Description：

The fondest holiday memories often include the scent of warm ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and molasses used in gingerbread drifting throughout the house. With a little imagination and a lot of patience, gingerbread can be converted into a whimsical house decorated with stiff royal icing and sparkling candies.
 
Gingerbread recipes originated during the Middle Ages, when maidens tempted knights with the spiced bread. By the early 1600s, American colonists were enjoying the richly flavored treat, although Christmas would not be widely celebrated for years to come.

 
Over time, bakers learned to cut or mold the dough into a variety of shapes, including animals and people. Heart-shaped gingerbread tied with ribbon was a popular treat at European fairs. The 1812 publication of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel, inspired German bakers to create witches’ houses out of gingerbread. By the time Christmas was declared a national holiday in 1870, gingerbread houses had already become a beloved winter tradition in America.
 
Building gingerbread houses today can be as simple as buying kits or as complex as constructing small buildings from scratch, giving people of all skill levels the chance to create joyous holiday memories.
 
Baker Teresa Layman created the gingerbread houses specifically for these stamps.  Sally Andersen-Bruce photographed them and art director Derry Noyes designed the stamps.

These Forever®stamps will always be equal in value to the current First-Class MailR one-ounce rate.

Made in the USA.


Product Specs：
 
Issue:Gingerbread Houses Stamps
 
Item Number:688900
 
Denomination & Type of Issue:First-Class Mail Forever
 
Format:Booklet of 20 (4 designs)
 
Series:Holiday Celebrations
 
Issue Date & City:November 6, 2013, New York, NY 10199
 
Art Director:Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
 
Designer:Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
 
Typographer:Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
 
Photographer:Sally Andersen-Bruce, New Milford, CT
 
Gingerbread House Designer:Teresa Layman
 
Modeler:Donald Woo
 
Manufacturing Process:Offset/Microprint “USPS”
 
Engraver:N/A
 
Printer:Banknote Corporation of America
 
Printed at:Browns Summit, NC
 
Press Type:Alprinta, 74
 
Stamps per Booklet:20
 
Print Quantity:750 million stamps
 
Paper Type:Prephosphored, Type II
 
Adhesive Type:Pressure-sensitive
 
Processed at:Banknote Corporation of America, Browns Summit, NC
 
Stamp Orientation:Vertical
 
Image Area (w x h):0.77 x 1.05 in./19.55 x 26.67 mm
 
Stamp Size (w x h):0.91 x 1.19 in./23.11 x 30.22 mm
 
Booklet Size (w x h):5.74 x 2.38 in./145.80 x 60.45 mm
 
Colors:Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
 
Plate Size:200 stamps per revolution
 
Plate Numbers:“S” followed by four (4) single digit

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Shipping Method: USPS First Class & USPS Priority Mail.

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Delivery time: Usually around 3-5 business days.

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