YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — On June 13, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) unveiled 12 new stamps that aim to celebrate the variety and beauty of waterfalls throughout the U.S. at an event in Yellowstone National Park.
Each stamp in the new series features a photograph with the name of the waterfall and the state in which it is located beneath it. Yellowstone’s iconic Lower Falls is featured as one of the 12 new stamps.
“As the name suggests, Forever Stamps can be used to mail a one-ounce letter regardless of when the stamps are purchased or used and no matter how prices may change in the future,” says the USPS. “Forever Stamps are always sold at the same price as a regular First-Class Mail stamp.”
The image of Lower Falls featured on the Forever Stamp was taken by Indiana-based photographer Kenneth Keifer. At last week’s event, Keifer talked to WyoFile about capturing the image of a rainbow in the waterfall’s mist.
First row: Deer Creek Falls, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, photo by Sandra Woods; Nevada Fall, Yosemite National Park, California, photo by Quang-Tuan Luong; Harrison Wright Falls, Ricketts Glen State Park, Pennsylvania; Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, photos by Kenneth Keifer.
Second row: Waimoku Falls, Haleakal National Park, Hawaii, photo by Quang-Tuan Luong; Stewart Falls, Mount Timpanogos Wilderness, Utah, photo by Nicole Nugent; Niagara Falls, Niagara Falls State Park, New York, photo by John Cancalosi; Dark Hollow Falls, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, photo by Quang-Tuan Luong.
Third row: Grotto Falls, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, photo by Joe Miller; Sunbeam Falls, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, photo by Kevin Schafer; LaSalle Canyon Waterfall, Starved Rock State Park, Oglesby, Illinois, photo by David B. Vernon; Upper Falls, Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina, photo by Tim Fitzharris.
Framing the stamps is selvage that again features David B. Vernon’s LaSalle Canyon image. Art Director Greg Breeding designed the stamps and pane with existing photographs.
