USPS Issues Minnesota Statehood Stamp - May 17

On May 17, 2008, in St. Paul, Minnesota, the Postal Service™ will issue a 42-cent commemorative stamp, Minnesota Statehood, in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 462500). The cer­emony will be held on the grounds of the Capitol during the Sesquicentennial Festival. The stamp, designed by Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, Maryland, goes on sale nationwide May 17, 2008.

With the issuance of this stamp in 2008, the Postal Service commemorates the 150th year of Minnesota's statehood. The stamp design features a photograph by Richard Hamilton Smith of Park Rapids, Minnesota. The photograph shows a view northwest of the city of Winona.

- Quoted from (and more information can be found in) Stamp Announcement 08-18: Minnesota Statehood.