Add Southwestern desert character to your letters with these detailed vintage unused “Gila Woodpecker” postage stamps from the Nature of America Sonoran Desert issue! This native desert bird design is perfect for adding natural Sonoran Desert beauty to save-the-dates, wedding invitations, thank you cards, shower invites, travel-themed mailings, bird lover correspondence, and other snail mail. In pristine mint condition and valid for current postage use, each stamp holds a face value of 33-cents. These authentic USPS postage stamps are suitable for current mailing when used with the total required postage based on the weight of your mailing.

Purchase includes a total of TEN (10) mint condition postage stamps shown in the product listing photos.

STAMP INFORMATION:

• Stamp Name: Gila Woodpecker
• Stamp Series: Nature of America / Sonoran Desert
• Year Issued: 1999
• Face Value: 33-cents (USD) per stamp
• Topic(s): Gila Woodpecker, Sonoran Desert, Desert Birds, Wildlife, Nature of America, Southwestern Wildlife, Desert Ecosystem
• Color(s): Green, Black, White, Brown, Tan, Red, Multicolored
• Mailing Occasions: Wedding Invitations, Save-the-Dates, Desert-Themed Weddings, Southwestern Mailings, Travel Correspondence, Nature Mailings, Bird Lover Mailings, Thank You Notes, Birthday Cards, Everyday Correspondence
• Printing Method: Offset Press
• Scott Number: 3293j
• Adhesion Type: Self-Adhesive
• Condition: Genuine Unused USPS Postage Stamps, Ready to Use for USPS Mailings, Mint Condition

GENUINE USPS POSTAGE: These unused vintage postage stamps are perfectly valid for use as current postage for mailing with USPS as long as you use the adequate amount of additional postage to achieve standard postage rates according to the weight of your mailing. Check current postage rates at USPS.com.

STAMP DESCRIPTION & HISTORY: The 1999 Gila Woodpecker stamp features a Gila woodpecker within a richly illustrated Sonoran Desert ecosystem scene. The design comes from an acrylic painting by John Dawson and forms part of the larger connected Sonoran Desert pane, which celebrates the native plants, animals, and habitat relationships of this biodiverse desert region. First issued on April 6, 1999, in Tucson, Arizona, this stamp was part of the first issue in the Nature of America series, a USPS series created to promote appreciation of major North American ecological communities.

STAMP MEANING & SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE: Gila woodpeckers often symbolize persistence, rhythm, resourcefulness, communication, and adaptation. As desert birds known for carving nest cavities in saguaro cacti, they evoke creativity, home-building, resilience, and the ability to thrive within a challenging landscape. This stamp is especially fitting for bird lover mailings, desert weddings, travel correspondence, thank you notes, encouragement cards, and messages celebrating determination, creativity, and connection to place.

STAMP SERIES HISTORY: The Sonoran Desert pane was the first issue in the Nature of America series, introduced in 1999 as a group of educational stamp panes designed to promote appreciation of North American biomes. Each semi-jumbo self-adhesive stamp formed part of a larger panoramic ecosystem scene. The Sonoran Desert issue featured native plants and animals including the saguaro cactus, white-winged dove, prickly pear cactus, teddy bear cholla, desert mule deer, Gila monster, cactus wren, hedgehog cactus, brittlebush, desert tortoise, Gambel quail, desert cottontail, cactus mouse, western diamondback rattlesnake, and Gila woodpecker. The artwork was created by John Dawson, and the stamps were printed by Banknote Corporation of America using offset printing.

TELL YOUR STORY IN STAMPS: We’ve worked with hundreds of couples and their stationers to custom design highly stylized personalized postage sets based on our customer’s life stories. We can help you curate personalized vintage postage sets to commemorate your save-the-date, wedding, shower, announcement, and other special occasions in a truly unique fashion. Drawing on our encyclopedic knowledge of every stamp ever issued by the USPS, and sourcing from our extensive inventory of collectable unused vintage stamps, we’ll help you tell your unique story in stamps!

ABOUT HERITAGE POST HOUSE: Jennifer Kramer is the founder of Heritage Post House, a boutique vintage postage house located in Northern California. Jennifer sources the most beautiful unused vintage postage stamps ever issued by USPS and artfully arranges them into curated postage sets that are sure to add a special touch to your invitations, announcements, and special mailings. In addition to creating pre-arranged postage sets, Jennifer also works with couples (and their stationers) to create one-of-a-kind custom postage arrangements for wedding invitations, save the dates, and other special occasions.


Product Specifications

Length: 1.57 in.
Height: 0.01 in.
Width: 1.22 in.
Weight: 0.01 lbs.