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What a compass rose is
It is the circular figure on a map that tells you which way north lies. The earliest one known was drawn in the 1300s to mark the directions of the eight principal winds. Modern versions usually show four cardinal directions — north, south, east, west — plus the four intercardinal points between them. More detailed roses add half-winds and quarter-winds as further points of orientation. The name comes from the petal-like look of the radiating points.
The 1794 drawing
The 32-point rose on this stamp was drawn in 1794 by Lucia Wadsworth, then ten years old, in her school geography notebook. She colored the points in bright blue, red, yellow and green over a beige ground. The notebook is held in the Collections of the Maine Historical Society. Wadsworth was the aunt of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Format and use
Ten round stamps per pane, in two rows of five. Around each stamp's edge the text repeats twice: "Global" in red, with "USA," "Forever" and "2025" in green. Greg Breeding, a USPS art director, designed it.
One stamp mails a 1-ounce letter to any country served by First-Class Mail International. As a Global Forever stamp it always equals the current single-piece First-Class Mail International 1-ounce price.
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