1934 1c Yosemite, California, Green, Perf. 11, Vertical Pair, Imperforate Between Error

Own Scarce Yosemite Imperforate Error Pair

This stamp was intended to have 11-gauge perforations both vertically and horizontally. Because of an error during the perforation process, the horizontal perfs were never added.

This stamp pictures El Capitan, the most famous mountain in Yosemite National Park. It was the lowest value stamp in the National Parks Year Issue.

As a stamp collector, President Franklin D. Roosevelt personally oversaw the selection of stamp subjects and designs during his administration. As Roosevelt was reviewing suggestions for the 1934 schedule, Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes saw an opportunity to advertise the national park system. Ickes felt many Americans were unaware the federal government had set aside vast amounts of land for their enjoyment and for future generations. At his suggestion, 1934 had been declared National Parks Year. Ickes now proposed the legacy of the national parks be portrayed on postage stamps to give people a glimpse of their diversity and natural beauty. FDR approved the idea immediately, and ten parks were chosen, each to be pictured on a different denomination ranging from 1¢ to 10¢. 

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