the new flavorful stamp designs for the increased postage rates (which go in to effect on April 17). Postcards will now cost $0.29 and can be mailed with one of these beauties (on sale on April 7):

I love the natural look of this stamp and think it will work perfectly within a wedding ensemble (for an RSVP postcard)! Definitely much more wedding friendly than the previous polar bear design. Here's what USPS.com had to say about the new design:

"Artist Teresa Fasolino, created original oil paintings for each stamp. Each stamp depicts a particular species in bloom, as well as a typical leaf and flower or seed capsule. The species shown are Origanum vulgare (oregano), Linum perenne (flax), Digitalis purpurea (foxglove), Lavandula angustifolio (lavender), and Salvia officinalis (sage)."

For the increase in the 2 oz. rate, the USPS decided to keep the same look of the $0.61 wedding cake stamp and just increase the postage to $0.64.