FREE: Just Out! New Collectible Protect Pollinators Forever 49¢ Sheet of 20 USPS Stamps + 8 Forever Stamps

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The U.S. Postal Service® pays tribute to the beauty and importance of pollinators with stamps depicting two of our 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. Winner gets a full sheet of these colorful vivid stamps of nature.

The stamps from top left to right feature a monarch and a coneflower; a monarch and a zinnia; a monarch and a goldenrod; a western honeybee and a golden ragwort; and in the second row, the second image from the left, a western honeybee and a New England aster. The remainder of the stamps in this pane of 20 recur in a scattered arrangement reminiscent of a field of wildflowers. The selvage photograph features a monarch and a goldenrod—a different view of the same two species depicted on one of the stamps. It doesn't get prettier than that!

These particular species exemplify the ecological service provided by all pollinators, which include other insects, birds, and bats. Crop pollination by insects contributes some $15 billion of produce to the U.S. economy each year. Trending declines in their populations alert us that pollinators now need mindful human intervention in order to thrive. Individuals can help butterflies, bees and other pollinators by planting pollinator gardens that include native flowers or heirloom varieties of fruits and vegetables. Art director Derry Noyes designed this stamp pane with existing photographs.

These Protect Pollinators stamps are being issued as Forever® stamps. Forever stamps are always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail® one-ounce price. Made in the USA.

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8 Forever Stamps of my choosing (not the boring flags)! Let me surprise you :)

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