US Postage Stamps
// Philatelic Project
// The Federal States
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#4329 // August 16, 2012
(self-adhesive coil definitive) Flags of Our Nation Series
West Virginia State Flag
flock of wild turkeys |
#2000 // April 14, 1982
(ex pane of 50 different stamps) State Bird & Flower of West Virginia
Red Cardinal
(Cardinal cardinalis), Rhododendron Maximum |
#1667 // February 23, 1976
(ex pane of 50 different stamps) American Bicentennial Series West Virginia State Flag |
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#1232 // June 20, 1963 // Wheeling, WV
(Wheeling was the state's first capital) West Virginia Statehood Centennial Outline map and State Capitol in Charleston, WV |
#4790 // June 20, 2013 // Charleston, WV
West Virginia Statehood Sesquicentennial Early morning view looking east from the Highland Scenic Highway (US Route 150) in Pocahontas County, WV, within Monongahela National Forest |
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#4511 // April 11, 2011 // Fayetteville, WV
Priority Mail Stamp with Microprint "USPS" New River Gorge Bridge Construction of the bridge started in 1974 and was opened to traffic in 1977. The bridge is part of US Highway 19, the "Mountaineer Expressway". The 3,030 feet (924 m) steel-arch bridge spans the gorge of the New River in Fayette County, WV, in the Appalachian Mountains. |
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#4927 // September 29, 2014 // Danese, WV
Priority Mail Stamp Glade Creek Grist Mill |
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The stamp art captures the historic, aged beauty of the mill in its pristine setting along Glade Creek. The water flows by the mill and around boulders and rock formations along the creek bed. Surrounding the mill are trees in early autumn colors of greens, yellows, and oranges.
Located in Babcock State Park in Fayette County, WV, the mill looks as though it has existed on that site for hundreds of years. In reality, it is a modern re-creation, completed in 1976, of a mill that had once stood nearby on
Glade Creek. The look is authentic, however, as the new mill was constructed from parts taken from three historic
West Virginia mills.
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#3608 // April 4, 2002
(ex pane of 50 stamps, one for each state) Greetings from West Virginia Illustration of contemporary postcard in the style of the 1930s/1940s View West Virginia state quarter View West Virginia state map View West Virginia clock |
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The state is named in honor of
Elizabeth I. (* 1533, r. 1558, † 1603) "The Virgin Queen" of England.
The major glass marble manufacturing company in the US is located in
Paden City along the Ohio River, Tyler and Wetzel Counties, WV. |
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Land Area
rounded mi2 [km2] 24,078 [62.362] ranked 41st |
Population
(census 2010) 1,852,994 ranked 37th |
Population Density
per mi2 [km2] of land area 77 [30] ranked 30th |
| The State of West Virginia has 55 counties. | |||
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