{"id":14650,"date":"2016-04-13T07:56:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T12:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=14650"},"modified":"2016-04-13T07:56:18","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T12:56:18","slug":"video-stamp-highlights-grand-canyon-national-park-in-national-parks-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2016\/04\/13\/video-stamp-highlights-grand-canyon-national-park-in-national-parks-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Stamp Highlights Grand Canyon National Park In National Parks Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/about.usps.com\/news\/national-releases\/2016\/images\/pr16_023.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Canyon National Park stamp\" width=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_hoGpYyn4Bs\" width=\"475\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 An iconic painting of one of the seven natural wonders of the world \u2014 the Grand Canyon \u2014 was previewed today as the eighth of 16 Forever Stamp images to be revealed over a three-week period to celebrate the National Park Service\u2019s 100th anniversary.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Grand Canyon National Park, AZ<\/strong><br \/>\nThe stamp image is a detail of a chromolithograph-on-canvas, \u201cThe Grand Canyon of Arizona, from Hermit Rim Road,\u201d by artist Thomas Moran (1837\u20131926). Unique combinations of geologic color and erosional forms decorate a canyon that is 277 river miles long, up to 18 miles wide and one mile deep. Grand Canyon overwhelms our senses through its immense size. Visit this<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hrishq.usps.gov\/retirementseminar\/home_page.cfm\"><em>link<\/em><\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>for more information about the park.<\/p>\n<p>Other National Park Forever Stamps previewed to date include<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/about.usps.com\/news\/national-releases\/2016\/pr16_015.htm\"><em>Acadia National Park<\/em><\/a><em>,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/about.usps.com\/news\/national-releases\/2016\/pr16_016.htm\"><em>Arches National Park<\/em><\/a><em>,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/about.usps.com\/news\/national-releases\/2016\/pr16_017.htm\"><em>Assateague Island National Seashore<\/em><\/a><em>,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/about.usps.com\/news\/national-releases\/2016\/pr16_018.htm\"><em>Bandelier National Monument<\/em><\/a><em>,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/about.usps.com\/news\/national-releases\/2016\/pr16_020.htm\"><em>Carlsbad Caverns National Park<\/em><\/a><em><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/about.usps.com\/news\/national-releases\/2016\/pr16_021.htm\"><em>Everglades National Park<\/em><\/a><em><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/about.usps.com\/news\/national-releases\/2016\/pr16_022.htm\"><em>Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The June 2 first-day-of-issue ceremony for the National Parks Forever Stamps pane will take place at New York City\u2019s<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.javitscenter.com\/\"><em>Javits Center<\/em><\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>at 11 a.m. as part of<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ny2016.org\/\"><em>World Stamp Show-NY 2016<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em>Dedication ceremonies will also take place at or near each of the National Parks depicted on the stamps. Individuals are asked to spread the news on social media by using the hashtags #NPSStamps, #FindYourPark or #NPS100.<\/p>\n<p>World Stamp Show-NY 2016 will take place May 28\u2013June 4. Held only once a decade, this mega event is not to be missed by beginners through advanced stamp collectors alike. There will be something for everyone there, no matter what you collect. Stamp collecting is a hobby for a lifetime. No matter what your specialty, you\u2019ll find it at the show.<\/p>\n<p>The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_hoGpYyn4Bs\">Watch Other Grand Canyon Video Episodes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 WASHINGTON \u2014 An iconic painting of one of the seven natural wonders of the world \u2014 the Grand Canyon \u2014 was previewed today as the eighth of 16 Forever Stamp images to be revealed over a three-week period to celebrate the National Park Service\u2019s 100th anniversary.\u00a0 \u00a0 Grand Canyon National Park, AZ The stamp [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usps-news","category-video-gallery","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14650"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14653,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14650\/revisions\/14653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}