UNITED STATES

UNITED STATES.

Nevada First Settlement Centennial.
Carson Valley arount 1850.
Stamp issued on 14.07.1951.
Face value: 3 cents of United States dollar.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 112,000,000 copies.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 617.
- Scott No. 999.
- StampWorld No. 808.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 996.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 550.

Currently, Carson Valley is included in the Nevada Micropolitan Statistical Area, within Douglas County. In 1851, the town of Genoa, situated within the Carson River Valley, approximately 68 km (42 mi) south of Reno, was the first permanent settlement in Nevada by Mormon traders selling goods to settlers on their way to California. The settlement originated as a trading post called Mormon Station. In 1856, Orson Hyde changed the name of the community to Genoa, after the Italian city. Genoa served as the first capital of the Nevada Territory in 1861, until it was moved that year to Carson City. Nevada's first newspaper, the Territorial Enterprise, was founded in Genoa in 1858, but moved to Virginia City in 1860. Douglas County is located in western Nevada and extends from Carson Valley to the Sierra Nevada.

UNITED STATES

UNITED STATES.

National Parks.
Yosemite National Park, California.
First stamp in a set of 3, issued on 16.07.1934.
Face value: 1 cent of US dollar.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 84,000,000 copies.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 364A.
- Scott No. 740.
- StampWorld No. 581.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 739.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 328A.

Yosemite National Park in California covers an area of 3,029 km² (1,169 sq mi) and stretches across the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. It is characterized by its granite cliffs, waterfalls, crystalline rivers, giant redwood forests and great biological diversity (about 95% of the park area is designated as a wilderness area). It was established on October 1, 1890, and in 1984 it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The park has an elevation ranging from 648 to 3,997 m (2,127 to 13,114 ft) and contains five main vegetation zones: oak forest area, low mountain vegetation, high mountain vegetation, subalpine vegetation, and alpine vegetation. The geological formation of the area is made of granite rocks and older rock remnants.