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I'm new to this. Is there a stamp celebrating/depicting the "French-American War" or better yet "The Battle of Jumonville Glen"? 
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| Edited by paperhound - 04/05/2016 08:28 am |
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You could start with this and try to see if any of the Caribbean countries where the conflicts took place produced stamps...  |
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...p.s. the Quasi-War cachet is not historically accurate as the conflict began in 1798 and not 1978  |
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The France and US was in war in 1978 ? I should start to listen the news |
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1978 or 1798 ...Time is relative... and a reminder that my mother-in-law come to stay with us for two months. Time is relative..."French-American War" or better yet "The Battle of Jumonville Glen" ... there is nearly 50 years between the events. |
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Quote: The Battle of Jumonville Glen, also known as the Jumonville affair, was the opening battle of the French and Indian War[5] fought on May 28, 1754 near what is present-day Hopwood and Uniontown in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. A company of colonial militia from Virginia under the command of Lieutenant Colonel George Washington, and a small number of Mingo warriors led by Tanacharison (also known as "Half King"), ambushed a force of 35 Canadiens under the command of Joseph Coulon de Villiers de Jumonville. We're all getting a history lesson (including myself) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenc...d_Indian_War |
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By the time we're done with the history lesson, we'll have a better idea of what forum this belongs in. But it doesn't belong here.
Stamps depicting aspects of the French-Indian war are US Scott #'s 688 (Braddock's Field), 706 (Washington in a British Colonial uniform), and 1206 (Fort Duquesne Bicentennial), are probably ask close as you are going to get, at least for the U.S. Unless the "Indians" issue stamps, I doubt that there are any other stamps commemorating events from the French and Indian war, in which case this discussion belongs in the U.S. Classic forum. |
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| Edited by blcjr - 04/05/2016 11:23 am |
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Very interesting! I like history. Jumonville would have survive the battle as prisonner but ...
'Washington treated Jumonville as a prisoner of war and extended him the customary courtesies due a captured military officer. Washington attempted to interrogate Jumonville but the language barrier made communication difficult. During their conversation however, the Half King walked up to Jumonville and without warning, struck him in the head with a tomahawk, killing him.' Wikipedia. Daniel |
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I like history too. It was not stated originally by paperhound that it was "The French and Indian War" that was the time period of interest and the "or better yet "The Battle of Jumonville Glen"?" was added later. Geographically, in addition to the historical interest for the benefit of blcjr, "America" as posted in the original words "French-American" would encompass the entire continents of North and South America and any conflict, of which there would be many, concerning French forces and "American" forces could be taken to include countries that are outside of what is now the USA. At the time of the "French-Indian War" the USA did not exist so unless the USA now considers the native Americans taking part in that war as the heroic "Americans" at the time then that would be in sharp contrast to how those native "Americans" were treated after the event. Those "Americans" were rewarded with two centuries of genocide, land-grabs of gigantic proportions, suppression, some of which continues to the present day. |
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scotzm, I was more focused on what stamps have been issued commemorating events of the "French-Indian" war, and my reference to "Indians" may have been in poor taste. I noted three U.S. stamps that might qualify. I assume the "Indians" did not issue any stamps at all. What about the French, did they issue any commemoratives of this era? Anybody else?
Seriously, my bent here has to do with what forum this question belongs in. It doesn't belong in this forum, because it seems to involve stamps of a specific country. We have other forums for that. And it might get better answers in a more fitting forum. The user is a new user, and can be forgiven for being unsure where to post the question. But if there is a better forum for it, we owe him (or her) the courtesy of suggesting that.
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