New Hawaii Rainforest Stamp issued today

September 1st, 2010

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Photo courtesy USPS.com

Photo courtesy USPS.com

On September 1, 2010 in Hawaii National Park, Hawaii, the Postal Service™ will issue 44–cent Nature of America: Hawaiian Rain Forest commemorative stamps in ten designs in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 10, and an $8.95 Premium Stamped Postal Card Set of 10. Both were designed by Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, Maryland.  Featuring a Hawaiian rain forest, the 2010 Nature of America issuance is the 12th stamp pane in an educational series focusing on the beauty and complexity of major plant and animal communities in the United States.  
The setting for the colorful acrylic painting on the stamp pane is a rain forest on Hawaii’s largest island, which is also named Hawaii. Artist John Dawson, Hilo, Hawaii, painted the scene and each of the previous ones in the Nature of America series:

  

  • Sonoran Desert (1999),
  • Pacific Coast Rain Forest (2000),
  • Great Plains Prairie (2001),
  • Longleaf Pine Forest (2002),
  • Arctic Tundra (2003),
  • Pacific Coral Reef (2004),
  • Northeast Deciduous Forest (2005),
  • Southern Florida Wetlands (2006),
  • Alpine Tundra (2007),
  • Great Lakes Dunes (2008)
  • and Kelp Forest(2009).

Twenty–four different species were depicted and the scene itself is completely imaginary. Even so, every species depicted could be encountered in a Hawaiian rain forest, and all of the species and their interactions are appropriate and were recommended by scientists.

To purchase the stamp, click here.


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  1. Lisa on September 2, 2010 1:31 pm

    Beautiful! I hope my post office here on Oahu will be selling those. If not, I’ll buy online – thanks for the link!

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