USPS unveils set of stamps using Mactac stock

The United States Postal Service (USPS) has unveiled the third set of stamps in its five-year Flags of Our Nation stamp series, honoring the symbols of the nation’s states and territories. Mactac supplied the pressure-sensitive adhesive label materials for the 500 million stamps that were printed for the third set.

The third set in the series includes nine stamps with flags representing Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi and Missouri with the 10th stamp dedicated to the Stars and Stripes. Each state stamp features a detailed portrait of a state flag as well as additional, sometimes scenic, background elements. The Stars and Stripes stamp includes the national flag as well as ‘amber waves of grain’. All of the stamps in the third set were created by artist Tom Engeman under the direction of stamp designer Howard E. Paine.

’The dedication and issuance of this third set in the Flags of Our Nation stamp series is perfectly timed as we head into a season filled with holidays designed for the celebration and remembrance of our nation’s history,’ said Allison Hazel, marketing manager, Mactac Printing Products.

The multi-stamp series will include sixty stamps featuring the nation’s flag as well as flags representing the fifty states, five territories and the District of Columbia. Last year, the first two sets were issued in the spring and fall and included the Stars and Stripes as well as state and territorial flags representing Alabama through Kansas, alphabetically. In 2010, the USPS will issue stamps featuring Montana through North Dakota and the USA Purple Mountains Flag stamp; in 2011, the stamps will feature the Northern Marianas through Tennessee; and in 2012, the series will conclude with stamps representing Texas through Wyoming and the USA Fruited Plain Flag.

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