Protect Pollinators....

Date of Issue : 3 August 2017

Here is a pane of beautiful stamps for Lovers of flowers and  butterflies. On August 3, 2017, in Richmond, VA, the U.S. Postal Service^® will issue the Protect Pollinators stamps (Forever^® priced at 49 cents), in five designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 475200). The Protect Pollinators $9.80 pane of 20 stamps may not be split, and the stamps may not be sold individually. The stamps will go on sale nationwide August 3, 2017.

The U.S. Postal Service pays tribute to the beauty and importance of pollinators with stamps depicting two of  continent’s most iconic: the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) and the western honeybee (Apis mellifera), each shown industriously pollinating a variety of plants native to North America.

The stamps feature:

1. A monarch and a coneflower
(photo by Karen Mayford);

2. A western honeybee and a golden ragwort
(photo by George D. Lepp);

3. A monarch and a zinnia
(photo by Bonnie Sue Rauch);

4. A western honeybee and a New England aster
(photo by Michael Durham); and

5. A monarch and goldenrod
(photo by Justin Fowler).

Source : USPS