2016 First-Class Forever Stamp,Colorful Celebrations: Pink with Four White Flowers
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US #5084
2016 Rose Pink Flowers – Colorful Celebrations
- One of 10 designs meant to be used to send celebratory mail
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Colorful Celebrations
Value: 47¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: June 3, 2016
First Day City: New York, New York
Quantity Issued: 100,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset, Microprint
Format: Double-sided Booklets of 20
Tagging: Phosphor tagged paper, block
Why the stamp was issued: Intended to celebrate all manner of festive occasions.
About the stamp designs: Features an image of a piece of rose pink papel picado (Spanish for pierced paper) designed by Sally Andersen-Bruce. The stamp pictures geometric shapes and flowers.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at the World Stamp Show in New York City.
About the Colorful Celebrations set: 10 stamps picturing Spanish papel picado (pierced paper) designs in different colors (light blue, orange, violet, or rose pink). Intended to celebrate a wide variety of occasions one might send mail for.
History the stamp represents: Cut paper art known as papel picado can be found throughout Mexico. But only one town is considered the center of this art form – San Salvador Huixcolotla.
Located in the Mexican state of Puebla, San Salvador Huixcolotla was once home to the Nahua and Popoloca people, who named the village. The name translates to “place of bent spines,” after the huixtle, or cat’s claw plant, which was once abundant there.
After Spaniards arrived in 1539, Fray Juan de Rivas established a small congregation. This formed the basis of the present town. Centrally located, the town was along the delivery route from the Philippines to Acapulco, Mexico. Because of this, many goods from distant lands passed through the town, incuding papel de China (tissue paper). Beginning in the 1800s, this colorful paper became popular for papel picado.
In the 1920s, the town’s artisans began traveling to nearby villages to sell their unique art. The cut paper quickly rose in popularity. By the 1970s, it could be found throughout the country. In 1998, Mexico recognized both San Salvador Huixcolotla and papel picado as part of the Cultural Heritage of the State of Puebla.
Today, about 70 percent of the town participates in the creation of papel picado, keeping the tradition alive.
US #5084
2016 Rose Pink Flowers – Colorful Celebrations
- One of 10 designs meant to be used to send celebratory mail
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Colorful Celebrations
Value: 47¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: June 3, 2016
First Day City: New York, New York
Quantity Issued: 100,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset, Microprint
Format: Double-sided Booklets of 20
Tagging: Phosphor tagged paper, block
Why the stamp was issued: Intended to celebrate all manner of festive occasions.
About the stamp designs: Features an image of a piece of rose pink papel picado (Spanish for pierced paper) designed by Sally Andersen-Bruce. The stamp pictures geometric shapes and flowers.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at the World Stamp Show in New York City.
About the Colorful Celebrations set: 10 stamps picturing Spanish papel picado (pierced paper) designs in different colors (light blue, orange, violet, or rose pink). Intended to celebrate a wide variety of occasions one might send mail for.
History the stamp represents: Cut paper art known as papel picado can be found throughout Mexico. But only one town is considered the center of this art form – San Salvador Huixcolotla.
Located in the Mexican state of Puebla, San Salvador Huixcolotla was once home to the Nahua and Popoloca people, who named the village. The name translates to “place of bent spines,” after the huixtle, or cat’s claw plant, which was once abundant there.
After Spaniards arrived in 1539, Fray Juan de Rivas established a small congregation. This formed the basis of the present town. Centrally located, the town was along the delivery route from the Philippines to Acapulco, Mexico. Because of this, many goods from distant lands passed through the town, incuding papel de China (tissue paper). Beginning in the 1800s, this colorful paper became popular for papel picado.
In the 1920s, the town’s artisans began traveling to nearby villages to sell their unique art. The cut paper quickly rose in popularity. By the 1970s, it could be found throughout the country. In 1998, Mexico recognized both San Salvador Huixcolotla and papel picado as part of the Cultural Heritage of the State of Puebla.
Today, about 70 percent of the town participates in the creation of papel picado, keeping the tradition alive.