Nature of America

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Design process

The sheets were designed by Ethel Kessler[5] and illustrated by artist John D. Dawson[6][7] for the USPS.[8][9] The original idea for the series, conceived 1996,[5] was for a set of four American desert stamps.[5] This was inspired by the success of Desert Plants commemorative stamps released in 1981.[5] Artist John D. Dawson was recommended by art director Howard Paine[5] and selected for the illustration of these four stamps. Paine had worked with Dawson on three previous USPS issues: American Cats (1988), Idaho Statehood (1990), and Flowering Trees (1998).[5] From four stamps the idea expanded into a proposed set of six stamp sheets covering six ecosystems.[5] After the commercial success of the first sheets[5] the USPS decided to extend the series by six more ecosystems from the Sonoran Desert to the Hawaiian Rain Forest.

The design team drew inspiration from The World of Dinosaurs two-sheet issue of 1997.[5] These sheets were panoramic in design with punched perforations on a gummed sheet. Since the punched perforations would distract the visual continuity of the design,[5] the team decided to go for the self-adhesive format with serpentine die cutting for the individual stamps.[5] Each sheet consisted of a large panoramic image of a U.S. geographical region,[6] with the region's flora and fauna clearly visible. Ten stamps were die cut on to the design, each composing one or more species indigenous to the depicted region. The rear of sheet had a brief descriptive text of the stamp images,[6] accompanied with a graphic outline of the stamp images. The flora and fauna depicted were identified and labelled.[6]

The sheets

Starting with the Sonoran Desert sheet, the USPS issued a total of twelve sheets in the series. The sheets issued along with date and place of issue denomination and printer:[2]

Ecosystem Date of issue Place of issue No. stamps
in sheet		 Face Value Printer
Sonoran Desert April 6, 1999 Tucson, Arizona[2] 10 33¢ Banknote Corporation of America[10]
Pacific Coast Rain Forest March 28, 2000 Seattle, Washington[11] 10 33¢ Banknote Corporation of America[12]
Great Plains Prairie March 29, 2001 Lincoln, Nebraska[13] 10 34¢ Ashton-Potter (USA) Ltd[14]
Longleaf Pine Forest[15] April 26, 2002 Tallahassee, Florida[16] 10 34¢ American Packaging Corp. for Sennet Security[17]
Arctic Tundra July 1, 2003 Fairbanks, Alaska[18] 10 37¢ Banknote Corporation of America [19]
Pacific Coral Reef[20] Jan 2, 2004 Honolulu, Hawaii[21] 10 37¢ Avery Dennison[22]
Northeast Deciduous Forest March 3, 2005 New York, New York[23] 10 37¢ Avery Dennison[24]
Southern Florida Wetland[25] October 5, 2006 Naples, Florida[26] 10 39¢ Avery Dennison[27]
Alpine Tundra August 28, 2007 Estes Park, Colorado[28] 10 41¢ Sennett Security Products[29]
Great Lakes Dunes October 2, 2008 Empire, Michigan[30] 10 42¢ Avery Dennison[31]
Kelp Forest[32] October 1, 2009 Monterey, California[33] 10 44¢ Avery Dennison[34]
Hawaiian Rain Forest[3] September 1, 2010 Hawaii National Park[35] 10 44¢ Banknote Corporation of America, Inc[35]

References and sources

References

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  1. ↑ Cite error: Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".
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  3. ↑ a b Hawaiian Rain Forest is final stamp in nature series New Jersey.com 19 August 2010
  4. ↑ Nature to play major role in 199 postage Kingman Daily Miner - Nov 19, 1998
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Cite error: Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".
  6. ↑ a b c d Nature of America stamp series includes stunning kelp forest scene New Jersey.com 4 November 2009
  7. ↑ Hilo Artist’s Work to Be Featured on USPS Bonsai Stamp Series Template:Webarchive Big Island Newscenter Retrieved 22 August 2011
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  10. ↑ 1999 33c Sonoran Desert s/a Pane/10 - Catalog # 3293 Mystic Stamp Co Retrieved 22 July 2013
  11. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  12. ↑ 2000 33c Pacific Coast Rain Forest, s/a - Catalog # 3378 Mystic Stamp Co Retrieved 22 July 2013
  13. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  14. ↑ 2001 34c Great Plains Prairie - Catalog # 3506 Mystic Stamp Co Retrieved 22 July 2013
  15. ↑ New stamp series depicts Longleaf Pine Forest Times Daily - Feb 16, 2002
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  17. ↑ 2002 34c Longleaf Pine Forest s/a - Catalog # 3611 Mystic Stamp Co Retrieved 22 July 2013
  18. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  19. ↑ 2003 37c Arctic Tundra - Catalog # 3802 Mystic Stamp Co Retrieved 22 July 2013
  20. ↑ More in store for 2003 - stamps that is The Albany Herald - Dec 21, 2003
  21. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  22. ↑ STAMP ANNOUNCEMENT 03-33 Pacific Coral Reef Stamps USPS Retrieved 22 July 2013
  23. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  24. ↑ 2005 37c Northeast Deciduous Forest - Catalog # 3899 Mystic Stamp Co Retrieved 22 July 2013
  25. ↑ Scores of new postage stamps Moscow-Pullman Daily News - Dec 1, 2005
  26. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  27. ↑ 2006 39c Southern Florida Wetland - Catalog # 4099 Mystic Stamp Co Retrieved 22 July 2013
  28. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  29. ↑ Stamp Announcement 07-37: Alpine Tundra USPS Retrieved 22 July 2013
  30. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  31. ↑ Stamp Announcement 08-43: Nature of America: Great Lakes Dunes USPS Retrieved 22 July 2013
  32. ↑ National Stamp Collecting Month Starts With a 'Splash' Reuters 30 September 2009
  33. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  34. ↑ 2009 44c Kelp Forest - Catalog # 4423 Mystic Stamp Co Retrieved 22 July 2013
  35. ↑ a b Stamp Announcement 10-22: Nature of America: Hawaiian Rain Forest USPS Retrieved 22 July 2013

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