Large Guns: Cannons, Etc

Kim's Gun, also known as the Zamzama Gun, is a large bore cannon cast in 1762 in Lahore, now in Pakistan but at the time part of the Durrani Empire. Here is an image of an engraved stamp depicting Kim's Gun and the Pakistan Boy Scout Badge, and issued by Pakistan on December 24, 1960 to publicize the 3rd Pakistan Boy Scout Jamboree, held in Lahore, Scott No. 121, plus a photo of the gun on display in front of the Lahore Museum.

- nethryk

Until two days ago, all that I could have contributed to this thread were postcards with the cannon of Fort Ticonderoga, but now, courtesy of a PostXer in Kaluga (~100 miles SW of Moscow):

Russian 76mm Divisional Gun M1942 (ZiS-3)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/76_mm_...1942_(ZiS-3)

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

Royal Artillerymen in ceremonial uniforms firing a field gun to salute Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee, and the Tower of London, printed by lithography, and issued for use in Montserrat on July 7, 1977, Scott No. 364. Note: The depicted gun resembles an Ordnance QF Mk II 18 pounder, which was the standard British Empire field gun of the World War I era. See the annotated photo below identifying crew positions for comparison.

- nethryk

Matilda Newport is a legendary Liberian woman who in December 1822 helped to repel an attack by local tribesmen on the first struggling Monrovia settlement, an event known as the battle of Crown Hill. Reportedly, Newport fired a cannon using a coal from her pipe and killed many of the attackers, thus saving the colony. Here is an image of an airmail stamp depicting Matilda Newport firing the cannon, designed and printed by E. A. Wright Bank Note Co., Philadelphia, combined engraved (frame) and photogravure (vignette), and issued by Liberia on December 1, 1947, Scott No. C57.

- nethryk

GIBRALTAR
Scott 116a

Happy Birthday to Ethan Allen (1738-1789), an American Revolutionary War hero best known for leading the Green Mountain Boys, and for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga from the British in 1775. Here is an image of a stamp depicting a plan of the fortifications, the figure of Ethan Allen, an 18th century cannon, powder keg and cannon balls, designed by German-born American illustrator Enrico Arno (1913-1980), engraved by Charles A. Brooks (vignette) and Reuben K. Barrick (lettering), and issued by the USA on September 18, 1955 to commemorate the bicentennial of the construction of the fort, Scott No. 1071, plus an image of an engraving depicting Ethan Allen demanding the surrender of Fort Ticonderoga.

- nethryk

The Tsar Pushka
40tons, 35" (890mm) caliber
It however was never fired.
Would be outdone by the German Gustav & Dora railway guns but no stamps?

The image of the fort has a large bombard in it.
Generally used for wall defense.
I guess they forgot to use it?

The Chambeshi Monument, aka the Lettow-Vorbeck Monument, in the Northern Province of Zambia, commemorates the final cessation of hostilities of the First World War on November 14, 1918, three days after the Armistice in Europe. The monument, which was unveiled on November 14, 1953, consists of a large stone platform with plaques set into a stone pillar, next to a cannon of the First World War era. Here is an image of a stamp depicting the monument, printed by lithography, and issued by Zambia on February 21, 1996 as one of four stamps in a National Monuments set, Scott No. 652, plus a photo of the Chambeshi Monument.

- nethryk

Malta - Gibraltar Joint Issue - 100 Ton Guns
February 19, 2010
The stamps depict the Armstrong Whitworth 100 Ton guns at Fort Renilla (Malta) and Napier of Magdala Battery (Gibraltar).

United States
Fort Sumter
April 12, 1961
This Civil War Centennial Issue stamp commemorates the firing on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, the event that started the American Civil War. Confederate forces bombarded the fortress during a re-supply mission. It was the first military action of the American Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln called on volunteers to suppress unrest and preserve the Union. The stamp portrays a soldier firing a sea coast cannon.

Barbados
British Cannons
June 8, 1993
English Culverin 18 pounder (1625)
English Commonwealth Gun 6 Pounder (1649)
English Demi Culverin 9 Pounder (1691)
English Demi Cannon 32 Pounder (1693)

Portugal
150 Years of Military Museum
June 7, 2001
One of the 6 stamps depicts a mountain artillery cannon 1797.

China 2015 70th Anniversary of Victory of the Chinese War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression - 13-9 Hundred Regiments Offensive Memorial Hall

Singapore 1988 Singapore Artillery Centenary.