Name: Life Magnified Stamps
SKU: 484004
Price: 13.60 USD
Availability: InStock

Life Magnified Stamps

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Issue Date: 8/10/2023

With 20 otherworldly images, this issuance explores life on Earth, as few have ever seen it. The pane features images taken using microscopes and highly specialized photographic techniques to capture details of life undetectable by the human eye.

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With 20 otherworldly images, this issuance explores life on Earth, as few have ever seen it. The pane features images taken using microscopes and highly specialized photographic techniques to capture details of life undetectable by the human eye.

The stamps include vivid images of red blood cells, the feather of a macaw parrot, a knotted strand of human hair, moss leaves, diatom shells (photosynthesizing algae), freshwater protozoans, an acorn barnacle, a moth’s antenna, the front foot of a diving beetle, neurons from a mouse’s brain, bone tissue from a starling, scales on the wing of a Madagascan sunset moth, a juvenile zebrafish, mushroom gills, the tongue of a freshwater snail, a blue button (an organism similar to a jellyfish), mold spores, the legs (known as cirri) of a barnacle, flame lily pollen, and the surface of a southern live oak leaf.

For hundreds of years, scientists have held deep fascination with making the invisible elements of our world visible. The images that result from microscope-based research show, in exquisitely fine detail, the phenomena of life. While stunning on their own as works of art, these images also hold scientific significance.

Microscopists, both professional and amateur, use a variety of techniques to capture the beauty of their subjects. A scanning electron microscope (SEM), which directs beams of electrons at a sample and then records the electrons emitted by that sample, can provide an extended depth of field giving the impression of a three-dimensional subject. SEMs produce black-and-white images that are often colorized by scientists.

Confocal microscopy is a process that scans a specimen to create several optical sections of the subject. Scientists then stack these images to provide an extended depth of field giving the impression of a three-dimensional reconstruction of the subject.

Many more techniques and equipment exist for capturing specimens in ever greater detail.

Art director Derry Noyes designed the stamps and the stamp pane using existing photographs.

The Life Magnified stamps are being issued as Forever® stamps. These Forever stamps will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail® one-ounce price.
Made in the USA.

Issue:	Life Magnified Stamps
Item Number:	484000
Denomination &	First-Class Mail Forever
Type of Issue:
Format:	Pane of 20 (20 designs)
Series:	N/A
Issue Date & City:	August 10, 2023, Cleveland, OH 44101
Art Director:	Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
Designer:	Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
Existing Photo:	Don Komarechka
Existing Photo:	David Liittschwager
Existing Photos:	Tagide deCarvalho
Existing Photos:	Charles Krebs
Existing Photos:	Igor Siwanowicz
Existing Photos:	Steve Gschmeissner
Existing Photos:	Dennis Kunkel
Existing Photos:	Jason Kirk
Modeler:	Sandra Lane / Michelle Finn
Manufacturing Process:	Offset, Flexographic
Printer:	Banknote Corporation of America
Press Type:	Gallus RCS
Stamps per Pane:	20
Print Quantity:	32,000,000 stamps
Paper Type:	Phosphor Tagged Paper, Block
Adhesive Type:	Pressure-sensitive
Colors:	Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
Stamp Orientation:	Horizontal
Image Area (w x h):	1.42 x 0.84 in / 36.068 x 21.336 mm
Overall Size (w x h):	1.56 x 0.98 in / 39.624 x 24.892 mm
Full Pane Size (w x h):	7.25 x 7.25 in / 184.150 x 184.150 mm
Press Sheets Size (w x h):	14.75 x 22.25 in / 374.65 x 565.15 mm
Plate Size:	120 stamps per revolution
Plate Number:	“B” followed by four (4) single digits in two corners
Marginal Markings:
Front:	Header: Life Magnified • Plate number in bottom two corners
Back:	©2022 USPS • USPS logo • Two barcodes (484000) • Plate position diagram (6) • Promotional text

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