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Wish You Were Here
Post offices have played a key role in the development of many National Park Service units. Tourists as well as those who live in the parks rely on mail as a lifeline to the broader world. Tourist mail has always been popular to send and receive, and some examples are featured here. Picture postcards and three-dimensional mailings proved particularly popular during the twentieth century's first decades. Three-dimensional mailings are enjoying a bit of a revival since 2010 and the introduction of the non-machine able surcharge rate with its own special stamps. Even in the age of Twitter and Facebook, postcards remain a popular way to let people know you were really there -- and prove it with a postmark!
Did you know?
The Statue of Liberty, a National Monument since 1924, has appeared on more U.S. postage stamps than any other unit protected by the National Park Service? |