Pacific 97 Clipper Ship - $25 (Surprise)

First day of issue:March 13,1997.
First day city:New York New York.
Site of the Mega stamp event.
Stamp Designer: Richard Sheaff Norwood,Massachusetts.
Richard S.
Ely pictured on this U.
S.
stamp,brought settlers from the East Coast to California.
The stamp was to promote Pacific 97,a major international philatelic exhibition being held in San Francisco.
It is part of the first-ever United States issue of triangular stamps.