{"product_id":"not-forever-stamp-first-class-stamps-2010-love-purple-pansy-love-celebration-44-postage","title":"Love Purple Pansy 2010 44¢ Stamps — Love and Celebration (Not a Forever Stamp)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note: this is a 44¢ denominated stamp, not a Forever Stamp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe flower and its name\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pansy has meant love since antiquity. Its name comes from the French \u003cem\u003epensée\u003c\/em\u003e, meaning thought, and the flower is said to resemble a human face. Across a number of cultures it is held to turn the mind toward absent loved ones, and in some, to mend a broken heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThree legends\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGreek.\u003c\/strong\u003e Eros — Cupid to the Romans — loosed a love arrow at a young woman, missed, and struck a flower instead, which turned purple and smiled. Shakespeare used the story in \u003cem\u003eA Midsummer Night's Dream\u003c\/em\u003e, where the fairies brew their love potion from a plant \"formerly milky white, but now purple with the wounds of love.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGerman.\u003c\/strong\u003e The pansy once gave off a scent so extraordinary that people traveled thousands of miles to smell it — and trampled everything around it, leaving no fodder for cattle and no food for anyone. The flower prayed to God, who took away its fragrance and gave it beauty instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnglish.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Knights of the Round Table are said to have consulted a fortune teller who read pansies for romantic prospects. Fewer than seven wrinkles on the flower's face meant good luck in love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Forever Stamp Center","offers":[{"title":"100 Stamps (5 Sheets)","offer_id":47100627812551,"sku":"ST10-B23-5","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300 Stamps (15 Sheets)","offer_id":47100627845319,"sku":"ST10-B23-15","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500 Stamps (25 Sheets)","offer_id":47100627878087,"sku":"ST10-B23-25","price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000 Stamps (50 Sheets)","offer_id":47100627910855,"sku":"ST10-B23-50","price":149.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5000 Stamps (250 Sheets)","offer_id":47100627943623,"sku":"ST10-B23-250","price":699.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/6250\/4647\/files\/love-purple-pansy-2010-first-class-stamps-main-scaled-1-1-800x600_868badf7-52cf-4de4-9f41-eb2f0cb2fdc6.jpg?v=1788604628","url":"https:\/\/www.foreverstampcenter.com\/products\/not-forever-stamp-first-class-stamps-2010-love-purple-pansy-love-celebration-44-postage","provider":"center","version":"1.0","type":"link"}