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Postage stamp featuring Assateague Island to be issued Thursday

Posted at 11:40 AM, May 31, 2016
and last updated 2016-05-31 15:28:20-04

Assateague Island National Seashore will be featured on a postage stamp that will be issued by the United States Postal Service on Thursday.

The stamp is part of 16 National Parks Forever stamps being issued to celebrate the National Park Service on its 100th anniversary.

(United States Postal Service)

(United States Postal Service)

The stamp features wild horses from the island. A photograph from Tim Fitzharris of Fayetteville, Arkansas was used to create the image.

A dedication ceremony will take place on Thursday at 11 a.m. at Assateague Island National Seashore’s visitors center in Berlin, Maryland as part of an overall webcast that will take from the World Stamp Show in New York.