Object Details
- Description
- This National Park Service Issue stamp commemorates the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the National Park Service, an agency of the United States federal government under the Department of the Interior. It was created by Congress through the National Park Service Organic Act. The agency manages and protects properties such as national parks, battlefields and memorials. The stamp features an image of the Parkscape USA emblem; its interconnecting triangles and three dots symbolize preservation and the outdoors.
- United States; National Park Service; agency; organization; federal government; Department of the Interior; Untied States Congress; Organic Act; property; administer; protect; preserve; site; park; battlefield; hiking trail; memorial; parkway; recreation; river; science; triangle; dots; anniversary
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Date
- August 25, 1966
- Medium
- paper; ink (yellow, black, green); adhesive / lithography, engraving
- Type
- Postage Stamps
