The new Priority Mail Express® stamp celebrates the beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains. The Smokies are home to extensive national lands and a vast array of native plants and animals. The stamp art captures an iconic mountain scene located near Newfound Gap between Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and Cherokee, North Carolina. In the foreground, a red-tailed hawk flies over the landscape.
- Issue: Great Smoky Mountains Stamp
- Item Number: 129200
- $28.75 Priority Mail Express Rate
- Format: Pane of 4 (1 designs)
- Issue Date & City: January 22, 2023, Gatlinburg, TN 37738
- Art Director: Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA
- Designer: Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA
- Artist: Dan Cosgrove, Chicago, IL
- Modeler: Sandra Lane / Michelle Finn
- Manufacturing Process: Offset, Microprint
- Printer: Banknote Corporation of America
- Press Type: Gallus RCS
- Stamps per Pane: 4
- Print Quantity: 800,000 stamps
- Paper Type: Phosphor, Block Tag
- Adhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive
- Colors: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
- Stamp Orientation: Horizontal
- Front: Plate numbers in two corners of the pane
- ©2022 USPS • USPS logo • Four barcodes (129200) • Plate position diagram (15) • Promotional text