$4.95 Priority Mail California Redwood Forest single

Stamp with illustration of two figures walking on a path with huge trees that disappear out of frame

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Description

On January 16, 2009, in San Diego, California, the US Postal Service issued the $4.95 Redwood Forest (Priority Mail) definitive stamp in a pressure-sensitive pane of twenty stamps. Carl T. Herrman of Carlsbad, California, designed the stamp.

The 2009 Priority Mail stamp pays tribute to the redwood forests of the United States. The stamp features a digital illustration by Dan Cosgrove, Clarendon Hills, Illinois, that depicts two people walking through a typical forest of redwood trees.

Ashton Potter (USA), Ltd. (APU), Williamsville, New York, printed 40 million stamps in the offset process with microprint "USPS."

Reference:

Postal Bulletin, December 18, 2008.

unused

Credit line

Date

January 16, 2009

Object number

2009.2029.65

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

paper; ink / lithographed

Place

California

United States of America

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Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

Plants

U.S. Stamps

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Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm85c62d20f-f55d-4929-b89c-cfb98247d197

Record ID

npm_2009.2029.65