No stamp for 250th Anniversary of Boston Tea Party??
Mar 14, 2023 8:35:53 GMT
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Post by djcmh on Mar 14, 2023 8:35:53 GMT
Looking at the current US Stamp Program listing on Linn's as of 14 March 2023, so far there has not been any announcement of a stamp issue to commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party.
For those not familiar with the event (ex Wikipedia) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party
In 1973 the Bicentenary of the event was celebrated by the USPS with a se-tenant block of four stamps
Now the USPS does tend to have a round of new stamp issue announcements later in the year for issues in the last part of a year, but it seems kind of surprising that there has been nothing mentioned regarding an issue marking what was the trigger that started the chain of events that would lead to the outbreak of conflict in Massachusetts in 1775 (Concord and Lexington) and the eventual Declaration of Independence in 1776.
I would think that there would be several issues marking key events leading to the Declaration of Independence anniversary in 2026 much as there was in the 1970s, but so far we have had almost nothing.
Do you think we will see an issue for the Tea Party 250th Anniversary this year?
For those not familiar with the event (ex Wikipedia) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party
The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773.[1] The target was the Tea Act of May 10, 1773, which allowed the British East India Company to sell tea from China in American colonies without paying taxes apart from those imposed by the Townshend Acts. The Sons of Liberty strongly opposed the taxes in the Townshend Act as a violation of their rights. Protesters, some disguised as Indigenous Americans, destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company.
In 1973 the Bicentenary of the event was celebrated by the USPS with a se-tenant block of four stamps
Now the USPS does tend to have a round of new stamp issue announcements later in the year for issues in the last part of a year, but it seems kind of surprising that there has been nothing mentioned regarding an issue marking what was the trigger that started the chain of events that would lead to the outbreak of conflict in Massachusetts in 1775 (Concord and Lexington) and the eventual Declaration of Independence in 1776.
I would think that there would be several issues marking key events leading to the Declaration of Independence anniversary in 2026 much as there was in the 1970s, but so far we have had almost nothing.
Do you think we will see an issue for the Tea Party 250th Anniversary this year?
