Meyer Lemons Postage Stamps | Yellow Citrus | Garden Wedding Stamps | Vintage Unused USPS Postage 2c

This cheerful Meyer Lemons stamp brings sunny yellow-orange citrus and fresh botanical character to wedding invitations, letters, and special correspondence. Issued in 2018, the design pairs a whole Meyer lemon with freshly cut wedges in a delicate pen-and-ink and watercolor illustration by John Burgoyne. Its bright yellow fruit, leafy green accents, and clean natural styling make this stamp especially appealing for garden weddings, summer celebrations, citrus-inspired invitation suites, bridal showers, culinary correspondence, and couples looking for a fresh pop of color in their vintage postage combinations.

In pristine mint condition and valid for current postage use, each stamp holds a face value of 2-cents. These authentic USPS postage stamps are suitable for current mailing when used with the total required postage based on the weight of your mailing.

STAMP INFORMATION:

• Stamp Name: Meyer Lemons
• Stamp Series: Standalone Definitive Issue
• Year Issued: 2018
• Face Value: 2-cents (USD) per stamp
• Topic(s): Meyer Lemons, Lemons, Citrus, Yellow Fruit, Fruit, Botanical, Gardens, Culinary, Food, Agriculture, Meyer Lemon Trees, Frank N. Meyer, John Burgoyne, Derry Noyes
• Color(s): Yellow, Orange, White, Multicolored
• Mailing Occasions: Wedding Invitations, Save the Dates, Garden Weddings, Summer Weddings, Citrus Weddings, Botanical Weddings, Bridal Showers, Recipe Mail, Culinary Events, Thank You Cards, Letters, Special Correspondence
• Printing Method: Offset, Microprint
• Scott Number: 5256
• Adhesion Type: Self-Adhesive
• Stamp Size: 25 × 22 mm / 0.98 × 0.87 in
• Condition: Genuine Unused USPS Postage Stamps, Ready to Use for USPS Mailings, Mint Condition

STAMP DESCRIPTION & HISTORY: The 2018 Meyer Lemons stamp was issued on January 19, 2018, in Kenner, Louisiana, as a 2-cent denominated mail-use stamp intended for additional postage. This stamp features a whole Meyer lemon beside freshly cut wedges, rendered in pen and ink and watercolor by illustrator John Burgoyne. USPS art director Derry Noyes designed the stamp using Burgoyne’s existing illustration. Banknote Corporation of America printed the self-adhesive issue using offset lithography with microprinting for large coil production.

ABOUT MEYER LEMONS: Meyer lemons are prized for their thin skin, fragrant aroma, deep yellow color, and sweeter, less sharply acidic flavor than many conventional lemons. They are generally considered a hybrid with characteristics of both lemons and mandarins or sweet oranges. The fruit is popular in baking, preserves, cocktails, sauces, desserts, and other recipes where its aromatic citrus flavor can be showcased.

MEYER LEMONS & GARDENS: Meyer lemon trees are compact enough to grow in home gardens throughout suitable citrus climates and can also thrive in containers where winters are colder. Their glossy evergreen foliage, fragrant white blossoms, and bright yellow fruit make them both productive and highly ornamental plants. That combination of flowers, greenery, and fruit gives this stamp a natural connection to garden-inspired stationery and celebrations.

MEYER LEMONS & WEDDING STYLE: Sunny yellow fruit and fresh green leaves make this stamp especially beautiful with ivory, white, sage, olive, soft blue, terracotta, yellow, and other garden-inspired wedding colors. For brides planning garden, summer, vineyard, citrus-grove, Mediterranean-inspired, or outdoor celebrations, the lemon design adds an upbeat botanical accent to invitation envelopes and layered vintage postage.

FRANK N. MEYER & THE MEYER LEMON: The fruit takes its American name from Frank N. Meyer, a plant explorer working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. During his travels in China in the early 1900s, Meyer encountered the compact citrus tree and sent plant material back to the United States. The tree subsequently became popular with American gardeners and eventually with cooks who valued its distinctive flavor and fragrance.

LEMONS & SYMBOLISM: Lemons have long been associated with freshness, vitality, abundance, hospitality, and the pleasures of the table. Their brilliant yellow color evokes sunshine, optimism, and joyful energy, while fruit-bearing trees naturally suggest growth and prosperity. These associations make lemon postage especially fitting for weddings, housewarmings, celebrations, and correspondence marking a fresh beginning.

STAMP MEANING & SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE: The Meyer Lemons design symbolizes optimism, vitality, abundance, freshness, growth, and joyful new beginnings. The ripe fruit suggests the rewards of patient cultivation, while its sunny yellow color evokes warmth and happiness. For weddings and meaningful correspondence, this stamp expresses a bright beginning, a flourishing future, and the sweetness found in a life carefully nurtured together.

STAMP SERIES HISTORY: USPS issued Meyer Lemons as a standalone definitive issue rather than as part of a named stamp series. It belongs to a broader group of low-denomination fruit definitives used for additional postage, alongside later fruit subjects such as Strawberries, Grapes, and Pears. These practical mail-use stamps combined small denominations with colorful food and botanical subjects that could be mixed with other postage to reach exact mailing rates.