Object Details
- Description
- The Postal Service issued a 26-cent definitive stamp, Florida Panther, on May 12, 2007, in Washington, DC. Carl T. Herrman of Carlsbad, California, designed the stamp.
- The stamp features a highly stylized illustration of a Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi). This large, tawny cat is related to the mountain lion, also known as a cougar or puma. Most active between dusk and dawn, the Florida panther is capable of short but quick bursts of speed while pursuing prey. Its diet includes white-tailed deer, small mammals, and birds.
- Nationally known illustrator Nancy Stahl of New York, New York, used a photograph of a Florida panther as the basis for her stamp art.
- The Florida Panther stamp was issued in the following formats: Pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of twenty, water-activated gum (WAG) pane of 100, PSA convertible booklet of ten, and PSA coil of 100. Ashton Potter Ltd. manufactured 200 million stamps in the offset process with microprint "USPS".
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin (April 12, 2007).
- mint
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- May 14, 2007
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- Medium
- paper; ink (multicolored)/ lithographed
- Type
- Postage Stamps
