On August 6, 2021, in Highlands, NJ, the United States Postal Service® will issue the Mid-Atlantic Lighthouses stamps (Forever® priced at the First-Class Mail® rate) in five designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 481000). These stamps will go on sale nationwide August 6, 2021, and must not be sold or canceled before the first-day-of-issue. The Mid-Atlantic Lighthouses pane of 20 stamps may not be split and the stamps may not be sold individually.

The Postal Service™ concludes its long-running series celebrating American lighthouses with five new stamps honoring mid-Atlantic lighthouses. Each stamp features an original acrylic painting of one of the following lighthouses:

 Thomas Point Shoal, Maryland;

 Montauk Point, New York;

 Harbor of Refuge, Delaware;

 Navesink, New Jersey; and

 Erie Harbor, Pennsylvania.

Howard Koslow (1924–2016) was the artist for these stamps as well as previous issuances in the Lighthouses series. Mid-Atlantic Lighthouses were the last stamps he illustrated for the Postal Service. Greg Breeding art directed the project.

Issue:

Mid-Atlantic Lighthouses Stamps

Item Number:

481000

Denomination &
Type of Issue:

First-Class Mail Forever

Format:

Pane of 20 (5 designs)

Series:

Lighthouses

Issue Date & City:

August 6, 2021, Highlands, NJ 07732

Art Director:

Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA

Designer:

Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA

Artist

Howard Koslow

Modeler:

Sandra Lane / Michelle Finn

Manufacturing Process:

Offset

Printer:

Banknote Corporation of America

Press Type:

Alprinta 74

Stamps per Pane:

20

Print Quantity:

40,000,000 stamps

Paper Type:

Phosphor, Block Tag

Adhesive Type:

Pressure-sensitive

Colors:

Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow

Stamp Orientation:

Vertical

Image Area (w x h):

0.84 x 1.42 in. / 21.336 x 36.068 mm

Overall Size (w x h):

0.98 x 1.56 in. / 24.892 x 39.624 mm

Full Pane Size (w x h):

5.92 x 7.5 in. / 150.368 x 190.5 mm

Press Sheets Size (w x h):

11.84 x 22.5 in. / 300.736 X 571.5 mm

Plate Size:

240 stamps per revolution

Plate Number:

“B” followed by four (4) single digits in bottom two corners

Marginal Markings:

Front:

Header: Mid-Atlantic Lighthouses: Seventh In A Series • Plate number in bottom two corners

Back:

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