With this Priority Mail® stamp, the U.S. Postal Service celebrates the Florida Everglades. Spanning some 2 million acres in southern Florida, from Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay, the Everglades is one of the largest wetlands in the world and the most significant breeding ground for tropical wading birds in North America. The water that flows through this vast region laces together a mosaic of distinct habitats that support more than 1,500 animal and plant species, including numerous threatened and endangered species.



The art for this Priority Mail® stamp shows a sawgrass marsh as seen at sunset from the edge of a cypress dome. In the foreground, a stand of mature bald cypress trees shelters a great egret in flight while a great blue heron patiently awaits its prey. Nearby, a half-submerged American alligator—a keystone species in the Everglades—moves through the shallow, slow-moving water into the shade of the dome. In the background, the marsh meanders toward the horizon, dotted with tree islands, as roseate spoonbills and other waterbirds fly overhead.

Designed by art director Greg Breeding, the stamp showcases a digital illustration by Dan Cosgrove.