Lavender Postage Stamps | Culinary Herbs Series | Botanical Wedding Stamps | Purple-Pink Flowers | Vintage Unused USPS Postage 29c

Add romantic botanical beauty and soft purple color to your correspondence with these unused vintage Lavender postage stamps from the USPS Herbs series! Featuring graceful spikes of flowering lavender with slender green foliage, this elegant 2011 design evokes Mediterranean gardens, fragrance, culinary traditions, cottage landscapes, relaxation, and timeless botanical style. Perfect for wedding invitations, save the dates, bridal showers, garden weddings, Provence-inspired celebrations, thank you cards, birth announcements, and other special correspondence, these stamps add a refined purple floral accent to your envelopes.

In pristine mint condition and valid for current postage use, each stamp holds a face value of 29-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.

Ordering Note: Please note that you may receive the coil version of these stamps which will not have the perforation at the top and bottom like the stamps in the listing photos.

STAMP INFORMATION:

• Stamp Name: Lavender
• Stamp Series: Herbs
• Year Issued: 2011
• Face Value: 29-cents (USD) per stamp
• Topic(s): Lavender, Lavandula angustifolia, English Lavender, Herbs, Culinary Herbs, Fragrant Herbs, Purple Flowers, Botanical, Flowers, Floral, Garden Herbs, Herb Garden, Mediterranean Plants, Provence, Pollinator Plants, Gardening, Nature, Weddings, Teresa Fasolino, Phil Jordan
• Color(s): Purple, Violet, Pink, Green, Beige, Multicolored
• Mailing Occasions: Wedding Invitations, Save the Dates, Bridal Shower Invitations, Garden Weddings, Botanical Weddings, Purple Weddings, Provence-Inspired Weddings, Mediterranean Weddings, Thank You Cards, Birth Announcements, Baby Showers, Botanical Correspondence
• Printing Method: Photogravure
• Scott Number: 4508
• 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 2011 Lavender stamp was issued as one of five 29-cent designs in the USPS Herbs series. This stamp features flowering lavender rendered in naturalistic botanical detail by artist Teresa Fasolino, with Phil Jordan serving as designer, art director, and typographer. Each design in the series depicts a particular herb in bloom together with characteristic foliage, flowers, or seed structures. This stamp was issued on April 7, 2011, in New York, New York, as part of a self-adhesive pane of 20 and was printed by Avery Dennison using gravure.

ABOUT LAVENDER: Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) is an aromatic perennial in the mint family, Lamiaceae, native to the Mediterranean region. It produces narrow gray-green leaves and slender flower spikes covered with small violet-purple blossoms. Known for its distinctive fragrance, lavender is widely grown in herb gardens, cottage gardens, Mediterranean landscapes, and commercial fields.

LAVENDER & WEDDING FLOWERS: Lavender has long been popular for weddings because its graceful purple flowers, fragrance, and natural texture work beautifully in bouquets, boutonnieres, centerpieces, wreaths, favors, and dried arrangements. It pairs naturally with white, ivory, blush, sage green, blue, and other muted botanical tones, making it especially fitting for garden, rustic, Provence-inspired, and romantic wedding palettes.

LAVENDER & CULINARY TRADITIONS: Culinary lavender may be used in small amounts to flavor baked goods, teas, syrups, honey, desserts, and herb blends. Its floral aroma is especially associated with Mediterranean and Provençal cooking. This culinary connection gives the Lavender stamp added appeal for food-centered celebrations, rehearsal dinners, garden parties, and couples who enjoy cooking or entertaining.

LAVENDER, FRAGRANCE & GARDENS: Lavender has been valued for centuries for its aromatic flowers and foliage. The blossoms are commonly used in sachets, soaps, perfumes, potpourri, dried bouquets, and decorative wreaths. In the garden, lavender’s fragrant flower spikes attract bees and other pollinators while adding soft color and texture to sunny landscapes.

STAMP MEANING & SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE: The Lavender design symbolizes devotion, serenity, grace, purity, healing, calm, and enduring affection. Its purple blossoms evoke romance and refinement, while its fragrance is traditionally associated with peace and comfort. For weddings and meaningful correspondence, this stamp expresses loving devotion, harmony, and the hope for a peaceful and flourishing life together.

STAMP SERIES HISTORY: The USPS issued the five-stamp Herbs series on April 7, 2011, in New York City. The 29-cent designs feature oregano, flax, foxglove, lavender, and sage, with each plant shown flowering alongside characteristic foliage, flowers, or seed structures. Teresa Fasolino created the original oil paintings, while Phil Jordan designed and art-directed the issue. The stamps were released in self-adhesive pane and coil formats and were denominated at the postcard rate. Scott 4508 represents the Lavender design from the pane issue.