PUBLIC LANDS -- National parks will be featured in the mail starting this summer.

On June 2, the U.S. Postal Service will begin celebrating the National Park Service’s Aug. 25 centennial just in time for summer vacation letter writing by issuing a pane of Forever Stamps depicting 16 parks.

The stamps are being previewed gradually this spring on the Postal Service website. 

Among the featured parks revealed so far: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska, Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, Haleakalā National Park in Hawaii, Carlsbad Caverns National Park and Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico, Arches National Park in Utah, Everglades National Park in Florida, Gulf Islands National Seashore in Florida and Mississippi, Acadia National Park in Maine, Assateague Island National Seashore in Maryland and Virginia, Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens in Washington, D.C. and Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state.

The 16 national park stamps were selected to depict the variety of U.S. parks.