Add Southwestern desert beauty to your letters with these detailed vintage unused Nature of America series “Cactus Wren” postage stamps! This native desert bird design is perfect for adding natural Sonoran Desert style to save-the-dates, wedding invitations, thank you cards, shower invites, travel-themed mailings, and other snail mail correspondence. 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: Cactus Wren
• Stamp Series: Nature of America / Sonoran Desert
• Year Issued: 1999
• Face Value: 33-cents (USD) per stamp
• Topic(s): Cactus Wren, Sonoran Desert, Desert Birds, Wildlife, Nature of America, Southwestern Wildlife, Desert Ecosystem
• Color(s): Brown, Tan, Green, Blue, 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: 3293a
• 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 Cactus Wren stamp features a native Sonoran Desert bird within a richly detailed desert ecosystem scene. The cactus wren is shown as part of the larger Nature of America panoramic pane, which celebrates the biodiversity of the Sonoran Desert and its interdependent plant and animal life. This stamp was issued as part of the first Nature of America set, a USPS series created to highlight North American biomes through connected educational stamp panes. The Cactus Wren stamp was first issued on April 6, 1999, in Tucson, Arizona, with the first day ceremony held at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.

STAMP MEANING & SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE: The cactus wren often evokes adaptability, alertness, resourcefulness, and the lively spirit of desert life. As a bird that thrives among cactus plants and arid landscapes, it carries associations of resilience, protection, home-building, and cheerful persistence. This stamp is especially fitting for nature-inspired correspondence, desert weddings, travel mail, bird lover notes, encouragement cards, and messages celebrating endurance, creativity, and a strong sense of place.

STAMP SERIES HISTORY: The Sonoran Desert pane was the first issue in the Nature of America series, introduced in 1999 to promote appreciation of major North American ecosystems. The pane of 10 stamps was designed as a connected panoramic scene, with each stamp forming part of a larger desert habitat illustration. The Sonoran Desert issue featured 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’s 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.