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I do not collect US, per se, but I am interested in this topic. I am familiar with the Farley's, but not much else. Any help would be appreciated.
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This is a neat publication from the APS offered for free use in the public domain:
http://stamps.org/userfiles/file/albums/National_Parks.pdf
It's a little dated regarding the latest issues but it lists some stamps with connections to National Parks that aren't immediately obvious.
-Ernie
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Thanks for the link, Ernie. Looking for info on that was on my 'when I have time' list - it might have come to the top in two or three years.
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hey dollhaus,
Yes, I'm really getting interested in postal history from the area in and around Smoky Mountain National Park. I've got alot of extended family up there in Hartford, Cosby and Del Rio in Cocke County, TN. That's mom's side. Dad's side closer to Kingsport.
For those who have never been there, The Cades Cove area (Chestnut Flats), is essentially an outdoor museum with homes, churches etc. left completely intact and identical to the way they were left in the late 1800s. WOULD LOVE to see some postal history from that area if anyone has any.
Just from a cursory search I'm surprised I can't find at least one piece of postal history from these towns:
Hartford, TN
Del Rio, TN
Parrotsville, TN
Small places that time forgot!
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Took my grandson to Cades Cove a while back - he was fascinated. I went through Del Rio not too long ago. A guy I do some consulting work for had to go to Lenoir, NC on business, and I went along, more for company than anything else. We were coming back when we heard on the radio that I40 was closed - bad wreck in the tunnel - and would be closed for hours. The radio report was saying to go north past Johnson City (almost to Kingsport) and then pick up I81. I told him that was ridiculous - just go north out of Asheville and pink up US25. Now realize he had never driven in mountains before and was driving a humongous Ford Excursion. The first few miles were OK - four lanes. Then it went to two lanes. Then two narrow lanes. Then we started down the mountain. I'd always heard about a 'white knuckled' experience, and I finally saw one. He had a death grip on the steering wheel, and his knuckles really were white. By the time we got to Del Rio, he was breathing normally, and his heart rate was back to normal.
Back to stamps. From my earlier collecting years, I acquired a full set of imperf blocks of four from the National Parks issue. I no longer collect US, but I've thought about doing something with those - some sort of National Parks album/display/montage - whatever. This may light a fire under me and get something going.
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Tom, yeah...
it's been about three years now (too long!) but I took my wife and two of my kids up there for spring break. We were coming through Maggie Valley on I-40 just as the sun started to come up. It had snowed HARD the night before and it was the first time that my youngest had seen snow. I think he was 13 at the time. We stopped on the side of the road and had a snow ball fight. To see him get down on his knees and let the snow fall through his fingers was priceless. We had left Jacksonville after dinner the day before and were wearing shorts. My son and I rented bicycles and did the 11 mile loop around Cades Cove and had to stop a couple of time to let the deer go past.
You're getting me psyched to put something nice together based on the area around the park. That's a very special place to me.
This is a stamp based on the view from Clingmans Dome, the highest point in Tennessee.
Here are two photographs from the top of the dome.
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Grand Canyon might be the best represented of National Parks
Here's me on the south rim of the canyon:
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Hoover Dam at Lake Meade is on the National Registry of Historic Places
Here I am taking all the dam pictures I want!
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This seems to be a comprehensive listing of all of the National Parks, Preserves, Monuments and Battlefields. There are 412 different places listed. There are MANY U.S. stamps depicting these sights outright and many more depicted indirectly. Many of these places are depicted on foreign stamps as well. This would be a fun project to put together all of the stamps that represent these places.
List of National Park System Official Units
I've been to only 5 of the National Parks listed: Grand Canyon, Everglades, Mammoth Cave, Smoky Mountains and Shenandoah National Parks.
But I have been to 46 other places listed.
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APS missed one! Sandy Hook Lighthouse at Gateway National Park in New Jersey. The original military base Fort Hancock is on the tip of the hook and part of the park.
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Do any of you know of a comprehensive listing of US National Park and Historical Monument stamps?
I do not collect US, per se, but I am interested in this topic. I am familiar with the Farley's, but not much else. Any help would be appreciated.
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This is a neat publication from the APS offered for free use in the public domain:
http://stamps.org/userfiles/file/albums/National_Parks.pdf
It's a little dated regarding the latest issues but it lists some stamps with connections to National Parks that aren't immediately obvious.
-Ernie
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06:45:10pm
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Thanks for the link, Ernie. Looking for info on that was on my 'when I have time' list - it might have come to the top in two or three years.
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hey dollhaus,
Yes, I'm really getting interested in postal history from the area in and around Smoky Mountain National Park. I've got alot of extended family up there in Hartford, Cosby and Del Rio in Cocke County, TN. That's mom's side. Dad's side closer to Kingsport.
For those who have never been there, The Cades Cove area (Chestnut Flats), is essentially an outdoor museum with homes, churches etc. left completely intact and identical to the way they were left in the late 1800s. WOULD LOVE to see some postal history from that area if anyone has any.
Just from a cursory search I'm surprised I can't find at least one piece of postal history from these towns:
Hartford, TN
Del Rio, TN
Parrotsville, TN
Small places that time forgot!
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08:08:14pm
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Took my grandson to Cades Cove a while back - he was fascinated. I went through Del Rio not too long ago. A guy I do some consulting work for had to go to Lenoir, NC on business, and I went along, more for company than anything else. We were coming back when we heard on the radio that I40 was closed - bad wreck in the tunnel - and would be closed for hours. The radio report was saying to go north past Johnson City (almost to Kingsport) and then pick up I81. I told him that was ridiculous - just go north out of Asheville and pink up US25. Now realize he had never driven in mountains before and was driving a humongous Ford Excursion. The first few miles were OK - four lanes. Then it went to two lanes. Then two narrow lanes. Then we started down the mountain. I'd always heard about a 'white knuckled' experience, and I finally saw one. He had a death grip on the steering wheel, and his knuckles really were white. By the time we got to Del Rio, he was breathing normally, and his heart rate was back to normal.
Back to stamps. From my earlier collecting years, I acquired a full set of imperf blocks of four from the National Parks issue. I no longer collect US, but I've thought about doing something with those - some sort of National Parks album/display/montage - whatever. This may light a fire under me and get something going.
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Tom, yeah...
it's been about three years now (too long!) but I took my wife and two of my kids up there for spring break. We were coming through Maggie Valley on I-40 just as the sun started to come up. It had snowed HARD the night before and it was the first time that my youngest had seen snow. I think he was 13 at the time. We stopped on the side of the road and had a snow ball fight. To see him get down on his knees and let the snow fall through his fingers was priceless. We had left Jacksonville after dinner the day before and were wearing shorts. My son and I rented bicycles and did the 11 mile loop around Cades Cove and had to stop a couple of time to let the deer go past.
You're getting me psyched to put something nice together based on the area around the park. That's a very special place to me.
This is a stamp based on the view from Clingmans Dome, the highest point in Tennessee.
Here are two photographs from the top of the dome.
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Grand Canyon might be the best represented of National Parks
Here's me on the south rim of the canyon:
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re: National Parks and Monuments
Hoover Dam at Lake Meade is on the National Registry of Historic Places
Here I am taking all the dam pictures I want!
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re: National Parks and Monuments
This seems to be a comprehensive listing of all of the National Parks, Preserves, Monuments and Battlefields. There are 412 different places listed. There are MANY U.S. stamps depicting these sights outright and many more depicted indirectly. Many of these places are depicted on foreign stamps as well. This would be a fun project to put together all of the stamps that represent these places.
List of National Park System Official Units
I've been to only 5 of the National Parks listed: Grand Canyon, Everglades, Mammoth Cave, Smoky Mountains and Shenandoah National Parks.
But I have been to 46 other places listed.
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APS missed one! Sandy Hook Lighthouse at Gateway National Park in New Jersey. The original military base Fort Hancock is on the tip of the hook and part of the park.
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