Magnolias and Irises in Stained Glass Postage Stamps | Louis Comfort Tiffany | American Treasures Series | Vintage Unused USPS Postage 41c

Add floral style to your letters with these stunning vintage unused American Treasures series "Louis Comfort Tiffany" postage stamps! This classic botanical stained glass design is perfect for adding a pop of color to your save-the-dates, wedding invitations, thank you cards, shower invites, birth announcements, and other snail mail correspondence. In pristine mint condition and valid for current postage use, each stamp holds a face value of 41-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. Deliver floral elegance with this exquisite vintage postage stamp!

STAMP INFORMATION:

• Name: Louis Comfort Tiffany ("Magnolias and Irises" in Stained Glass)
• Series: American Treasures
• Year Issued: 2007
• Face Value: 41-cents (USD) per stamp
• Topic(s): Flowers, Floral, Botanical, Gardening, Stained Glass
• Color(s): Purple, Blue, White, Multicolored
• Mailing Occasions: Wedding Invitations, Save the Date Announcements, Shower Invitations, Birth Announcements, Thank You Cards, Valentine’s Day, Snail Mail, and more…
• Printing Method: Lithographed
• Scott Number: 4165
• Adhesion Type: Self-adhesive
• Condition: Genuine Unused USPS Postage Stamps, Ready to Use for USPS Mailings, Mint Condition

STAMP DESCRIPTION & HISTORY: On August 9, 2007, in Portland, Oregon, the United States Postal Service (USPS) issued this gorgeous 41-cent postage stamp honoring the work of Louis Comfort Tiffany (son of Charles Lewis Tiffany, owner of Tiffany & Co. jewelry store) as a part of its “American Treasures” series. This self-adhesive stamp features the Tiffany Studios stained glass artwork "Magnolias and Irises" designed in 1908. For its seventh issuance in the “American Treasures” stamp series, art director Derry Noyes of Washington, DC, chose the image of a memorial window designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848–1933). The window is “Magnolias and Irises” (1908), made by Tiffany Studios (1902–1938). The leaded Favrile-glass window was presented to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1981 as an anonymous gift in memory of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Frank.

STAMP MEANING & SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE: This postage stamp reproduces one of Tiffany’s celebrated stained-glass works, an art form historically associated with churches and contemplative spaces, where light itself becomes a vehicle for spiritual meaning. Louis Comfort Tiffany’s stained glass is renowned for its luminous depth and layered opalescence. Spiritually, stained glass symbolizes the idea that divine light is refracted through human experience, creating beauty from complexity. The fractured yet unified pieces of colored glass mirror the human condition: individual fragments joined into a harmonious whole. This visual metaphor suggests spiritual integration—imperfection shaped into transcendent beauty. Tiffany’s work, emerging from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, also reflects the Arts and Crafts movement’s reverence for craftsmanship and natural forms. The organic lines, jewel-like tones, and reverent attention to detail evoke a worldview in which art serves as a bridge between material reality and spiritual aspiration. The glowing colors—often blues, greens, and radiant golds—suggest serenity, renewal, and divine presence.

STAMP SERIES HISTORY: Introduced in 2001, the “American Treasures” stamp series (2001-2014) showcases beautiful works of American fine art and crafts. This striking postage stamp series from the United States Postal Service (USPS) was conceived as an art-focused stamp program designed to transform postage into miniature museum pieces. The series broadened USPS’s traditional art offerings by highlighting not only fine art paintings but also decorative arts, folk traditions, textiles, crafts, and other culturally significant objects from American history. Rather than commissioning new illustrations, the stamps typically reproduce historic works of art in rich, high-fidelity color, often presented in cohesive panes that function as curated sets. Subjects have included early American quilts, Pennsylvania Dutch folk art, still-life paintings, and masterworks from museum collections, reflecting a curatorial philosophy that values both elite and everyday artistic expression. With full-bleed designs and minimal graphic intrusion, these postage stamps emphasize the artwork itself, allowing texture, color, and craftsmanship to take center stage. Over time, the American Treasures series has become one of USPS’s most respected art programs, celebrated for elevating decorative and folk traditions alongside canonical fine art, and for positioning postage stamps as accessible cultural artifacts that carry American artistic heritage into daily life.

GENUINE USPS POSTAGE: These unused vintage postage stamps are perfectly valid for use as current postage for mailing with USPS as long as you use the adequate amount of additional postage to achieve standard postage rates according to the weight of your mailing. Check current postage rates at USPS.com.

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TELL YOUR STORY IN STAMPS: We’ve worked with hundreds of couples and their stationers to custom design highly stylized personalized postage sets based on our customer’s life stories. We can help you curate personalized vintage postage sets to commemorate your save-the-date, wedding, shower, announcement, and other special occasions in a truly unique fashion. Drawing on our encyclopedic knowledge of every stamp ever issued by the USPS, and sourcing from our extensive inventory of collectable unused vintage stamps, we’ll help you tell your unique story in stamps!

ABOUT HERITAGE POST HOUSE: Jennifer Kramer is the founder of Heritage Post House, a boutique vintage postage house located in Northern California. Jennifer sources the most beautiful unused vintage postage stamps ever issued by USPS and artfully arranges them into curated postage sets that are sure to add a special touch to your invitations, announcements, and special mailings. In addition to creating pre-arranged postage sets, Jennifer also works with couples (and their stationers) to create one-of-a-kind custom postage arrangements for wedding invitations, save the dates, and other special occasions.

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