A Question To Ponder For USa. Collectors.

U.S.postal service have issued stamps dedicated to Great American Indian war Chiefs such as Crazy Horse,Sitting Bull,Geronimo and many others.There are also stamps on gunmans of the old west.Why isn't there any stamps dedicated to General George Armstrong Custer?History has it that he was one of the Greatest Generals of the United States army then.Has a splendid,exceptional record of bravery and achievements and most decorated general for bravery during the American civil war.Commanded the most decorated and fearsome Cavalary 7.He was a general who was in the forefront in battles and feared by the Indians who called him yellow hair or long hair.During the battle of Little bighorn,knowing defeat was inevitable yet stood his ground not abandoning his position and troops, which now is known as Custer's last stand.Killed in battle as a true soldier fighting till the end which recogns the highest bravery award for any soldier.Probably the only or maybe one of the very few U.S. Generals to be killed in the line of duty.Although defeated and killed in the battle of Little bighorn,this battle was the trigger point for the U.S. Army to pursue the great brave Indian tribes relentlessly till they were forced to surrender and moved to reservations,thus making way for the beginning of development of the old west.Such said about this man in history,why not a stamp dedicated to him by U.S.?Don't this great man deserve a recognition equivalent to the great Indian Chiefs?The only country to issue a stamp of General Custer is Sierra Leone.As it is said "Picture speaks a thousand words"I say "Stamp carries history for thousand years".

In an earlier time, I could have seen Custer getting honored with a stamp. In recent decades, however, the scholarship on the Little Bighorn has not been kind to him (and IMHO, rightly so). When you combine that with the fact that honoring him would not be politically correct, the chances of seeing him on a stamp anytime soon are probably slim.

Sort of like Benedict Arnold. He was a great leader (of the time) and had a chance at being a huge historical figure for the U.S...

...except for that little treason thing he had.

Other than that, he had a lot going for him. History tends to erase the good deeds of great men when there is a large gaff in their lifespan. THAT'S what sticks around for them to be remembered by in the history books.

Colonel Custer had been lowered in rank and served one year suspension before being recalled. He was given an opportunity to do the nasty work of getting the natives that were refusing treaties that were forced on them. The westward expansion by the US government meant there couldn't be any native American nation to impeded progress. Colonel Custer and his men killed men women and children to make it happen. I don't think history would ever reward him with a stamp or anything else.

To have Custer on a stamp would be a slap in the face for native Americans. The whole thing was nothing but a genocide. Read your history it was a very dark part of Americas pass that I think many would wish not to be brought up at least not to be remembered with a stamp.

There are many Generals {or off equal rank} in the U.S. military who have since Custer who died in battle .

George Armstrong Custer had a very distinguished Military career. Taken from his Biography.



In the spring of 1864, Custer retained his command after the Cavalry Corps was reorganized by its new commander Major General Philip Sheridan. Participating in Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign, Custer saw action at the Wilderness, Yellow Tavern, and Trevilian Station. In August, he traveled west with Sheridan as part of the forces sent to deal with Lt. General Jubal Early in the Shenandoah Valley. After pursuing Early's forces after the victory at Opequon, he was promoted to divisional command. In this role he aided in destroying Early's army at Cedar Creek that October.

Returning to Petersburg after the campaign in the Valley, Custer's division saw action at Waynesboro, Dinwiddie Court House, and Five Forks. After this final battle, it pursued General Robert E. Lee's retreating Army of Northern Virginia after Petersburg fell on April 2/3, 1865. Blocking Lee's retreat from Appomattox, Custer's men were the first to receive a flag of truce from the Confederates. Custer was present at Lee's surrender on April 9, and was given the table on which it was signed in recognition of his gallantry.

I think he is deserving of a Stamp, many Civil War military commanders have already been placed on stamps. Regarding the killing of Women and Children, well that was what war was back then. The natives also killed innocent Women and Children as was was very brutal and no war America has been involved in had as many casualties as the Civil War.

Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull were both at the battle of little Bighorn where Custer and his men were slaughtered, and they both made it to a Stamp.

i saw a movie with dustin hoffman in it. I think this General Custer is potrayed in that movie. I think it is called The little Big Man.

I think he has not got any high reputation. They potrayed this guy as a lunatic in the movie.

When his own country men think low of him, then how could they issue a stamp on him

He has wiped off many Red Indian tribes at war.

Many other tribes vanished just being addicted to tobacco and liquor.


warm wishes.

War is about people dying and being killed.There are alot of lunatics and mad man on stamps which you and I may not know.Check history the man Custer was a great General.Well respected amongst his peers and soldiers.Do not base your suggestions on movies.Movies potray people as bad in some and as great in some.If you say he has wiped out many tribes in war, that is what war is all about wiping out one another.So did the Indian tribes kill many innocent families including childrens and women who were passing thru the old west in search of prosperity and oppurtunities. No one is good or bad in a war.Everyone fought for their believes and causes.Nice day.

Custer probably would have made it onto a stamp except for his little fiasco at little bighorn. Custer isn't going to make it onto a stamp because no matter how many grand successes he had, he still has one big thing against him. As said earlier, a Custer stamp would just be a slap in the face for Indians/ native americans. Issuing a stamp depicting him would be politically incorrect, as most people feel hiss killing of many Indians/ native Americans is NOT something we should be proud of/ commemorate. The present society has this thing about not honoring people who stole a people's land and murdered them to top it off.

While it may be true that there is no right side in war, there is the side that history chooses to be right, and in custers case, it's not his. I think these are called light and dark sides by fantasy novels. Now, you you can choose which side you favor to be the light and which to be the dark. While war is indeed about wiping out each other, that doesn't mean that both sides get equal representation from each country. You won't find many allied country stamps to have pictures of hitler on them, now.
Well, that's just my opinion and I'm not going to try to change your mind- just providing my own viewpoint.