Featuring a Hawaiian rain forest, the 2010 Nature of America issuance is the 12th and final stamp pane in an educational series focusing on the beauty and complexity of major plant and animal communities in the United States. These oversized stamped cards (885400/01) feature the beautiful art featured on the stamp pane. Each card includes a preprinted stamp; no extra postage necessary to mail.
Also included is the Limited Edition Collector’s Set (465798). This limited edition box set includes all 12 panes from the series and an autographed card numbered and signed by the artist, John Dawson. It also comes with 12 custom designed protective folders and a 36-page booklet with commentary and special sketches. It will be housed in a special box and will be limited to a production run of 2,000.
Items with an asterisk (*) will use the 128 barcode from Stamp Fulfillment Services. All other philatelic products will continue to use barcode series A, with the exception of the Yearbook and the Guide Book.
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) and stamp distribution centers (SDCs) will receive approximately 25 percent of their standard automatic distribution quantity for a PSA sheet stamp. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size of 2,000 panes (20,000 stamps).
SDOs/SDCs will make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices of 25 percent of their standard automatic distribution quantity using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute this commemorative sheet to Post Offices before August 18, 2010.
The $4.40 Nature of America: Hawaiian Rain Forest commemorative sheet may not be split, and the stamps may not be sold individually.
Post Offices requiring additional quantities of Item 465700 must requisition them from their designated SDO/SDC using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional commemorative sheets must order them from the appropriate SDC using PS Form 17. For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, the six SDCs will receive additional commemorative sheets.
All Post Offices must acquire and maintain a supply of each new commemorative stamp as long as customer demand exists, until inventory is depleted, or until the stamp is officially withdrawn from sale. If supplies run low, Post Offices must reorder additional quantities using their normal ordering procedures.
— Stamp Services,
Government Relations and Public Policy, 7-29-10
