Philately, or stamp collecting, is an old hobby. Stamps illustrating geologic features are common; mountains, volcanoes, glaciers, lakes, waterfalls, rivers, minerals, and fossils are frequently illustrated. The number of stamps of geologic interest runs into the hundreds. Scott's Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue (1970), one of the important reference books of philately, is published yearly. Lithos and Minereaux et Fossiles, two French journals, regularly report new stamp issues that highlight geological features. The articles typically contain full-color illustrations and provide descriptive narratives for each stamp.
Devils Tower, Wyoming
The violet three-cent Devils Tower National Monument stamp was issued on September 24,
For this entry, the figures have been reproduced and the text adapted from R. L. Nichols, 1971, Jour. Geol. Educ. 19, 176–181.
1956, to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the federal law providing for the protection of American natural antiquities (Fig. 1)....
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Nichols, R.L. (1988). Geophilately . In: General Geology. Encyclopedia of Earth Science. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30844-X_51
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