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Stamp has Utahn on cloud 9
Smith is known for his wilderness and outdoor photography, which is featured in several books and calendars nationwide. His favorite subject, he said, is the natural world.
"The clerks in the Logan post office said, 'You'll like the new stamps coming out next week,' " Smith said. "They didn't know one of the photographs was actually mine."
Smith's photograph was taken at sunset near Las Cruces, N.M., in 1988. The accompanying description in the set, which is intended to be educational as well as pretty, states that "altocumulus stratiformis clouds are primarily composed of water droplets and . . . reflect glorious colors at sunset."
Brian Sperry, USPS regional spokesman, said that using existing photography was easier than sending someone out to capture the many cloudscapes they wanted to feature.
The number of requested subjects far exceeds the number of topics that are actually chosen. Sperry said approximately 50,000 subject ideas are submitted by the public each year through the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee. Only 25 to 30 stamp subjects end up being released.
"In Cloudscapes, the sky is an ever-changing, visual feast, and students can learn to appreciate the sky and their surrounding environment," Sperry said.
The Cloudscapes stamp pane includes 15 stamps based on photographs of nine cloud formations and are arranged on the sheet according to altitude. Information about each cloud is on the back of the pane behind the stamp. The shapes and altitudes of clouds, as well as the sequence in which they develop, are a sign of changing weather patterns and aid in forecasts. The prefixes "cirro" and "alto" distinguish high- and middle-altitude clouds, respectively.
Smith will be formally recognized at the Logan post office at 10 a.m. Tuesday. He is to receive a framed enlargement of his stamp as well as a framed sheet of Cloudscapes stamps. He will also receive $5,000 from the Postal Service for the use of his photograph, which will be printed more than 8 million times.
One-hundred-twenty-five-million copies of Cloudscapes will be issued to the public after its dedicatory release Monday in Boston.
E-mail: wleonard@desnews.com
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