My photo on a stamp – Carlsbad Caverns National Park photo appears on USPS stamp

The Carlsbad Caverns are a huge network of limestone caves in southeast New Mexico. What impressed me most about them was their immense size. This photo was used by the U.S. Postal Service on a stamp in a series commemorating the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service in 2016. © Richard McGuire Photo

I’ve had to keep this top secret until now, but one of my photos appears on a US Postal Service stamp that was announced in April 2016 and released in June 2016. It’s part of a series of stamps celebrating the centennial of the U.S. National Park Service. My photo features Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico. The photo was taken on Dec. 23, 2009. The Carlsbad Caverns are a huge network of limestone caves in southeast New Mexico. What impressed me most about them was their immense size.

This photo I took at Carlsbad Caverns National Park was used on a U.S. postage stamp in a series commemorating the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service in 2016. The photo was taken on Dec. 23, 2009. (Richard McGuire Photo)

 

About Richard McGuire

Richard McGuire is a photographer and photojournalist based in Osoyoos in the South Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada.

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