$4.95 Redwood Forest single

National Postal Museum

Object Details

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
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
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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Title
Scott Catalogue USA 4378
National Postal Museum
Topic
Plants
U.S. Stamps
Record ID
npm_2009.2029.65
Metadata Usage (text)
Usage conditions apply
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm85c62d20f-f55d-4929-b89c-cfb98247d197
Stamp with illustration of two figures walking on a path with huge trees that disappear out of frame
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