NWS Norman, Oklahoma - USPS To Release Cloud Stamps

The United States Postal Service (USPS) will be issuing the 15-Cloudscapes commemorative postage stamps in early October 2004. Arranged according to altitude, nine of the ten basic cloud types are pictured below on this pane of fifteen stamps. Brief text on the back of each stamp identifies and describes that particular cloud type.

High Clouds
	Cirrus Radiatus Blue hill Bay, Maine July 1981, early evening © David Rosenfeld/Photo Researchers, Inc.	Cirrostratus Fibratus Northeast of Duluth, Minnesota June 26, 1988 © Arjen & Jerrine Verkaik/SKYART	Cirrocumulus Undulatus Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado September 16, 1992 around noon © Richard A. Keen
	Cumulonimbus Mammatus Near Barnes, Kansas June 6, 1971 8:51 PM © David Hoadley	Cumulonimbus Incus West of Amarillo, Texas April 22, 1994 around 4 PM © Arjen & Jerrine Verkaik/SKYART
Middle Clouds
	Altocumulus Stratiformis Near Las Cruces, New Mexico December 1988 at sunset © Scott T. Smith	Altostratus Translucidus Cape May, New Jersey December 26, 1988 aroound 3 PM © Richard A. Keen	Altocumulus Undulatus Rockville, Maryland Mid 1990s, May, 10 AM © H. Michael Mogil
	Altocumulus Castellanus 40 miles ESE of Wichita, Kansas July 3, 1992 11:00 AM © Arjen & Jerrine Verkail/SKYART	Altocumulus Lenticularis Near Nederland, Colorado September 1998, sunset © Carlye Calvin
Low Clouds
	Stratocumulus Undulatus Muddy Bay, Labrador October 5, 1977, sunset © Richard A. Keen	Stratus Opacus Chittenden Reservoir, Vermont October 3, 1987, 2:30 PM © Stanley Gedzelman	Cumulis Humilis Near McMinnville, Oregon August, midafternoon © John Day
	Cumulus Congestus North of Douglas, Arizona August 28, 2000 5:00 PM © Arjen & Jerrine Verkaik/SKYART	Cumulonimbus with Tornado near Osnabrock, North Dakota July 25, 1978 6:00 PM © Edi Ann Otto

United States Post Office To Release Cloud Stamps