In 1934 Congress declared the year as "National Parks" year. And to commemorate this the US postal service put out a series of ten stamps that commemorate our National Parks. They are wonderful stamps!

They are each in a different single color and each one has a different face value from one cent through 10 cents.

Here are the ten stamps. But we will take a closer look at each stamp and I will tell you a little bit about them.Their Scott catalog numbers are #740 - #749.

About the value of these stamps.

They were printed in large numbers, depending on the denomination they printed between 15 and 90 million of them. And, being pictorials and probably very popular they were highly collected so there are lots of them still around and in mint condition so they don't have much monetary value- typically between 25 cents and a dollar.

Scott 740- Yosemite National Park - 1 cent demonination and green in color. It commemorates Yosemite National park in California which covers 1189 square miles. The stamp depicts "El Capitan".

Scott 741 - Grand Canyon National Park - 2 cent demominaton and red in color. It commemorates the park which covers 1875 square miles and includes part of the Grand Canyon which was first explored by John Wesley Powell.

Scott 742 - Mont Rainier National Park - 3 cent denomination and deep violet i color. It covers the national park in western Washington state which covers 378 square miles and stands 14,404 feet above sea level.

Scott 743 - Mesa Verde National Park - 4 cent denomination and brown in color. - This stamp honors the Mesa Verde National Park in southwestern Colorado. It consists of 80 square miles and it is the site of the more important ruins of prehistoric cliff dwellers in the United States.

Scott 744 - Yellowstone National Park - Five cent denomination and blue in color.

This stamp commemorates the very first national park in America that was created by Congress. It is located in northwestern Wyoming and it is famous for it's many colored springs, rock formations and geysers. The stamp depicts the famous Old Faithful geyser.

Scott 745 - Crater Lake National Park - six cent denomination and dark blue in color. This national park is located in the Cascade Montain Range of southwestern Oregon. It consists of about 250 square miles of land and it's focal point is the crater of an extinct volcano filled with water.

Scott 746 - Acadia National Park - seven cent denomination and black in color.

This national park is located on Mount Desert Island in Maine. And it has 65 square miles of territory.

Scott 747 -Zion National Park - Eight cent denomination and sage green in color.

This park is located in southwestern Utah and consists of 229 square miles. The stamp depicts the "Great White Throne" which is a notable rock formation within the park.

Scott 748 - Glacier National Park - Nine cent denomination and red-orange in color

This park is located in northwestern Montana It is a forest, lake, and glacier preserve. It covers 1,583 square miles in size.

Scott 749 - Great Smoky Mountains - Ten cent denomination and gray black in color.

This national park is 800 square miles in size and covers most of the Great Smoky Mountain Range.