Great Smoky Mountains Stamps 2023

The new Priority Mail Express® stamp celebrates the beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains. The Smokies are home to extensive national lands and a vast array of native plants and animals. The stamp art captures an iconic mountain scene located near Newfound Gap between Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and Cherokee, North Carolina. In the foreground, a red-tailed hawk flies over the landscape.

• Issue: Great Smoky Mountains Stamp       
• Item Number: 129200
• $28.75 Priority Mail Express Rate
• Format: Pane of 4 (1 designs)
• Issue Date & City: January 22, 2023, Gatlinburg, TN 37738
• Art Director: Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA
• Designer: Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA
• Artist: Dan Cosgrove, Chicago, IL
• Modeler: Sandra Lane / Michelle Finn
• Manufacturing Process:  Offset, Microprint
• Printer: Banknote Corporation of America
• Press Type: Gallus RCS
• Stamps per Pane: 4
• Print Quantity: 800,000 stamps
• Paper Type: Phosphor, Block Tag
• Adhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive
• Colors: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
• Stamp Orientation: Horizontal
• Front: Plate numbers in two corners of the pane
• ©2022 USPS • USPS logo • Four barcodes (129200) • Plate position diagram (15) • Promotional text