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Postal
Service Previews Last of 16 Stamps Celebrating
National
Park Service’s Centennial: Stamp Highlights Yellowstone National Park
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Washington,
DC – April 2016 / Newsmaker Alert / A stunning photograph of two bison
silhouetted in Yellowstone National Park’s winter morning sun was previewed
Monday (April 25) as the last of 16
Forever Stamp images to be revealed over a three-week period to celebrate
the National Park Service’s 100th anniversary. The uniquely designed stamp
pane containing all 16 stamp images will be previewed later this week.
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 The
image was captured by Art Wolfe of Seattle, WA, who described it as, “perfectly
backlit bison standing on a small rise in Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley.”
“Rising
at dawn and braving the -30°F temperature I was able to catch the first
rays of the morning sun,” he explained. “The bitter cold of a long winter’s
night had left the animals encased in a mantle of thick frost. I had scouted
the area the day before and had seen the herd of bison. They had bedded
down there all night and now were standing and trying to shake off the
cold as the sun came over the horizon. These are the serendipitous moments
I wait for as a photographer. I shot this in the days of film, so I didn’t
know until I got back to Seattle and had the film processed if I had been
successful or not.”
Wolfe
got the February 2000 shot using a Canon EOS-3, EF70-200mm lens set at
f/16 for 1/250 sec. using Fujichrome Velvia film.
Yellowstone
National Park, ID, MT and WY
Marvel.
Explore. Discover. Visit Yellowstone and experience the world’s first national
park. Marvel at a volcano’s hidden power rising up in colorful hot springs,
mud pots and geysers. Explore mountains, forests and lakes to watch wildlife
and witness the drama of the natural world unfold. Discover the history
that led to the conservation of our national treasures “for the benefit
and enjoyment of the people.” Visit this
link for more information.
Other
National Parks Forever Stamps previewed to date include Acadia National
Park, Arches National Park, Assateague Island National Seashore, Bandelier
National Monument, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Everglades National
Park, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Grand Canyon National Park,
Gulf Islands National Seashore, Haleakala National Park, Kenilworth Park
& Aquatic Gardens, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park,
Mount Rainier National Park, San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park
and Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
The
June 2 first-day-of-issue ceremony for the National
Parks Forever Stamps pane will take place at New York City’s Javits
Center at 11 a.m. as part of the world’s largest stamp show that only
takes place in the United States once a decade, World
Stamp Show-NY 2016. Dedication ceremonies will also take place at or
near each of the National Parks depicted on the stamps. Individuals are
asked to spread the news on social media by using the hashtags #NPSStamps,
#FindYourPark or #NPS100.
World
Stamp Show-NY 2016 will take place May 28–June 4. This mega event is not
to be missed by beginners or advanced stamp collectors. There will be something
for everyone there, no matter what you collect. Stamp collecting is a hobby
for a lifetime. No matter what your specialty, you’ll find it at the show.
The
Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies
on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.
About
the National Park Service
More
than 20,000 National Park Service employees care for America’s 410 national
parks and work with communities across the nation to help preserve local
history and create close-to-home recreational opportunities. Visit us at
www.NPS.gov,
on Facebook Facebook.com/nationalparkservice,
Twitter Twitter.com/natlparkservice,
and YouTube YouTube.com/nationalparkservice.
Media
Contacts:
Mark
Saunders (USPS)
202-268-6524
Kathy
Kupper (NPS)
202-208-6843 |
