Let's See Stamps Commemorating Your Home Area

Stamps have been great for teaching us history. I think I may have learned almost as much history from stamps as I did in school!

On Sept 30, 1977 Scott #1726 was issued to commemorate the drafting of the Articles of Confederation. Although the stamp says York Town, Pennsylvania, it has been called York, Pennsylvania since at least the early 1800s.

The British had captured Philadelphia and the Continental Congress fled in 1777 to a safe haven in York on the west side of the approximately mile wide Susquehanna River. The drafting of the Articles of Confederation took place in York while the Congress was meeting there for nearly a year. Another bit of history during that time is that the Continental Congress secretly planned to replace Gen. George Washington with Gen. Horatio Gates as the Commander-in-Chief of the army. Marquis de Lafayette foiled the plan when he made a toast to George Washington.

By the way: I found the stamp in a kiloware pack, I did not soak it off the first day cover.

Marty

Sadly, no special stamps for my home village.
But I will find something later about Hanna Senesh, after whom our village is named.

Will that suffice?

Absolutely, Whether it be your hometown or where you live now would be great. Plus, I have a great interest in anything from or about Israel.

Here is one from the FOON II series for Illinois, with the FDOS postmark in the state capital of Springfield. I was born & reside here. I also attended the FDOS ceremony in the State Capitol Building and designed the cachet which features the exterior of the complex. There is a statue of Abraham Lincoln out front,our most prominent citizens, and sits along Historic US Highway Route 66.

Yad Hanna.

A village 50kms north of Tel Aviv, formerly a Kibbutz and now in the middle of great changes.

The village is named after Hannah Senesh, a Jewish Hungarian freedom fighter who parachuted into Nazi-occupied East Europe during World war 2 to help the partizans. She was later captured by the Nazi's, tortured and murdered.
Our village was settled by pioneers from Hungary in 1950.

I have one or two items with Hannah Senesh but they have escaped me just now. Also, she appeared on the 20 stamp sheetlet 'Martyrs of the Struggle' in 1982.

Later for those.
In the meantime, here are a couple of Cinderellas a German friend designed some years and which our members used on their mail.





Londonbus1

Very nice Cinderellas. Are the inserts early photos of the Kibbutz? I read a book, or a short history, that included Hannah Senesh's part during WW II. I recall that a village was named after her and I'm pleased to hear that you live there. She certainly deserved the right to have a town named for her and be honored on your postage.

Marty

This is about as close as I can get to home.
Fremantle is about 20 minutes from where I live.



Steve

There are other stamps of Halifax, NS, but this is the only one I own since it was issued as a coin/stamp set. The coin is a proof sterling silver 10 cent piece with the Bluenose on the reverse (obverse shown). The two stamps show the view of the city from the waterfront.

OH, I should have mentioned it was issued for the Tall Ships celebration ... hence all the tall ships!

Marty,
The inserts are of other areas of the village. The top stamp inserts show the Swimming Pool and the Dining Room, and the bottom stamp insert is of the Greenhouse [which sadly stands derelict today].

The Dining Hall is being renovated and will be the village Community Center and Club {I will be in the committee that runs it]. The swimming Pool has been open to the public these last 12 years and is thriving, with a packed house all summer long.

Looking forward to your pic of a Guatemalan Bus !!

Londonbus1....Never been to Guatemala

The stamps posted are great. I'm learning more history! Londonbus1; I've never been to Israel. Maybe I can visit within the next 2 years.

Moderator: I don't know why I did not notice that I have most likely posted this topic in the wrong place. If necessary, please move it to where it should be.

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Issued in 1974, on Winnipeg's 100th Birthday.

Portage and Main is the principal intersection downtown, and is supposedly the "windiest corner in Canada". The earliest settlement occurred at the forks of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers, which was first a meeting place for Indian tribes (Cree and Ojibway), and later the site of Upper Fort Garry, a Hudson's Bay Company Post. Main Street came first, going roughly South to North to link the area of the Forks and the Fort to Lower Fort Garry, which was located some twenty eight miles upriver. Settlement then continued westward, necessitating Portage Avenue, and created this intersection.