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Featuring a bold graphic of an Amur tiger cub, the artwork of the Save VanishingSpecies? First-Class Semipostal stamp depicts just one of the magnificent animals that itis designed to help. Your purchase benefits conservation funds that are helping createhope for the future. Over $6.4 million has been raised for the cause.
Under the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010, theU.S. Postal Service will transfer the net proceeds from the sale of these stamps to theUnited States Fish and Wildlife Service to support the Multinational Species ConservationFunds. The funds include:
African Elephant Conservation Fund: Elephants capture our imagination, but poachingand loss of habitat have taken their future hostage. The African elephant population hasshrunk dramatically, and while conservation efforts have stabilized the elephant populationin southern Africa, much remains to be done.
Asian Elephant Conservation Fund: Asian elephants also face habitat issues.
Conservation efforts have assisted in developing land use strategies that will benefit bothman and animal, allowing both to flourish together.
Great Ape Conservation Fund: Endlessly fascinating, great apes are especiallyvulnerable. Orangutans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and bonobos are all at risk. Conservationefforts address issues of habitat loss, poaching, and disease in hopes of saving theseamazing creatures.
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund: Powerful and compelling, the rhinoceros andtiger are targeted by poachers and pressured by human civilization. Conservationprograms have helped bring Africa‘s white rhino population back to more than 17,000 andimproved poaching detection and prosecution to stem the loss of tigers in variouslocalities.
Marine Turtle Conservation Fund: For more than 100 million years, the ancestors ofmarine turtles swam the oceans. Yet in less than a century, exploitation and habitatdestruction have devastated their numbers. Conservation projects work toward the goal ofrestoring large numbers of these ancient, intriguing creatures to the world‘s oceans.Derry Noyes served as the art director, designer, and typographer for the stamp. Sheworked with artist Nancy Stahl to develop one powerful illustration to symbolize the plightof all of these imperiled animals. The Amur tiger cub shown in the stamp art is one of fivetiger subspecies. When full grown, this cat can weigh up to 650 pounds and measure 13feet from its nose to the tip of its tail.
5 sheets of 100 First-Class Forever© USPS postage stamps.*The slash over "Forever" in the image is to protect it from being used to produce counterfeit postage. Actual stamps will not have this.
