Mighty Mississippi Stamps – Forever First Class Postage Stamps

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Mighty Mississippi StampsForever 82￠ | Sheet Stamp FormatThe Mississippi River is at the core of the nation’s heritage and is variously referred to as America’s backbone, its heart, and its soul. This issuance honors the Mighty Mississippi with a portfolio of ten exquisite photographic stamps, each representing a state along the course of the river. With five rows of two stamps each, the pane’s arrangement corresponds to the states’ north-south and west-east sequence.The pane’s verso features a map of the central United States detailing the river’s course and major tributaries.By the end of an epic three-month, 2,300-mile journey, the Mississippi River’s source waters — an unassuming trickle from Minnesota’s remote Lake Itasca — have been joined by streams pouring in from much of the nation. The river’s waters that pour into the Gulf of Mexico come from a drainage basin of 1.2 million square miles, about 40 percent of the land in the contiguous 48 states.The?Mighty Mississippi?stamps are being issued as Forever? stamps. Forever stamps are always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail? one-ounce price.Stamp Issuance:May 23, 2022Memphis, TN 37544Made in the USA