Nature of America

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Nature of America is a series of self adhesive stamp sheets that the United States Postal Service has been releasing annually since 1999 starting with the Sonoran Desert sheet ^[1]. Like the Celebrate the Century stamp series, these too were printed on large sheets 9"x8¾" (233mmx171mm), but differed in one sense, that they were self adhesive and not gummed like the former.

Contents 1 Format 2 The sheets 2.1 Sonoran Desert 2.2 Pacific Coast Rain Forest 2.3 Great Plains Prairie 2.4 Longleaf Pine Forest 2.5 Arctic Tundra 2.6 Pacific Coral Reef 2.7 Northeast Deciduous Forest 2.8 Southern Florida Wetland 2.9 Alpine Tundra 2.10 Great Lake Dunes 3 References

[edit] Format

Each sheet was illustrated by artist John D. Dawson for the USPS ^[2][3]. Each sheet consisted of a large panoramic image of a US geographical region, with the flora and fauna clearly visible. Ten stamps were 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.

[edit] The sheets

Starting with the Sonoran Desert sheet the USPS has so far issued nine sheets ^[2], with the tenth Great Lake Dunes to be issued in 2008 ^[4]. The sheets issued along with date of issue and denomination.

1999 Sonoran Desert‎	2000 Pacific Coast Rain Forest	2001 Great Plains Prairie‎	2002 Longleaf Pine Forest
2003 Arctic Tundra	2004 Pacific Coral Reef‎	2005 Northeast Deciduous Forest	2006 Southern Florida Wetland

[edit] Sonoran Desert

• • Date of issue:6 April 1999 ^[5]
  • No of stamps in sheet: 10
    
  • Denomination: 33¢

[edit] Pacific Coast Rain Forest

• • Date of issue: 28 March 2000 ^[6]
  • No of stamps in sheet: 10
    
  • Denomination: 33¢

[edit] Great Plains Prairie

• • Date of issue: 29 March 2001 ^[7]
  • No of stamps in sheet: 10
    
  • Denomination: 34¢

[edit] Longleaf Pine Forest

• • Date of issue: 26 April 2002 ^[8]
  • No of stamps in sheet: 10
    
  • Denomination: 34¢

[edit] Arctic Tundra

• • Date of issue: 1 July 2003
  • No of stamps in sheet: 10
    
  • Denomination: 37¢ ^[9]

[edit] Pacific Coral Reef

• • Date of issue:2 Jan 2004 ^[10]
  • No of stamps in sheet: 10
    
  • Denomination: 37¢

[edit] Northeast Deciduous Forest

• • Date of issue: 3 March 2005 ^[11]
  • No of stamps in sheet: 10
    
  • Denomination: 37¢

[edit] Southern Florida Wetland

• • Date of issue: 5 October 2006 ^[12]
  • No of stamps in sheet: 10
    
  • Denomination: 37¢

[edit] Alpine Tundra

• • Date of issue: 28 August 2007 ^[13]
  • No of stamps in sheet: 10
    
  • Denomination: 41¢

[edit] Great Lake Dunes

• • Date of issue: (to be issued spring/summer 2008 ^[14])
  • No of stamps in sheet: 10
    
  • Denomination: 41¢ ^[15]

[edit] References

• USPS News Releases
• Nature of America - US stamp sheets