2013 US Flag for All Seasons First-Class Forever Stamp Style:5 Books of 20 (100 Stamps) Issue Date:July 14

Issue Date:July 14

digitally tinted images on the stamps are intended to appear in motion

About the stamp design: Pictures Japanese irises from an American nursery catalog printed between 1891 and 1912

laced with spices

This issuance honors the extraordinarily versatile Shel Silverstein (1930-1999)

2013 US Flag for All Seasons First-Class Forever Stamp Style:5 Books of 20 (100 Stamps) Issue Date:July 14Laura Stutzman of Maryland created the patriotic gouache illustrations from her own photographs for the Flag for All Seasons stamps. Each of the four stamps in the issue pictures the U. S. flag, as seen from below, with the trees and sky representing the season.