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March 18 1871 saw the declaration of the Paris Commune Quote:
The Paris Commune was a revolutionary socialist government that ruled Paris from 18 March to 28 May 1871. Following the defeat of Emperor Napoleon III in September 1870, the French Second Empire swiftly collapsed. In its stead rose a Third Republic at war with Prussia, who subjected Paris to a brutal four-month siege. Poland 1951 Scott 499 80th anniv. of the Insurrection of Paris and the death of Gen. Jaroslaw Dabrowski.  Jaroslaw Dabrowski; 13 November 1836 – 23 May 1871) was a Polish left-wing independence activist, general, military commander and a supporter of the Paris Commune. Unfortunately in this, Czeslaw Slania's first full stamp engraving, the portrait is not of Jaroslaw but of Henryk Dabrowski, a composer & pianist. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Commune |
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Big day for Down Under, specifically Sydney. The Sydney Harbour Bridge, a steel through arch bridge across Sydney Harbour that carries rail, vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney central business district (CBD) and the North Shore, was opened on Saturday, 19 March 1932A set of four stamps (Scott 130-133) was issued Mar 14 1932. Two values were overprinted 'OS' for official use, Scott O12,O13   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney...idge#Opening |
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Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe, was published in book form on March 20, 1852, by John P. Jewett with an initial print run of 5,000 copies. Quote:
Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American abolitionist and author. Her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) was a depiction of life for African Americans under slavery; it reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the United States and United Kingdom. It energized anti-slavery forces in the American North, while provoking widespread anger in the South. US 2007 Scott 3430  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Beecher_Stowe |
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March 21 is the Autumn solstice Down Under, Truancy Day in Poland and the Faroe Islands, & Independence Day in Namibia which gained its Independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990 1990 21 March, Namibia Independence, Scott 659-661  |
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The Brandenburg Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 1046–1051, original title: Six Concerts à plusieurs instruments) are a collection of six instrumental works presented by Bach to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, March 24 1721 (though probably composed earlier). They are widely regarded as some of the best orchestral compositions of the Baroque era. Poland 1985 Scott 2712a  The sheet was issued with & without the inscription http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_Concertos |
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I like this thread a lot and hope it keeps going. I have been sharing the history with my younger co-workers at the morning meetings. Many of them believe I was around for a lot of the history, but then again they ask me what it was like when dinosaurs wandered the earth. |
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Glad to see you're enjoying the topic, pjsstamps. It's not that easy to find stamps commemorating a specific date, much easier to find them with a link to an event. The following is an example. March 26 1971 – East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins. There were no stamps issued on that date, the first stamps for Bangladesh being provisional local overprints on the Pakistan stamps that we all know so well.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh |
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Did you know that an entire city could be excommunicated? Quote:
In a war with Venice and their Doge Pietro Gradeningo over political control of Ferrara in Italy, Pope Clement V issued an excommunication of the entire city of Venice on 27 March 1309 – an ecclesiastical penalty that would not be lifted until 17 February 1313. Italy 1973 Part of the Save Venice set Scott 1091-5  Italy 1912 Re-erection of Campanili,Venice. Scott 124-125  BTW, they were also excommunicated in 1605 http://catholicunderthehood.com/201...ates-venice/ |
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