Lillian Turner fell in love w/ 'nature in the rough' and became a rock hound. She felt the Postal Service ought to have a postage stamp showing the beauty of minerals. For ten years she sent letters and talked to congressmen to get support for such a stamp. On June 13, 1974 she got her wish w/ the first U.S. postage stamp in the shape of a diamond and picturing petrified wood from Arizona, tourmaline from California, rhodochrosite from Colorado, and amethyst from South Carolina. While Ms. Turner was happy w/ the result of her efforts she soon launched a new campaign for another geology stamp. It took 18 years but the next mineral stamp was issued on Sept. 17, 1992 'unearthing' copper, wulfenite, azurite, and variscite. So if there is something you would like to see honored on a U.S. postage stamp it just takes perseverance. The 10 cent stamps are Scott # 1538-41 and the 29 cent stamps are Scott # 2700-03.
Lillian Turner fell in love w/ 'nature in the rough' and became a rock hound. She felt the Postal Service ought to have a postage stamp showing the beauty of minerals. For ten years she sent letters and talked to congressmen to get support for such a stamp. On June 13, 1974 she got her wish w/ the first U.S. postage stamp in the shape of a diamond and picturing petrified wood from Arizona, tourmaline from California, rhodochrosite from Colorado, and amethyst from South Carolina. While Ms. Turner was happy w/ the result of her efforts she soon launched a new campaign for another geology stamp. It took 18 years but the next mineral stamp was issued on Sept. 17, 1992 'unearthing' copper, wulfenite, azurite, and variscite. So if there is something you would like to see honored on a U.S. postage stamp it just takes perseverance. The 10 cent stamps are Scott # 1538-41 and the 29 cent stamps are Scott # 2700-03.
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