The U.S. Postal Service issued this sheet of 15 (three copies each of five different designs) deep sea creature stamps on Oct. 2, 2000. This item is the full sheet as issued; to obtain just the five different stamps, please see item# USW20). The bizarre creatures that live in this virtually unknown underworld are represented in this sheet by the Fanfin Anglerfish, the Sea Cucumber, the Fangtooth, the Amphipod, and the Medusa. This beautiful sheet was designed for the USPS by Ethel Kessler.

The actual size of this stamp sheet is 178.5 mm x 183 mm (7.0" x 7.2").