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Medium:
paper; ink (multicolored); adhesive / photogravure
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
United States of America
Date:
June 13, 1987
Description:
A pane of fifty stamps, each featuring a different native North American animal, was issued on June 13, 1987, at CAPEX '87, the international philatelic exhibition in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The animal subjects reflect the diversity of North American wildlife. The stamps represent all areas of the United States, including Hawaii and Alaska. Unlike the State Birds and Flowers stamps issued in 1982, the North American Wildlife commemoratives did not include state names because several states do not have officially designated state animals.
Chuck Ripper of Huntington, West Virginia, designed the entire pane of stamps. Mr. Ripper also designed the 1981 Wildlife Habitats block of four, the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition stamp, and the 1986 pane of five Fish stamps.
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing printed the stamps in the photogravure process.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (May 21, 1987).
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Topic:
Animals  Search this
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Credit line:
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Object number:
1989.0496.10079
See more items in:
National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm808c73dd5-101b-48c8-8875-0630415bda6e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_1989.0496.10079