Scenic American Landscapes Stamped Cards Available Today

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Jul 03, 2012, 07:45 ET

Take the tour courtesy of the U.S. Postal Service

WASHINGTON, July 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Spectacular photographs of 10 of America's most beautiful landscapes are now available for purchase on premium Forever stamped cards.

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The new cards are sold in a booklet of 20 cards with 10 designs. Forever postage is pre-printed, so mailing is easy — or the cards may be saved as a unique collectible set. Customers can purchase them from the online Postal Service store at www.usps.com/shop, by calling 800-STAMP24 (800-782-6724) or by mail order via the USA Philatelic catalog.

The 10 scenic designs depict 13 Mile Woods, New Hampshire; Glacier National Park, Montana; Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming; Hagatna Bay, Guam; Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Niagara Falls, New York; Nine-Mile Prairie, Nebraska; Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia/Florida; Rio Grande, Texas; and Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota. The designs were originally featured on Scenic American Landscapes stamps, issued 1999-2012.

How to Order the First-Day-of-Issue Postmark

Customers have 60 days to obtain the first-day-of-issue postmark by mail. They may purchase the new stamped cards from the Postal Store website at usps.com/shop or by calling 800-STAMP-24 or 800-782-6724. They should address the cards to themselves or others, and place them in an envelope addressed to:

Scenic American Landscapes Premium Stamped Cards (Set 2)
Postmaster
1400 Harrisburg Pike
Lancaster, PA 17604-9998

After applying the first-day-of-issue postmark, the Postal Service will return the cards through the mail. Customers may also provide a self-addressed stamped envelope for returning the postmarked card(s). There is no charge for the postmark. All orders must be postmarked by Aug. 23, 2012.

How to Order First-Day Covers

The Postal Service also offers first-day covers for new stamp issues and Postal Service stationery items postmarked with the official first-day-of-issue cancellation. Each item has an individual catalog number and is offered in the quarterly USA Philatelic Catalog, online at usps.com/shop or by calling 800-782-6724. Customers may request a free catalog by calling 800-782-6724 or writing to:

U.S. Postal Service
Catalog Request
PO Box 219014
Kansas City, MO 64121-9014

Philatelic Products

There are two philatelic products available for this card issue:

989263, First-Day Cover Set of 10, $9.10.
989267, First-Day-of-Sale Set of 10, $9.10.

The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation — 151 million residences, businesses and Post Office™ Boxes. The Postal Service™ receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. With 32,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com®, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $65 billion and delivers nearly 40 percent of the world's mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 35th in the 2011 Fortune 500. In 2011, Oxford Strategic Consulting ranked the U.S. Postal Service number one in overall service performance of the posts in the top 20 wealthiest nations in the world. Black Enterprise and Hispanic Business magazines ranked the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency for six years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.

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SOURCE U.S. Postal Service