Global Forever Stamps 2018 Poinsettia – Holiday Celebration, International Rate

Issue Date:  August 26, 2018

First Day City:  Kansas City, Missouri

Printed by:  Banknote Corporation of America

Printing Method:  Offset, Microprint

Format:  Pane of 10

Celebrate holidays with Poinsettia, a new Global Forever® stamp from the U.S. Postal Service®.

This stamp mails a one-ounce letter to any country with First-Class Mail International® service. Like all Global Forever stamps, its postage value equals the price of a single-piece First-Class Mail International first-ounce machineable letter at use.

Stamp art features an overhead photo of a poinsettia, capturing the green leaves, red bracts, and yellow flowers at the plant’s center.

The poinsettia—Euphorbia pulcherrima—is a small tropical tree native to Mexico, reaching over 10 feet in the wild. While we perceive the colored “petals” as flowers, they are modified leaves called bracts. The poinsettia’s true flower is the cluster of small, yellow, cup-shaped structures at the leaf center.