Quilled Paper Heart Forever Stamps .. Unused US Postage Stamps .. Pack of 5

Five Quilled Paper Heart Forever Stamps
Issued: January 12, 2016
Scott Catalog #5036

5 Mint, unused postage stamps with original gum as issued by the Post Office. These stamps are genuine and valid to use as postage for current mailing. Be sure to use enough total postage to meet the current postal rate for the item you are mailing.

Also good to use for scrapbooking or displaying in a small picture frame. It's a miniature work of art.

About this stamp:
The artwork for U.S. #5036 was created using a 15th century technique known as quilling. Artist Yulia Brodskaya cut strips of colorful paper, bent and glued them to create the vibrant image show on the stamp. The original 3-dimensional piece measured about 8” x 10”.

Paper filigree, or quilling, is a centuries-old art technique which replaces paint, pencil, and clay with paper. Thin, colorful strips of paper are curled, crimped, bent, and glued to form beautiful and intricate three-dimensional designs. An art once reserved for upper-class ladies of leisure, quilling is now enjoyed by people of all walks of life.