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Medium:
paper; ink (multicolor) / lithographed; adhesive
Dimensions:
Height x Width: 1 9/16 × 1 3/16 in. (3.97 × 3.02 cm)
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
Arizona
United States of America
Date:
April 6, 1999
Description:
The 33-cent Sonoran Desert commemorative stamp pane of ten designs was issued on April 6, 1999, in Tucson, Arizona. The stamp pane was designed by Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, Maryland, and illustrated by John Dawson of Hilo, Hawaii.
The Sonoran Desert stamp pane of ten designs is the first in a series of educational stamp panes issued to promote appreciation of the North American biomes. The scene is a creation of the artist's imagination, but each element is painted accurately, based on photo reference and on research by Professor David E. Brown, a specialist in the classification of biotic communities. A list of the common and Latin names of each plant and animal in the stamp art appear on the back of the stamp sheet.
The Banknote Corporation of America, Inc., produced 10 million souvenir sheets using the offset process.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (February 25, 1999).
Issued April 6, 1999
Multicolored
Self-adhesive
Topic:
Contemporary (1990-present)  Search this
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Plants  Search this
U.S. Stamps  Search this
Credit line:
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Object number:
2000.2020.604
See more items in:
National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8d3e8baca-2e3a-4e53-8dcf-ffc18464320e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_2000.2020.604