"The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance af time..." writted the poet Henry David Thoreau nearly 200 years ago. And the President Theodore Roosevelt said in 1903 after he visited visited the site: "The Grand Canyon fills me with awe. It is beyond comparison - beyond description; absolutely unparalleled throughout the wide world... Let this great wonder of nature remain as it now is. Do nothing to mar its grandeur, sublimity and loveliness. You cannot improve on it. But what you can do is to keep it for your children, your children's children, and all who come after you, as the one great sight which every American should see."
About the stamps
On the first postcard
The stamp is a Global Forever First-Class Mail International one ($1.10), about which I wrote here.
On the second postcard
The stamp is also a Global Forever First-Class Mail International one ($1.10), issued on October 24, 2013. It depict a photograph of a wreath made with evergreen twigs, pinecones, Nandina berries, and a bow of red ribbon. Art director William Gicker designed the stamp, and George E. Brown photographed the wreath, which was created by Alan Talley.
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