Saturday, August 17, 2013

Pacific Coast Rain Forest Stamps


 

The Nature of America Series of self adhesive stamp sheets were released annually by the United States Postal Service from 1999 until 2010. The series of twelve sheets started with the Sonoran Desert sheet. The Pacific Coast Rain Forest sheet issued in 2000 was the second sheet in the series. 

All 12 stamp sheet issues in the Nature of America Series are shown at Beyond The Perf along with design sketches.  

Here I have some of the postcards from a set of Seventeen Jumbo (5" X 7") Stamp Image Postcards of the Pacific Coast Rain Forest stamps. The set consists of two copies of the complete sheet of ten stamps, four different cards showing details of the sheet, and ten cards showing the individual stamps.


 
Sheet Detail


 
Cutthroat Trout


Douglas' Squirrel




This is a post for Sunday Stamps at Viridian's Postcard Blog


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8 comments:

  1. MariaAugust 17, 2013 at 10:12:00 PM CDT

    These sheets are amazing!

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  2. agiAugust 18, 2013 at 4:17:00 AM CDT

    i absolutely love this mini-sheet! fauna is my favourite theme and this encompasses so much, would love to have one :)

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  3. JoyAugust 18, 2013 at 5:48:00 AM CDT

    What a stunning series, very collectible, I imagine it would be very hard to stop at one. The individual stamps also work on their own

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  4. Bob ScotneyAugust 18, 2013 at 8:40:00 AM CDT

    Superb series; you must be proud of these - just beautiful.

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  5. Lisa BAugust 18, 2013 at 9:30:00 AM CDT

    A fantastic series!

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  6. viridianAugust 18, 2013 at 12:37:00 PM CDT

    Ah I remember this series over the years. I am sorry they haven't continued. I don't have the stamps or the cards from this set, so thank you for sharing.

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  7. Sheila @ A Postcard a DayAugust 22, 2013 at 7:01:00 AM CDT

    Interesting that the sheets are self adhesive. As far as I know, none of ours are.

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  8. Beth NiquetteAugust 23, 2013 at 10:44:00 AM CDT

    I must say--I adore these postcards. Amazing. Thank you for sharing them!

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