U.S. #2278
1987 25¢ Flag and Clouds
Issue Date: May 6, 1988
City: Boxborough, MA
Quantity: 1,065,300,000
Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Photogravure
Perforations: 11
Color: Multicolored
The first definitive printed specifically to meet the new 25¢ rate pictured "Old Glory" waving against a light-blue sky filled with billowy cumulus clouds. Although flags have been featured as a major design element on stamps since 1957, many of them have been depicted flying over a national landmark. The Flag and Clouds stamp, the 15th in the Flag series, was issued in sheet, coil, and booklet form.