America stamps. USA, 1994 - Bisons on stamps

Stamps by countries \| America \| USA \| 1994

Miniature Sheet. Legends of the West (20 stamps).
		Stamp: Western Wildlife Edition type: commemorative stamp Denomination: 29 (c) Date of issue: 1994 Oct. 18 Depiction: American bison, bald eagle, grizzly, puma, bighorn sheep; 16th stamp in the sheet Colour: multicolored Paper: chalk-surfaced Designer: Mark Hess Perforation: comb. 10,1:10 Printing process: photogravure Size of a stamp (mm): 31,5×40 Size of a sheet (mm): Sheet composition: 20 (5×4) stamps Printing run: 19 282 800 + 150 186 Stamp issuing authority: United States Postal Service Printer: Stamp Venturers
	The flip side of the stamp contains description of the stamp. Western Wildlife. As Easterners moved West, pioneers found animals as exotic as the landscape ... buffalo, prairie dogs, bears, beavers, bighorn sheep, cougars, wolves and rattlesnakes. The eagle became a national symbol.
	First day cities were Lawton, Oklahoma 735001, Laramie, Wyoming 82070, Tucson, Arizona 85726.


	On stamps at 29 cents apiece of the sheet: 1) Home on the Range; 2) Buffalo Bill Cody (1846-1917); 3) Jim Bridger (1804-1881); 4) Annie Oakley (1860-1926); 5) Native American Culture; 6) Chief Joseph (1840-1904); 7) Bill Pickett (1870-1932); 8) Bat Masterson (1853-1921); 9) John Charles Fremont (1813-1890); 10) Wyatt Earp (1848-1929); 11) Nellie Cashman (1845-1925); 12) Charles Goodnight (1836-1929); 13) Geronimo (1829-1909); 14) Kit Carson (1809-1868); 15) Wild Bill Hickok (1837-1876); 16) Western Wildlife; 17) Jim Beckwourth (1798-1866); 18) Bill Tilghman (1854-1924); 19) Sacagawea (1788-1812); 20) Overland Mail.

The miniature sheets Legends of the West have two releases. Original stamps were recalled before the First Day of Issue because it was discovered that the seventh stamp in the sheet has the incorrect picture. The portrait featured on the Bill Pickett stamp is not that of the famous rodeo cowboy (the right stamp), but that of his brother Ben Pickett (the left stamp). The mistake was discovered by Pickett's great-grandson Frank Phillips Jr., who learned of the stamp when a radio reporter contacted him for comment. Although the design error was discovered before the First Day of Issue, 186 sheets already were sold by postal workers. Later 150 thousands of such sheets were released by the Postal Service in a unique lottery. Other recalled stamps were destroyed. Sheets were delivered in an envelope with the inscription - This sheet contains an error in the image Bill Pickett and is intended to be saved as a collection item rather than for use. The Recalled and Revised sheets have design differences. Recalled stamps with portraits have a frameline around the vignette that is half the width of the frameline on similar Revised stamps. Western Wildlife with the image of bison are identical for two releases.

Themes: bison (Bison bison), fauna

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