Celebrate an ancient sea creature with these new Protect Sea Turtles stamps from the U.S. Postal Service®.
The photographs on these stamps showcase 6 unique sea turtle species taken by different photographers.
The stamps showcase a gray-green Kemp’s ridley (Doug Perrine, photographer); a black and white leatherback (Rowan Byrne,
photographer); an olive ridley (Solvin Zankl, photographer); a green sea turtle (David B. Fleetham, photographer); a mottled orangebrown loggerhead (James D. Watt, photographer); and a brownish-yellow hawksbill (Claudio Contreras, photographer).
The Protect Sea Turtles stamps are being issued as Forever® stamps. These Forever stamps will always be equal in value to the
current First-Class Mail® one-ounce rate.
Stamp Issuance:
June 11, 2024
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
Made in the USA
Product Specs
Issue: Protect Sea Turtles Stamps
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Item Number: 581300
Denomination & First-Class Mail Forever
Type of Issue:
Format: Pane of 18 (6 designs)
Series: N/A
Issue Date & City: June 11, 2024, Corpus Christi, TX 78401
Art Director: Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
Designer: Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
Existing Photo: Rowan Byrne
Existing Photo: Claudio Contreras
Existing Photo: David B. Fleetham
Existing Photo: Doug Perrine
Existing Photo: James D. Watt (deceased)
Existing Photo: Solvin Zankl
Existing Photo: Reinhard Dirscherl
Modeler: Joseph Sheeran
Manufacturing
Process:
Offset
Printer: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
Press Type: Muller A76
Stamps per Pane: 18
Print Quantity: 27000000
Paper Type: Nonphosphored Type III, Block Tagged
Adhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive
Colors: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
Stamp Orientation: Horizontal
Image Area (w x h): 1.4200 x 0.8400 in. / 36.0680 x 21.3360 mm
Overall Size (w x h): 1.5600 x 0.9800 in. / 39.6240 x 24.8920 mm
Full Pane Size (w x
h):
6.3800 x 8.3000 in. / 162.0520 x 210.8200 mm
Press Sheet Size (w x h):
12.8900 x 25.1500 in. / 638.8100 x 327.2790 mm
Plate Size: 216 stamps per revolution
Plate Number: “P” followed by four (4) single digits in bottom two corners
Marginal Markings:
Front: Header: PROTECT SEA TURTLES • KEMP’S RIDLEY • GREEN • LEATHERBACK • LOGGERHEAD •
HAWKSBILL • OLIVE RIDLEY • Plate number in bottom two corners
Back: © 2023 USPS • USPS logo • Two barcodes (581300) • Plate position diagram (6) • Promotional text
