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On stamps at 39 cents apiece of the Sheet are:
1) American alligator, largest reptile;
2) Moloka’i, highest sea cliffs;
3) Saguaro, tallest cactus;
4) Bering Glacier, largest glacier;
5) Great Sand Dunes, tallest dunes;
6) Chesapeake Bay, largest estuary;
7) Cliff Palace, largest cliff dwelling;
8) Crater Lake, deepest lake;
9) American bison, largest land mammal;
10) Off the Florida Keys, longest reef;
11) Pacific Crest Trail, longest hiking trail;
12) Gateway Arch, tallest man-made monument;
13) Appalachians, oldest mountains;
14) American lotus, largest flower;
15) Lake Superior, largest lake;
16) Pronghorn, fastest land animal;
17) Bristlecone pines, oldest trees;
18) Yosemite Falls, tallest waterfall;
19) Great Basin, largest desert;
20) Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, longest span;
21) Mount Washington, windiest place;
22) Grand Canyon, largest canyon;
23) American bullfrog, largest frog;
24) Oroville Dam, tallest dam;
25) Peregrine falcon, fastest bird;
26) Mississippi River Delta, largest delta;
27) Steamboat, tallest geyser;
28) Rainbow Bridge, largest natural bridge;
29) White sturgeon, largest freshwater fish;
30) Rocky Mountains, longest mountain chain;
31) Coast redwoods, tallest trees;
32) American beaver, largest rodent;
33) Mississippi-Missouri, longest river system;
34) Mount Wai’ale’ale, rainiest spot;
35) Kilauea, most active volcano;
36) Mammoth Cave, longest cave;
37) Blue whale, loudest animal;
38) Death Valley, hottest spot;
39) Cornish-Windsor Bridge, longest covered bridge;
40) Quaking aspen, largest plant. |