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.

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UNITED STATES.

50 Years New Mexico Statehood.
Shiprock.
Stamp issued on 06.01.1962.
Face value: 4 cents of United States dollar.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 113,000,000 copies.
Size: 39 x 26 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 820.
- Scott No. 1191.
- StampWorld No. 991.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1190.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 723.

Shiprock (Navajo: Tsé Bitʼaʼí, "winged rock") is a monadnock (volcanic breccia and minette) aged 27 million years, rising nearly 482.5 m (1,583 ft) above the high-desert plain of the Navajo Nation in San Juan County, New Mexico. Its peak elevation is 2,187.5 m (7,177 ft) above sea level. It is about 17.30 km (10.75 mi) southwest of the town of Shiprock, which is named for the peak. The formation is in the Four Corners region and plays a significant role in Navajo religion, myth, and tradition. It is located in the center of the area occupied by the Ancient Pueblo People. In 1975, Shiprock was designated as a National Natural Landmark by the National Park Service. The first ascent was in 1939, by a Sierra Club team. The idea of climbing Shiprock is repugnant to many Navajo people: climbing has been illegal since 1970. The name "Ship Rock" in english dates from the 1870s.

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Pre-Columbian America Issue.
Grand Canyon.
Stamp issued on 12.10.1990.
Face value: 25 cents of United States dollar.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 151,000,000 copies.
Size: 40 x 25 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 2111.
- Scott No. 2512.
- StampWorld No. 2246.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2546.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1923.

The Grand Canyon (Hopi: Öngtupqa; Yavapai: Wi:kaʼi:la; Navajo: Bidááʼ Haʼaztʼiʼ Tsékooh; Southern Paiute language: Paxa’uipi; Spanish: Gran Cañón or Gran Cañón del Colorado) is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona. It is 446 km (277 mi) long, up to 29 km (18 mi) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (1,857 m or 6,093 ft). The canyon and adjacent rim are contained within Grand Canyon National Park, the Kaibab National Forest, Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument, the Hualapai Indian Reservation, the Havasupai Indian Reservation and the Navajo Nation. The Grand Canyon is a river valley in the Colorado Plateau that exposes uplifted Proterozoic and Paleozoic strata. Between 100,000 and 3 million years ago, volcanic activity deposited ash and lava over the area which at times completely obstructed the river. These volcanic rocks are the youngest in the canyon. The first European known to have viewed the Grand Canyon was García López de Cárdenas from Spain, who arrived in 1540. James Ohio Pattie, along with a group of American trappers and mountain men, may have been the next European to reach the canyon, in 1826.

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UNITED STATES.

National Parks Centennial.
Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
Stamps issued on 05.04.1972.
Face value: 4 x 2 cents of US dollar.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 43,000,000 copies.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 1062-1065.
- Scott No. 1451a.
- StampWorld No. 1221-1224.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1451-1454.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 948-951.

Cape Hatteras National Seashore preserves the portion of the Outer Banks of North Carolina from Bodie Island to Ocracoke Island, stretching over 110 km (70 mi), and is managed by the National Park Service. It was established on January 12, 1953. Tiene una superficie de 122.83 km² (30,351 acres). Three visitor centers offer information about the Cape Hatteras National Seashore: the Bodie Island Visitor Center, located in the north, adjacent to the Bodie Island Lighthouse, which is open for tours seasonally; the Hatteras Island Visitor Center and Museum of the Sea, located in the Cape Hatteras Light keeper's quarters, in Buxton; and the Ocracoke Island Visitor Center, located in Ocracoke, near the Ocracoke Lighthouse.

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UNITED STATES.

Glacier National Park. Mount Rockwell and Two Medicine Lake.
Second stamp in a set of 3, issued on 27.08.1934.
Face value: 9 cents of US dollar.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 17,000,000 copies.
Size: 40.5 x 25.5 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 372.
- Scott No. 748.
- StampWorld No. 589.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 747.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 336A.

Glacier National Park, established in May 11, 1910, is located in northwestern Montana, on the Canada–United States border, adjacent to the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. The park encompasses 4,100 km² (1,583 sq mi) and includes parts of two mountain ranges (sub-ranges of the Rocky Mountains), more than 130 named lakes, more than 1,000 different species of plants, and hundreds of species of animals.

Mount Rockwell (2,828 m, 9,277 ft) is located into the Glacier Park, in the Lewis Range.

Two Medicine Lake is approximately 3.2 km (2 mi) long and 0.53 km (0.33 mi) wide. A short outlet stream connects it with Pray Lake to the northeast.

HAITI

HAITI / HAÏTI.

3rd Pan American Sport Games, Chicago.
Jean Baptiste Paul Dessables and Region of Lake Michigan map.
Third stamp in a set of 3, issued on 27.08.1959.
Face value: 75 cents of Haitian gourde.
Printed by Staatsdruckerei, Wien.
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 34 x 45 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 582.
- Scott No. 450.
- StampWorld No. 570.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 651.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 422.

Jean Baptiste Paul Dessables (or Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable) born in Saint-Marc, in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti), between 1745 and 1750 and died in Saint Charles, in the present American state of Mossouri in 1818, he was the first inhabitant of the city of Chicago, of which he is considered the founder. He was a mulatto, the son of a French sailor and a former slave of African origin. In 1765 he arrived in New Orleans, then under Spanish control, traced the Mississippi River to the current state of Illinois, and in 1779 he settled in the place where Chicago currently stands (thirty years before the construction of Fort Dearborn), where he built a house. He was not officially recognized as the founder of Chicago until 1968.

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Thanks to Dragan Buškulić for his contribution (https://worldofstamp2.wordpress.com/).

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Defense of the Corregidor Island, Manila Bay, Philippines.
Air view of the island.
Stamp issued on 27.09.1944.
Face value: 3 cents of US dollar.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 50,000,000 copies.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 528.
- Scott No. 925.
- StampWorld No. 733.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 922.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 474.

Corregidor Island (Tagalog: Pulo ng Corregidor) is an island located at the entrance of Manila Bay in the southwestern part of Luzon in the Philippines. Its surface area is 5.49 km² (2.12 sq mi), and its maximum height is 179.5 m (589 ft). Due to this location, Corregidor has historically been fortified with coastal artillery batteries to defend the entrance of Manila Bay and Manila itself from attacks by enemy warships. During World War II, the island played an important role during the invasion and liberation of the Philippines from the Imperial Japanese Army. The island was heavily bombarded during the later part of the war, where the ruins serve as a military memorial to American, Filipino, and Japanese soldiers who served and lost their lives on the battlefield.

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UNITED STATES.

Acadia National Park, Maine.
Last stamp in a set of 3, issued on 02.01.1934.
Face value: 7 cents of U.S. dollar.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 15,000,000 copies.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 370.
- Scott No. 746.
- StampWorld No. 587.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 745.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 334A.

Acadia National Park is located along the mid-section of the Maine coast, southwest of Bar Harbor. The park preserves about half of Mount Desert Island, part of the Isle au Haut, the tip of the Schoodic Peninsula, and portions of 16 smaller outlying islands. It was established on July 8, 1916 as Sieur de Monts National Monument. In total, it encompasses 198.6 km² (76.7 sq mi). Acadia has a rich human history, dating back more than 10,000 years ago with the Wabanaki people. The 17th century brought fur traders and other European explorers, while the 19th century saw an influx of summer visitors, then wealthy families.

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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.

UNITED STATES

UNITED STATES.

100th Anniversary of West Virginia Statehood.
Stylized map of the West Virginia State.
Stamp issued on 20.06.1963.
Face value: 5 cents of US dollar.
Design: Dwight Mutchler (1903-1976).
Engraving: C. A, Brooks.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 137,540,000 copies.
Size: 40 x 25 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 842.
- Scott No. 1232.
- StampWorld No. 1014.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1214.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 746.

West Virginia became a state after the Wheeling Conventions of 1861, at the beginning of the American Civil War. Delegates from the unionist counties of northwestern Virginia decided to secede from Virginia, which also included secessionist counties in the new state. West Virginia was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863. It was the only state that was formed by separating from a confederate state. The state legislature abolished slavery in the state and, at the same time, ratified the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery nationwide on February 3, 1865.

The total area of the State is 62,755 km² (24,230 sq mi). Its population, in 2019, was 1,792,147 inhabitants.

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UNITED STATES.

National Parks.
Mount Rainier National Park.
Third stamp in a set of 4, issued on 03.08.1934.
Face value: 3 cents of US dollar.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 95,000,000 copies.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 366.
- Scott No. 742.
- StampWorld No. 583.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 741.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 330A.

Mount Rainier National Park is located in southeast Pierce County and northeast Lewis County, in Washington state. The park was established on March 2, 1899 and was designated a National Historic Landmark on February 18, 1997. It has an area of 956.6 km² (369.3 sq mi) including all of Mount Rainier, a 4,392 m (14,411 ft) high stratovolcano: it is the highest point of the Cascade Range and is surrounded by valleys, waterfalls, subalpine meadows and a large expanse of ancient forest. More than 25 glaciers descend on its flanks, the largest of which are the Carbon Glacier and the Emmons Glacier.

UNITED STATES

UNITED STATES.

HemisFair '68 (World's Fair in San Antonio, Texas).
Stylzed map of the American continent and lines converging on Texas.
Stamp issued on 30.03.1968.
Face value: 6 cents of U.S. dollar.
Design: Louis Macouillard (1913-1987).
Printing: Recess.
Print: 114,000,000 copies.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 946.
- Scott No. 1340.
- StampWorld No. 1112.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1324.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 844.

HemisFair '68 was the official 1968 World's Fair (or International Exposition) held in San Antonio, Texas, from April 6 through October 6, 1968. The theme of the fair was "The Confluence of Civilizations in the Americas", celebrating the many nations which settled the region. The fair was held in 1968 to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the founding of San Antonio in 1718. More than thirty nations and fifteen corporations hosted pavilions at the fair.

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UNITED STATES.

150th anniversary of the Oregon Trail, 1843-1993.
Map of the historic trail.
Stamp issued on 12.02.1993.
Face value: 29 cents of US dollar.
Printing: Offset lithography and recess.
Print: 110,000,000 copies.
Size: 25 x 40 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 2343.
- Scott No. 2747.
- StampWorld No. 2466.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2776.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2138.

The Oregon Trail was a 2,170-mile (3,490 km) east-west, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon. From the early to mid-1830s (and particularly through the years 1846–1869) the Oregon Trail and its many offshoots were used by about 400,000 settlers, farmers, miners, ranchers, missioners and business owners and their families. Use of the trail declined as the first transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869. The first overland route through what is now the United States was mapped by the Lewis and Clark Expedition between 1804 and 1806. Lewis and Clark initially believed they had found a practical overland route to the west coast; however, the two passes they encountered through the Rocky Mountains proved too difficult for the prairie schooner cars to traverse.

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National Parks.
Mountain Great White Throne, Zion National Park, Utah.
First stamp in a set of 3, issued on 18.09.1934.
Face value: 8 cents of US dollar.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 15,000,000 copies.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 371.
- Scott No. 747.
- StampWorld No. 588.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 746.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 335A.

Zion National Park is located in the southwest of the state of Utah, near the town of Springdale. It was established on November 19, 1919 and its area is 146,597 acres (229,058 sq mi; 593.26 km²). It is characterized primarily by the 229 sq mi (590 km²) Zion Canyon, which is 15 mi (24 km) long and up to 2,640 ft (800 m) deep. The highest point in the park is Horse Ranch Mountain, 8,733 ft (2,662 m) high.

Among the park’s mountains is the Great White Throne, which towers over Zion Canyon as high as 6,747 ft (2,056 m). It is often used as a symbol of Zion National Park.

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National Parks.
Yellowstone Old Faithful geyser in eruption.
First stamp in a set of 3, issued on 30.07.1934.
Face value: 5 cents.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 30,000,000 copies.
Size: 27 x 40 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 368.
- Scott No. 744.
- StampWorld No. 585.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 743.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 332.

Yellowstone National Park, with an area of 3468.4 sq mi (8,983.2 km²), occupies territories of the states of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. It was the first national park to be established in the United States, in 1872. The relief of the park includes lakes, canyons, rivers and mountain ranges, and also the Yellowstone caldera, the largest supervolcano in the American continent, currently inactive, but has erupted several times in the last two million years. Thanks to its continuous volcanic activity, Yellowstone is also home to half of the world's geysers and hydrothermal vents. Old Faithful geyser, located in Teton County (Wyoming), received this name in 1870. The eruptions, which last from one and a half to five minutes, can release between 3,700 and 8,400 US gallons (14,000 to 32,000 L) of water boiling at a height of 106 to 185 ft (32 to 56 m). The intervals between eruptions can vary from 60 to 110 minutes.

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UNITED STATES.

National Parks.
Crater Lake (Oregon).
Second stamps in a set of 3, issued on 1934.
Face value: 6 cents.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 16,000,000 copies.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 369. (?)
- Scott No. 745.
- StampWorld No. 586.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 333.

Crater Lake is a crater lake in south-central Oregon State in the western United States. It is the main feature of Crater Lake National Park and is famous for its deep blue color and water clarity. The lake partly fills a nearly 2,148-foot-deep (655 m) caldera that was formed around 7,700 (± 150) years ago by the collapse of the volcano Mount Mazama. There are no rivers flowing into or out of the lake; the evaporation is compensated for by rain and snowfall at a rate such that the total amount of water is replaced every 250 years. The lake is 5 by 6 miles (8.0 by 9.7 km) across, with a caldera rim ranging in elevation from 7,000 to 8,000 feet (2,100 to 2,400 m) and an average lake depth of 1,148 feet (350 m). The lake's maximum depth has been measured at 1,949 feet (594 m), which fluctuates slightly as the weather changes. Crater Lake features two small islands. Wizard Island, located near the western shore of the lake, is a cinder cone approximately 316 acres (128 ha) in size. Phantom Ship, a natural rock pillar, is located near the southern shore.

In June 1853, John Wesley Hillman became the first non-Native American explorer to report sighting the lake he named the “Deep Blue Lake”. The lake was renamed at least three times, as Blue Lake, Lake Majesty, and finally Crater Lake.

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Last stamp in a set of 3, issued on 08.10.1934.
Face value: 10 cents.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 18,874,300 copies.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 373.
- Scott No. 749.
- StampWorld No. 590.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 748.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 337.

The Great Smoky Mountains are part of the Appalachian Mountains. Its highest peak is the Clingmans Dome, with a height of 2,025 m (6,643 ft); they stretch along the Tennessee-North Carolina border in the southeastern United States. On June 15, 1934, President Franklin Roosevelt signed legislation establishing the Great Smoky Mountains National Park: the park covers 2,114.15 km² (816.28 sq mi) and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Native Americans probably hunted in those mountains 14,000 years ago. Hernandode Soto and Juan Pardo are supposed to have been the first Europeans to visit the Smokies, in 1540 and 1567 respectively. Europeans began to explore the region in the mid-18th century. After the French and Indian War (1754-63), tensions developed between the native Cherokee and the arriving white explorers. In the early 1800s, the Cherokee ceded control of the Smokies to the US government.

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UNITED STATES.

Annapolis Tercentenary, 1649-1949.
Map of original settlement of the current city of Annapolis* (Maryland)
on Severn River and Chesapeake Bay.
Stamp issued on 23.05.1949.
Face value: 3 cents of U.S. dollar.
Printing: Recess.
Printed by Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington D.C.
Print: 107,340,000 copies.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 598.
- Scott No. 984.
- StampWorld No. 793.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 535.

* Annapolis was founded in 1649 by Puritan settlers who were exiled from Virginia, led by William Stone; the location was first named Providence. The town was renamed Anne Arundel’s Towne after the wife of Lord Baltimore. It was only in 1708 when Sir Francis Nicholson moved the capital of the royal colony there, that the town received the name which is holds today, Annapolis, named for Queen Anne, soon to be the monarch of all of Great Britain. 

The Puritans are represented on the stamp in the image of a boat headed to the new settlement. Also shown on the stamp is the coat of arms of Cecilius Calvert, Lord Baltimore, the first proprietor of the Maryland colony.

The design, a map of the Annapolis area showing the water route from the Chesapeake Bay to the Severn River.

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UNITED STATES.

Biplanes and map of the United States (first commercial and postal flights).
Air mail.
First stamp in a set of 3, issued on 13.02.1926.
Face value: 10 cents of U.S. dollar.
Printed: Flat plate printing.
Printed by Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
Print: 42,092,800 copies.

Catalogues
- Scott No. C7.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA7.