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Marion Progress
Marion, Mcdowell County, North Carolina
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New US postage stamp series authorized, featuring 10 national park landscapes from 1-10 cents, including Yosemite, Grand Canyon, and others. Engraving underway; issue details pending.
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A new series of United States postage stamps have been authorized and the engravers in the Bureau of Engraving are already hard at work preparing the plates bearing the design to be used. There will be ten values--denominations from one to ten cents -- in the new series and each will present a view of some distinctive feature of a national park landscape including scenes in Yosemite (Calif.), one cent; Grand Canyon (Ariz.), two; Mount Rainier (Wash.), three; Mesa Verde (Colo.) four; Yellowstone (Wyo.), five; Zion (Utah), six; Acadia (Maine), seven; Sequoia (Calif.), eight; Glacier (Mont.), nine; Great Smoky Mountain (N. C. and Tenn.), 10 cents.
Date of issue, color and design will be announced later.
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United States National Parks (Yosemite Calif., Grand Canyon Ariz., Mount Rainier Wash., Mesa Verde Colo., Yellowstone Wyo., Zion Utah, Acadia Maine, Sequoia Calif., Glacier Mont., Great Smoky Mountain N. C. And Tenn.)
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Authorization of a new series of ten US postage stamps from 1 to 10 cents, each featuring a national park landscape: Yosemite 1 cent, Grand Canyon 2, Mount Rainier 3, Mesa Verde 4, Yellowstone 5, Zion 6, Acadia 7, Sequoia 8, Glacier 9, Great Smoky Mountain 10. Date of issue, color, and design to be announced later.