US : 1948 Californian Centennial. [64 Pieces]

Now that I have your attention,
What state would this refer to please?
Looks like a bear and a star.

Belay the request,
must be California, I have another
with the Donner Monument.

California it is! A little history on the State Flag is offered at this link:

http://www.netstate.com/states/symb.../ca_flag.htm

As for those poster stamps, check out this previous thread where we had discussion on the subject:

https://goscf.com/t/16618

Wow!
Thanks wt1,
I havn't mounted the others, consequently
completely forgotten about them.
I'll have to phossick around the attic,
maybe I have two sets?

1 through 6:

What is shown is a sequoia, of which there are two species; the redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) and the Giant Sequoia (Sequoia gigantea). The sequoias were named in commemoration of the Cherokee Indian named Sequoiah who develop the first alphebet used by his tribe. The tallest tree is the Redwood whereas the most massive is the Giant Sequoia. It has been 42 years since I worked as a forester, so my identification is not as strong now, but as far as the image is concerned, I am leaning toward it being the Giant Sequoia mainly due to the fluting of the bole.
By the way, the honor for the OLDEST tree now is the bristlecone pine, some of which were 300 years old when the pyramids were built! Here is a link discussing the bristle cone pines - http://sonic.net/bristlecone/

Sadly, we're losing some of these natural wonders like this recent news story of a 3500 year old cypress tree in Florida that was destroyed by arson:

http://www.wtsp.com/news/article/23...ic-tree-fire

Nice yarns, thank you.
enjoyed the dendrochronology meander,
I was fascinated by that during the GB "Time team" episodes
where they use that to date structures.

Those stamps look better than some that the
USPO has issued!