Monday, 9 January 2023

2635) Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, USA: USPS (United states Postal Service has issued a Postage Stamp featuring the iconic Monument Valley landscape: Date of Stamp issue: 14.02.2022:

2635) Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, USA: USPS (United states Postal Service has issued a Postage Stamp featuring the iconic Monument Valley landscape: Date of Stamp issue: 14.02.2022:

With this Priority Mail Stamp, the US Postal Service is celebrating Monument Valley, which is an iconic landscape of the American West.

Reminiscent of a vintage Travel Poster, this stamp features artwork that emphasises the vast stone formations of Monument Valley while highlighting the vivid colours of the sky, the earth, and the area's distinctive plant life.

The Digital illustration is based on photographs of Monument Valley, including a view facing North-west at sunrise.

Known to the Navajo as "Tse Bii Ndzisgaii", Monument Valley is part of "Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park", which includes nearly 92,000 acres on the border of Utah and Arizona.

Although the most famous view of the valley spans only around five sq. miles, its spectacular vistas and rock formations are synonymous with the American West in the minds of people around the world.

Monument Valley has appeared in numerous moves, especially Westerns, and has served as the setting for countless TV shows.

The valley is of great geological significance, and according to traditions of the Navajo, the stone formations in Monument Valley have sacred stories to tell.

"Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park" is open to tourism all year round. Tourists access and enjoy some areas along a 17-mile loop road, while other areas are accessible to tourists through guided tours.

The Park is part of the much larger Navajo Nation, which encompasses more than 27,000 sq. miles in Utah, Arizona and New Mexico.

The Monument Valley First Day Cover (FDC) is an 6 -3/4 envelope, which bears an affixed Priority Mail Stamp cancelled with a official First Day of issue Postmark.

Remniscent of a vintage travel poster, this stamp features the vast stone formations of Monument Valley while highlighting the vivid colours of the sky, the earth and the area's distintive plant life.

The standard four-bar cancellation marks the date and location of stamp issuance - 14.02.2022, Monument Valley, UT, 84536.

On the Digital Colour Postmark of the First Day Cover (FDC) is showcased one of the awe-inspiring sandstone buttes from the stamp. 

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