The 34 cent Greetings From America Commemorative Stamp Set - US Scott No. 3561-3610

Issued in April, 2002, the 34 cent Greetings from America commemorative stamp set has captured the eyes and hearts of just about everyone who has seen one of them, both stamp collectors and non-stamp collectors.

They are beautiful, with vivid, striking colors and wonderful designs that are reminiscent of the old and very popular large letter linen postcards. Used stamps from this set are extremely difficult to collect, even though they are not old.

They are so beautiful that many people bought complete sheets of 50 and just set them aside, never to be used on the mail.

And only two months after they were issued, the USPS increased the postal rate for 1st class one ounce letters, making all 34 cent stamps (including the 34 cents Greetings from America stamps) virtually obsolete as additional postage would have to be added in order to use them.

Because of the postal rate increase and the popularity of the 34 cent Greetings from America stamps, the 37 cent Greetings from America stamp set (US Scott # 3696-3745) was issued only a few months later, in October 2002. A complete set of used stamps from that stamp set is also difficult to collect, but not as difficult as the 34 cent variety, as they were able to be used on the mail for a longer period.