2902//4348
1995-2008 American Scenes
- Set of 15 stamps
- Stamps in the American Series
Category of Stamp: Definitive
Printing Method/Format: Photogravure
Reason the stamp was issued: Three new definitive coil series were introduced in 1995: “American Scenes,” “American Transportation,” and “American Culture.” ... more
2902//4348
1995-2008 American Scenes
- Set of 15 stamps
- Stamps in the American Series
Category of Stamp: Definitive
Printing Method/Format: Photogravure
Reason the stamp was issued: Three new definitive coil series were introduced in 1995: “American Scenes,” “American Transportation,” and “American Culture.”
The “American Scenes” stamps feature landscapes painted by Tom Engeman and were issued for use on bulk rate (third class) non-profit mail. The stamp images were painted by Tom Engeman and represent four areas of the US: the desert, mountains, swamps, and sea coast.
This set includes:
#2902 – 1995 Butte
#2902B – 1996 Butte (self-adhesive)
#2903 – 1996 Mountain
#2904 – 1996 Mountain
#2904A – 1996 Mountain (self-adhesive)
#2904B – 1997 Mountain (self-adhesive)
#3207 – 1998 Wetlands
#3207A – 1998 Wetlands (self-adhesive)
#3693 – 2002 Sea Coast
#3775 – 2003 Sea Coast
#3785 – 2003 Sea Coast
#3864 – 2004 Sea Coast
#3874 – 2004 Sea Coast (self-adhesive)
#3875 – 2004 Sea Coast (self-adhesive)
#4348 – 2008 Sea Coast (self-adhesive)
About the American Scenes Series: The American Scenes definitives were introduced in 1995. They feature landscapes representing four areas of the US and were painted by Tom Engeman. The stamps were issued for use on bulk rate nonprofit mail. The stamp was issued to supplement supplies of the 5¢ Canoe and 5¢ Old Glory non-profit coil stamps and to offer customers more design variety.
The first stamps in the series were issued by March 10 1995, along with the American Transportation series. These two series, as well as the American Culture Series, were created for 1995 as part of the USPS process of converting its service-inscribed stamps for discounted bulk mail to non-denominational postage. Bulk mailers could buy the appropriate stamps at a fixed price, affix them to their mail, and then pay the difference between the cost of the stamps and current postage when they mailed them out. This was done so that new stamps wouldn’t need to be created when rates changed.
According to the USPS, the American Scenes Series would “highlight features of scenes and not the sweeping scenes [as seen] on the scenic America and America the Beautiful Postcard Series.”
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