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Upon the death of King George VI in February, 1952, Elizabeth II came to the throne, and a new set of Northern Rhodesia stamps was issued with her portrait. Northern Rhodesia's first commemorative stamps were a set of five on 30 May 1953, marking the birth centennial of Cecil Rhodes , along with another stamp issued on the same day for the ...
During the first seven weeks of the Civil War, the U.S. Post Office still delivered mail from the seceded states. Mail that was postmarked after the date of a state's admission into the Confederacy through May 31, 1861, and bearing U.S. (Union) postage is deemed to represent 'Confederate State Usage of U.S. Stamps'. i.e., Confederate covers franked with Union stamps. [4]
George Hunt (July 6, 1933 – December 4, 2020) was a Southern American artist, best known for his portraits of Blues musicians and illustrations for Blues Festivals, which ended up in many private collections in addition to galleries, museums, and the walls of Memphis businesses.
The first Central African Republic stamp issued in 1959 depicting Boganda. The Central African Republic has been issuing stamps since 1959. Before this, it was called Ubangi-Shari. [1] [2] Ubangi-Shari became an autonomous state within the French Community and was renamed the Central African Republic on 1 December 1958. The Republic became ...
Since the advent of manned flight, postal services have used birds as a common illustration for air mail stamps. [1] 1875 stamp of Japan featuring illustration of a wagtail. 2024 Colombia stamp depicting the Long-tailed Sylph. A bird stamp is a postage stamp that illustrates one or more birds. It is a popular theme in topical stamp collecting. [2]
Flags depicted on U.S. postage stamp issues Image of the Star-Spangled Banner flag in the National Museum of American History, being observed by George W. Bush The flag did not appear on U.S. postal stamp issues until the Battle of White Plains Issue was released in 1926, depicting the flag with a circle of 13 stars.
A Russian Empire postman First Russian stamp, 1857 1998 stamp of Russia dedicated to the World Stamp Day celebrated in conjunction with the World Post Day and in commemoration of the UPU foundation 35k "Sword Breaking Chain", 1918 250-ruble stamp of 1921, surcharged to 7,500 rubles in 1922 30r surcharge on 50k stamp A 1958 stamp of the Soviet Union depicting a 16th-century mail courier for the ...
During the course of the war, 21,480 Army nurses served in military hospitals in the United States and overseas and eighteen African-American Army nurses served stateside caring for German prisoners of war (POWs) and African-American soldiers. [118] More than 1,476 Navy nurses served in military hospitals stateside and overseas. [118]