Large Guns: Cannons, Etc

Singapore 2019 An old canon on permanent display in the grounds of the Istana (residence of the president).

Spain
250th Anniversary of the Royal College of Artillery
February 6, 2015
The design shows ancient and modern artillery.

On November 16, 1961 Netherlands Antilles issued this 20c stamp (Sc #273) to commemorate the 185th anniversary of the first salute by a foreign power to the USA. There are two cannons shown at the fort, and a larger cannon on the cancellation.

From wikipedia, "Sint Eustasius was the most important place for dealing or smuggling with Americans. On 16 November 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, the American navy ship Andrew Doria, with the American Declaration of Independence on board, arrived at St. Eustasius. Its captain fired a salute to the Dutch flag on Fort Orange and Johannes de Graaff decided to answer the salute with eleven gunshots. And so the United States of America were for the first time recognized as a nation by this salute of eleven guns."

One of the Mexican Revolution Centennial stamps issued in 2010 depicts artillery in the Battle of Celaya in April 1915.

Here are two Swiss field post/active duty labels from 1938-9.

Iowa-class battleships main cannon consisted of nine breech-loading 16 inch (406 mm)/50-caliber Mark 7 naval guns. Plus a bunch of "smaller" ones as well.

This 5c airmail stamp (Sc #C128) of Guatemala is from a set of six of identical design in different colors issued on April 27, 1945 to publicize the Revolution of October 24, 1944. The stamp depicts an allegory of the revolution, including a cannon.

From wikipedia, "The Guatemalan Revolution was a period in Guatemalan history between the popular uprising that overthrew dictator Jorge Ubico in 1944 and the United States-orchestrated coup d'etat in 1954 that overthrew the democratically elected President Jacobo Arbenz. This period has also been called The Ten Years of Spring."

On March 5, 1990 Luxembourg issued a set of four stamps to commemorate the 175th anniversary of the Congress of Vienna. These stamps depict watercolor paintings executed by artillery lieutenant and painter Christoph Wilhelm Selig (1791 - 1837) in the period 1814 - 15. The 9f value (Sc #826) of the set, Troops at the Fortress of Luxembourg, includes several cannons.

This 70c value (SG #1355) of New Zealand is from the November 7, 1984 set of four NZ Military History stamps. Stamp depicts "Infantrymen in jungle kit, and 25-pounder gun, Korea and South-East Asia, 1950-72" (Stanley Gibbons).

Barbados
250th Anniversary of George Washington's Visit to Barbados
November 2, 2001
Set of four, one stamp shows cannons at Needham's Point.

El Salvador
Armed Forces Day
May 7, 1970
Set of five, one stamp depicts a field artillery unit with an 105 mm howitzer.

Here is the 2c value (Sc #156) from British Honduras's July 1, 1960 set of 3 stamps commemorating the centenary of the post office in the territory. Stamp shows an artist's rendering of a view of Belize from Ft. George in 1842.

On October 18, 1926 the USA issued this 2c stamp (Sc #629) commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Battle of White Plains. The design of the stamp, taken from a painting by Edmund F. Ward, depicts Alexander Hamilton's Battery.

Pitcairn Islands
Replica of the HMS Bounty
October 17, 2007
Set of 12, one stamp depicts the cannons on the deck.

On September 21, 1996 Iran issued this 200 rials stamp (Sc #2691) to commemorate 'Sacred Defense Week'.