Mount Rainier National Park Stamp Dedication Ceremony

The Mount Rainier National Park Stamp will have an official First-Day-of-Issue Dedication Ceremony take place June 2 in Paradise WA. The public is invited to attend the 11 a.m. ceremony at the Mount Rainier National Park.  Entrance fees have been waived for the day by the National Parks Service.

This stamp is one of 16 National Parks Forever stamps that celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service.

The ceremony will highlight the unveiling of the stamp. The stamp will be available at the ceremony and at Post Offices nationwide.

ABOUT THE MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK STAMP

The Mount Rainier National Park Stamp is being issued as one of 16 Forever® stamps in the National Parks Forever stamp pane. These Forever® stamps will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail® one-ounce rate.

Ascending to 14,410 feet above sea level, Mount Rainier stands as an icon in the Washington landscape.  An active volcano, Mount Rainier is the most glaciated peak in the contiguous United States, spawning six major rivers.  Subalpine wildflower meadows ring the icy volcano while ancient forest cloaks Mount Rainer’s lower slopes.  Wildlife abound in the park’s ecosystem.

The Mount Rainier stamp image is the creation of Matt Dieterich, who worked in the park last year as an intern.  To create the star trails image, he took 200 photos in a two-hour window between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. When the photos are contained into one image the stars create a circular pattern around the North Star, which is just out of view at the top of the image. The pink aurora spread throughout the background sky.

ABOUT THE NATIONAL PARKS FOREVER STAMP PANE 

To mark the National Park Service’s centennial, the United States Postal Service is presenting a sheet of 16 stamps at the World Stamp Show, at Mount Rainier, and across the country.

Sixteen park areas represented include a list of some our greatest national treasures, including: 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, Haleakalā National Park, Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Mount Rainier National Park, San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park, Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Yellowstone National Park.

The stamp pane, designed by Ethel Kesslerof Bethesda, MD, includes images featuring existing art or photography representing the regional diversity of the National Park System. All stamps show national parks or plants, animals, artwork, objects and structures found in or associated with a national park. Small type on the margin of each stamp indicates the park’s location.