Issue:

Nature of America: Kelp Forest

Item Number:

896900

Denomination &
Type of Issue:

44-cent Oversize Premium
Stamped Postal Cards

Format:

$8.95 Stamped Postal Card Booklet
of 10 (10 designs)

Series:

Nature of America

Issue Date & City:

October 1, 2009,
Monterey, CA 93940

Designer:

Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD

Art Director:

Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD

Typographer:

Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD

Artist:

John D. Dawson, Hilo, HI

Modeler:

Donald Woo

Manufacturing Process:

Offset

Printer:

Sennett Security Products/
Banknote Corporation of
America, Inc. (SSP/BCA)

Printed at:

Browns Summit, NC

Press Type:

Roland, 300

Print Quantity:

15,060 sets of cards

Paper Type:

Phosphor Tagged Block

Colors:

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black,
PMS 553 (Dark Green)

Stamp Orientation:

Horizontal

Card Size (w x h):

10.00 x 7.00 in./254.00 x 177.80 mm
(yields two 5” x 7” cards)

Plate Size:

12 cards per revolution

Plate Numbers:

N/A

Marginal Markings:

N/A

Front:

Header: “KELP FOREST”

Back:

© 2009 USPS • Header: “NATURE
OF AMERICA” • Stamp image
• Descriptive text of birds,
mammals, fish, crustaceans and
mollusk found in a kelp forest