Mt. Rainier and Mirror Lake

To encourage domestic tourism and to promote America's national parks, a series of ten stamps was issued on various dates from July 16 to October 8, 1934. In denominations of 1- to 10-cents, the stamps depict scenes from the national parks in various colors.

The 3-cent violet National Parks stamp issued August 3, 1934, pictures Mount Rainier with Mirror Lake in the foreground. Mount Rainier National Park was established in Washington State in 1899. Mount Rainier is an active volcano that poses significant potential danger to the heavily settled areas around it.