COVER N.655 / POSTCARD N.198 - U.S.A.

Postcrossing Postcard sent on the 1st November; received in November 2025.

Postcard image: Grand Teton National Park

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A touch of colour lands on mailbox from  the United States of America. Thanks a lot Brianna, I loved the postcard and the stamps.

Brianna used almost the full 2024 self-adhesive floral definitive issue, dated of 18JUL2024 on this cover. The only stamp left out was the 10 c stamp which featured poppies and coneflowers. From left to right we have: 1 cent - Fringed Tulip: 2 cents - Daffodils; 3 cents - Peonies and 5 cents - Red tulips.

The two remaining stamps are part of the very interesting 20 Forever USA stamp pane issued on 23JUL2025 honouring the 250th anniversary of the United States Postal Service. as luck had it, the two stamps on the cover were part of the some row I had already in my collection thanks to A.W., who sent me a very nice FDC for this set in Cover #635.

Inside the envelope was this beautifully illustrated postcard of Grand Teton National Park, in Wyoming, with a herd of bisons quietly grazing under the watch of the Grand Teton itself.

I would love to visit this and other American parks someday, but for now it is out of question. I can understand that the effects of over tourism in protected areas can really be dramatic, but I can't help but feel that imposing a 100 Dollar surtax on top of the entry fee for a foreigner has nothing to do with protecting the area, and a lot to do with the type of isolationism that I still remember being fostered by the wretched dictators and their entourage which ruled my country 50 + years ago...."Proudly Alone", was their motto.... sad bunch they were....

The mechanical postmark hails from Orlando, Florida, and although is quite smeared, it is possible to again identify the special  sprayed add-on celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States Postal Service., featuring the legend 1775-2025, below a stylised eagle in flight.