hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on May 6, 2019 20:45:00 GMT
May 6th, 1945. The city of Döbeln in Germany is no longer part of the Third Reich and issues this overprinted stamp on a 6 pfennig definitive: 
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on May 8, 2019 4:44:25 GMT
May 8th, 1945. End of WWII in Western Europe. Here the French issue from 1995 commemorating the 50th anniversary of that event. 
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on May 20, 2019 19:00:11 GMT
May 20th, 1972. Proclamation of the United Republic of Cameroon: 
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on May 21, 2019 20:49:09 GMT
May 21st, 1927. Arrival of Charles Lindbergh in Paris after his historic first non-stop transatlantic solo flight, here shown on an airmail issue from Cameroon issued in 1977 for its 50th anniversary: 
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on May 29, 2019 19:48:02 GMT
May 29-30, 1949. Soviet Zone (pre-DDR) stamp overprinted for the 3rd German People's Congress: 
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vikingeck
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Post by vikingeck on May 30, 2019 10:57:49 GMT
30th MAY 1431 at Rouen France Joan of Arc (age 19, The maid of Orleans) was burned at the stake 
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on May 31, 2019 17:04:43 GMT
May 31st, 1980. Special overprint on Canadian 1 cent floral definitive for the Philabec'80 Stamp show in Quebec City (Darnell #SO5). 
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judith
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Post by judith on Jun 4, 2019 18:46:33 GMT
June 4, 1940
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jun 6, 2019 6:29:14 GMT
June 6th, 1944: D-Day, the Allied troops landing in Normandy. A French colonial issue in 1954 remembered its 10th anniversary and I already have posted it here: thestampforum.boards.net/post/65927/thread . I will post some more tonight once I'm home with access to my scanner.
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jun 6, 2019 20:17:22 GMT
As promised, the French issue from 2014 for the 70th anniversary of D-Day, first as a stand-alone stamp, then as a philatelic souvenir block:   |
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jun 6, 2019 20:31:03 GMT
Guernsey FDC issued on the 50th anniversary of D-Day:  |
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jun 8, 2019 15:36:30 GMT
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tomiseksj
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What I collect: Worldwide stamps/covers, Cinderellas, Ohio Prepaid Sales Tax Receipts, U.S. WWII Ration ephemera
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Post by tomiseksj on Jun 14, 2019 13:08:58 GMT
June 14 -- Flag DayOn this date in 1777, the Continental Congress adopted a resolution establishing the flag of the newly formed United States: President Wilson (1916) and President Coolidge (1927) issued proclamations asking that June 14th be observed as National Flag Day; however, it wasn't until August 3, 1949 that the Congress approved the national observance and President Truman signed it into law. (The above stamp depicting the American flag and mountains is from the Flags of Our Nation series and was issued on April 16, 2010. It is a serpentine die cut 11 vertical self-adhesive coil stamp identified by Scott as 4303.)
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jun 17, 2019 19:37:46 GMT
June 17th, 1953. Riots in East Berlin against Communist oppression, here remembered on a West Berlin stamp. 
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jun 18, 2019 18:53:45 GMT
June 18th, 1940. Charles de Gaulle address to the French nation from London, vowing to continue the fight against Germany. Here remembered 50 years later on a French 1990 issue, with a first day cancel to boot: 
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jun 21, 2019 18:36:48 GMT
June 21st: Winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere, shown here from Dumont D'Urville Antarctic Research Station on a stamp from the TAAF: 
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judith
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Post by judith on Jul 1, 2019 17:00:41 GMT
July 1, 1847
The first U.S. postage stamps went on sale. I don't have them yet or I would post a picture but I think we probably know what they look like.
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kosmo
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Post by kosmo on Jul 1, 2019 18:32:46 GMT
July 1, 1847
The first U.S. postage stamps went on sale. I don't have them yet or I would post a picture but I think we probably know what they look like. From the history of the USSR.I lived in Riga for many years and got my first experience in philately there! Vera Mukhina (01.07.1889 [Riga] - 06.10.1953 [Moscow]) - sculptor, author of one of the symbols of Soviet power - "Worker and collective farmer"  |
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Londonbus1
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What I collect: Wonderland; 1912 Jubilee International Stamp Exhibition, London ('Ideal' Stamp, ephemera); French Cinderellas with an emphasis on Poster Stamps; Israel and Palestine Cinderellas ; Jewish National Fund Stamps, Labels and Tags; London 2010, A Festival of Stamps (anything); South Africa 1937 Coronation issue of KGVI, singles or bi-lingual pairs.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Jul 1, 2019 20:49:10 GMT
July 1st 1997. Great Britain said goodbye to Hong Kong.   |
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brightonpete
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Post by brightonpete on Jul 1, 2019 20:53:20 GMT
Yes indeed - a very sad day. And the people are now ruing the day it happened. I feel sorry for them.
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coastwatcher
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Post by coastwatcher on Jul 4, 2019 12:34:28 GMT
July 4, 1776 - The United States declares its independence from Great Britain. To celebrate the bicentennial in 1976, the USPS released several special issue stamps and a souvenir sheet commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.  Scott #s 1691-1694  Scott # 1687 |
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jul 14, 2019 6:34:48 GMT
July 14th, 1789.The storming of the Bastille by the Paris people, which started the French Revolution, which led to the first French Republic. Here shown in a 1971 French issue part of series commemorating important events from French history: 
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 20, 2019 15:14:04 GMT
July 20, 2019Today marks the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing during the Apollo 11 mission. This first day cover for the 10 cent Moon Landing issue (Scott C76; Sep 9, 1969) commemorates the event. 
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renden
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Post by renden on Jul 20, 2019 15:34:15 GMT
Very nice Steve tomiseksj ! Canadians participated in this Apollo 11 mission and all Canada FDC have been sold by Canada Post....remaining ones are in the hands of Ebay sellers who want to sell them at 10-11 X the C$2.50 price. Canada Post never figured their printing #s. So I went through my dad's First day issues and found 2 interesting pieces, one of which is presently in direction of California Beryllium Guy - Also bought today 6 FDC involving the Apollo 11 mission and others for $15US - I love FDCs and going through these for the past 3 day - finally found a bargain in the US from a woman selling her dad's FDCs and won the auction !!! I do not bid often on Eb.......and the covers were going at a ridiculous price. Canada Post has only printed 7,000 FDCs of the Apollo Anniversary - it missed a chance to sell 14,000......and Canada post is owned by my taxes !!! Have good weekend everyone !  |
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Post by renden on Jul 21, 2019 2:24:48 GMT
The EAGLE has landed - Apollo 11 - July 20, 1969 Souvenir to my brother/wife from my late dad's collection - same piece with my name/wife gone to California - René  |
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jul 22, 2019 7:21:32 GMT
July 22nd, 2009. In the context of the International Year of Astronomy in 2009, Bhutan issued this souvenir sheet commemorating the total solar eclipse over their country on that day. 
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jul 29, 2019 19:14:16 GMT
July 29th, 1981. Royal Wedding between Prince Charles and Diana Spencer, for which an inordinate amount of stamps were issued. Here a sheetlet from Paraguay: 
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Post by hrdoktorx on Aug 10, 2019 5:53:26 GMT
August 10th, 1534. Jacques Cartier names the St. Lawrence river: 
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Aug 13, 2019 11:57:33 GMT
6th August 1944 Destruction of the Lion Bridge, Arles, FranceFirst of all, I apologize for being a week late with this post. I had the date in mind, but it slipped by without my making the planned post, so I am doing it now, one week late--sorry. Once again, in line with the 75th anniversary of major events in World War II here in France, I wanted to remember this date, which I mentioned in my article in the last TSF Newsletter. It was on this date 75 years ago that the Lion Bridge in Arles was destroyed by Allied bombing to prevent the Axis Forces from using it, and at the same time the "Yellow House", famous as a residence of Vincent Van Gogh and memorialized in one of his paintings, was also inadvertently destroyed in the same bombing.  Period postcard, postmarked in 1905, showing the Lion Bridge in Arles. The metal "box bridge" construction was considered unusual, even in its time.  A photo of the remains of the Lion Bridge abutments taken in June 2019, shortly after the article appeared in the TSF Newsletter. I think that this photo does a better job of capturing what is left of the structure than the one that appeared in the Newsletter, so I wanted to share it here.  Recent photo of a surviving steel railway box bridge that connects Avignon and Villeneuve, similar to what the Lion Bridge originally looked like. Note the lack of ornamentation at the abutment.
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Post by coastwatcher on Sept 3, 2019 22:30:37 GMT
September 3, 1783 - The Treaty of Paris is signed officially ending the American Revolution. Scott #2052 issued in 1983:  |
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