USPS Global Forever Stamp Evergreen Wreath - Sheet of 10

Issue Date: October 24, 2013 The sight of a festive and elegant evergreen wreath on the front door offers a traditional welcome to family and friends during the holidays. The U.S. Postal Service celebrates that tradition internationally with Global Forever: Evergreen Wreath, its first global holiday stamp. This international rate stamp offers a single price for any First-Class Mail International 1-ounce letter to any country in the world. For the January 27, 2013, price change, the Evergreen Wreath stamp may also be used to mail a 2-ounce letter to Canada. To distinguish this stamp from other Forever stamps, the shape of the international stamp is round and bears the words "Global Forever." The wreath that graces the stamp art-created especially for the project-has a base made of a wire metal frame folded around Styrofoam, which was spray-painted green. The designer attached evergreen twigs onto picks-small sticks with one sharpened end-and then inserted them into the base, rotating the picks to make the wreath full and lush, a process that took more than eight hours. The decorations are clusters of bright red Nandina berries and pinecones. The wreath is finished with a traditional red bow, centered on the top with its tails draping down into the center of the evergreens. The completed wreath measured approximately 23 inches across. The wreath is centered on a white background. The text surrounding the stamp art includes the word "Global" highlighted in red. The words "Forever" and "USA" are in gray.