Nature of America

Nature of America
This article is about the series of stamps. For nature in the U.S., see Environment of the United States.

Nature of America is a series of self adhesive stamp sheets that the United States Postal Service has been releasing annually since 1999 till 2010 starting with the Sonoran Desert sheet[1] and ending with the Hawaiin Rain Forest Sheet[2]. Like the Celebrate the Century stamp series, these too were printed on large sheets 9"x8¾" (233mm x 171mm), but differed in that they were self adhesive and not gummed like the former.

Contents

Format

The sheets are illustrated by artist John D. Dawson for the USPS[3][4]. Each sheet consists of a large panoramic image of a U.S. geographical region, with the region's flora and fauna clearly visible. Ten stamps are die cut on to the design, each composing one or more specialities of the depicted region. The rear of sheet has a brief descriptive text of the stamp images, accompanied with a graphic outline of the stamp images. The flora and fauna depicted are identified and labelled.

The sheets

Starting with the Sonoran Desert sheet, the USPS has so far issued twelve sheets in the series. The sheets issued along with date and place of issue and denomination:[3]

Ecosystem Date of issue Place of issue No. stamps
in sheet		 Denomination
Sonoran Desert April 6, 1999 Tucson, Arizona [1] 10 33¢
Pacific Coast Rain Forest March 28, 2000 Seattle, Washington [5] 10 33¢
Great Plains Prairie March 29, 2001 Lincoln, Nebraska [6] 10 34¢
Longleaf Pine Forest April 26, 2002 Tallahassee, Florida [7] 10 34¢
Arctic Tundra July 1, 2003 Fairbanks, Alaska[8] 10 37¢
Pacific Coral Reef Jan 2, 2004 Honolulu, Hawaii [9] 10 37¢
Northeast Deciduous Forest March 3, 2005 New York, New York [10] 10 37¢
Southern Florida Wetland October 5, 2006 Naples, Florida [11] 10 39¢
Alpine Tundra August 28, 2007 Estes Park, Colorado [12] 10 41¢
Great Lakes Dunes October 2, 2008 Empire, Michigan [13][14] 10 42¢
Kelp Forest October 1, 2009 Monterey, California [15][16][15] 10 44¢
Hawaiian Rain Forest September 1, 2010 Hawaii National Park[17] 10 44¢

References

General

Specific

  1. ^ a b "Sonoran Desert". USPS Postal Store Archives. https://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10052&productId=10004232&langId=-1. Retrieved 2008-02-07. 
  2. ^ "Nature of America Limited Edition Collector’s Set". USPS Postal Store. https://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10052&productId=10006996&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=10000000&top_category=10000000&categoryId=10000052&top=&currentPage=0&sort=&viewAll=N&rn=CategoriesDisplay&WT.ac=10006996. Retrieved 2010-08-13. 
  3. ^ a b "Nature of America: Alpine Tundra". USPS Postal Store Archives. Archived from the original on January 7, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080107043638/http://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10152&storeId=10001&categoryId=11832&productId=31401&langId=-1. Retrieved 2008-02-07. 
  4. ^ "Meet the artist". Environmental Protection Agency. http://www.epa.gov/owow/estuaries/kids/site/artist.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-07. 
  5. ^ "Pacific Coast Rain Forest". USPS Postal Store Archives. http://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10152&storeId=10001&productId=16814&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=13370. Retrieved 2008-02-07. 
  6. ^ "Wildlife On The Prairie Featured On New Postage Stamps". USPS News. 2001-04-19. http://www.usps.com/news/2001/philatelic/sr01_035.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-07. 
  7. ^ "Beauty Of Longleaf Pine Forest Highlights New Postage Stamps". USPS News. 2002-03-26. http://www.usps.com/news/2002/philatelic/sr02_019.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-07. 
  8. ^ "Alpine Tundra Treks To The Last Frontier". USPS News. http://www.usps.com/communications/news/stamps/2003/sr03_031.txt. Retrieved 2008-02-07. 
  9. ^ "Pacific Coral Reef Stamps to Reveal Life Beneath the Ocean Surface". USPS News. http://www.usps.com/communications/news/stamps/2003/sr03_066.pdf. Retrieved 2008-02-07. 
  10. ^ "Northeast Deciduous Forest Stamp Sheet". USPS News. 2005-02-04. http://www.usps.com/communications/news/stamps/2005/sr05_011.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-07. 
  11. ^ "Unique, Rare And Endangered Species Of Florida Everglades Highlighted On Stamps". USPS. 2006-10-04. http://www.usps.com/communications/news/stamps/2006/sr06_044.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-07. 
  12. ^ "Alpine Tundra Backgrounder". USPS. 2007-08-27. http://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/2007/sr07_034a.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-07. 
  13. ^ "US Stamp Program 2008 Stamps". Stamp Clubs.com. http://www.stampclubs.com/homepage/US_Stamp_Program_2008.pdf. Retrieved 2008-02-07. 
  14. ^ "Postal Service Previews 2008 Stamps". USPS. http://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/2007/sr07_084.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-07. 
  15. ^ a b "Postal Service Previews 2009 Commemorative Stamp Program". USPS. http://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/2008/pr08_136.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-09. 
  16. ^ "2009 Stamp Schedule". USPS. http://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/eventsgallery.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-18. 
  17. ^ "Hawaiian Rain Forest". USPS. https://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10052&productId=10006992&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=10000003&top_category=10000003&categoryId=10000068&top=&currentPage=0&sort=&viewAll=Y&rn=CategoriesDisplay&WT.ac=10006992. Retrieved 2010-08-13. 

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