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Something I picked up during my Hong Kong shopping spree.

Falkland Islands 1st Anniversary of the Liberation souvenir sheet
Issued 14th June 1983
Scott#378a

there was not one that i could recall but i am glad there is one now!!!

Issue Date: March 31, 2010
First-day City: Santa Fe, NM

As an elderly Army vet lay near death, thousands of letters began arriving at his nursing home. “You... managed to capture the irony, double standards and outright insanity of Army life... in a way that allows us to laugh at ourselves and our leaders and keep moving in the face of adversity.”

The letters were a campaign to reach out to Bill Mauldin (1921-2003), whose cartoons captured life in the trenches during World War II. While Mauldin was battling dementia, former comrades hadn’t forgotten how his cartoons made their lives bearable decades earlier.

Mauldin’s characters, Willie and Joe, were based on the everyday infantryman. Unshaven, wet, exhausted and dirty, Willie and Joe survived the war by mocking everything from their orders and equipment to the top brass. Mauldin’s popular cartoons appeared in the Army’s newspaper, The Stars and Stripes, where they famously inspired the wrath of General George Patton. In 1945, Mauldin, at age 23, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his work, the youngest individual ever honored.

Mauldin was wounded at the Battle of Anzio and awarded the Purple Heart. He later drew editorial cartoons, winning a second Pulitzer Prize. One of Mauldin’s most famous cartoons pictures Abraham Lincoln’s statue weeping after John F. Kennedy’s assassination, again reflecting the feelings of the common man.

Now that's a stamp with a great story !

Issue Date: November 10, 2005
City: Washington, DC
Quantity: 60,000,000
Printed By: Ashton-Potter (USA) Ltd
Printing Method: Lithographed
Perforations: Serpentine Die Cut 11 x 10.5
Color: Multicolored


Lieutenant General John Archer Lejeune (1867-1942) was born at Pointe Coupee, Louisiana. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1888 and became a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps in 1890.

Lejeune served as a young officer during the 1898 Spanish-American War. He fought in campaigns in Panama, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic, and he participated in the occupations of Veracruz, Mexico, and Nicaragua.

During World War I, Lejeune received the Legion of Honor and the Croix de Guerre from the French and Distinguished Service Medals from the U.S. Army and the Navy. He was the first Marine general to command an Army division.

Lejeune was determined to make the Marine Corps into an important amphibious force for expeditionary use by the Navy. As Major General Commandant of the Corps from June 1920 to March 1929, Lejeune emphasized equipping and training the Marines to be instantly ready to support the naval fleet in time of war, in the air, on land, and sea.

Lejeune served more than 40 years with the Marines. He is often called “the greatest of all leathernecks.” Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, is named in his honor.


Lieutenant General Lewis Burwell Puller (1898-1971), born in West Point, Virginia, enlisted in the Marines in 1918. Placed on inactive reserve duty at the end of World War I, Puller immediately enlisted in the regular Corps. He led native troops against bandits in Haiti and Nicaragua, where he won two Navy Crosses – the second-highest award for combat heroism.

Puller earned a third Navy Cross on Guadalcanal in World War II. In one action alone, his Marines killed 1,400 hostile troops, held ground until reinforcements arrived, and suffered fewer than 70 casualties.

Puller’s fourth Navy Cross was awarded for action on Cape Gloucester, New Britain, in 1944. When the leaders of two battalions were wounded, he took over and moved through heavy fire to command their units.

The fifth and final Navy Cross Puller earned was in the Korean War during the bitter Chosin Reservoir battle. Although surrounded, he led the Marines out, fighting continuously in sub-zero weather, bringing fallen and wounded men and vital equipment with them.


Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone (1916-45) was born in Buffalo, New York, and raised in Raritan, New Jersey. At 18, he joined the Army and served three years before being honorably discharged. In 1940, with World War II on the horizon, he joined the Marines.

In the 1942 battle of Bloody Ridge on Guadalcanal, Basilone commanded two machine-gun emplacements defending an airfield. When the Japanese attacked and one gun crew was wiped out, Basilone rolled back and forth over the ground, firing first one gun, then the other. When ammunition got low, he went back through enemy fire for more. Basilone saved Henderson Airfield by valiantly holding off an advancing Japanese regiment until reinforcements arrived.

Basilone was awarded the Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism above and beyond the call of duty. He returned home a hero, but refused a commission and asked to return to the Pacific to rejoin his men.

When the Marines landed on Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945, Basilone single-handedly destroyed a Japanese blockhouse, allowing his unit to capture an airfield. Minutes later, an enemy shell killed him. On his left arm was a tattoo that read “Death before Dishonor.” Basilone was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously.

Puller served 27 years overseas and earned more than 50 decorations. When he was retired in 1955, Lieutenant General Puller was the most decorated man in Marine Corps history.


Sergeant Major Daniel J. Daly (1873-1937) was born in Glen Cove, New York. In 1899, he enlisted in the Marine Corps and was sent to the Asiatic Fleet.

One evening in August 1900, Daly and his captain defended a barricade in the city of Peking, China, during the Boxer Rebellion. As night fell, the captain left to get reinforcements. Daly held the position through relentless attacks until reinforcements arrived. For his brave conduct, Daly was awarded the Medal of Honor.

During the Mexican-American War in 1914, Daly saw action in Haiti. His patrol of 35 Marines was ambushed by approximately 400 rebels. Daly received the Medal of Honor for fighting off the rebel ambush against overwhelming odds.

Sgt. Daly is often remembered for his unflinching charge against German soldiers at the World War I battle of Belleau Wood in France. Outside the village of Lucy le Bocage, outnumbered, outgunned, and pinned down, Daly ordered an attack, leading his men. “Do you want to live forever?” he yelled. He and his small group of Marines surged forward and captured the town.

Major General John A. Lejeune, former Commandant of the Marine Corps, described Sergeant Major Daniel Daly as the “outstanding Marine of all time.”

Issue Date: July 27, 2003
City: Washington, D.C.
Quantity: 86,800,000
Printed By: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Lithographed
Perforations: Serpentine Die Cut 11.5 x 11.75
Color: Black, blue, red, and gray

The Korean War Veterans Memorial was dedicated on July 27, 1995. The 19 tall, stainless-steel figures, sculpted by Frank Gaylord, represent a unit on patrol, moving up the hill. They symbolize members of all the Armed Services. Images of supporting troops are etched on a black granite wall beside the statues. The memorial inscription reads, "Our nation honors her sons and daughters who answered the call to defend a country they never knew and a people they never met."

Issue Date: March 16, 2002
City: West Point, NY
Quantity: 55,000,000
Printed by: American Packaging Corp. for Sennett Security Products
Printing Method: Photogravure
Perforations: Serpentine Die Cut 10 ½ x 11
Color: Multicolored


The U.S. Military Academy, known as West Point, was first built as a strategic fortification during the Revolutionary War. The Academy prepares career officers for the U.S. Army.

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Issue Date: May 3, 2000
City: Washington, DC
Quantity: 55,000,000
Printed By: Sterling Sommer for Ashton-Potter (USA) Ltd
Printing Method: Lithographed
Perforations: 11
Color: Multicolored

John L. Hines' (1868-1968) superior leadership skills were recognized by General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during World War I. During World War I, Hines successively commanded a regiment, brigade, division, and corps in combat. Prior to Hines, the last leader to accomplish such a feat was Lt. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, during the Civil War.

Omar Nelson Bradley (1893-1981) commanded the largest U.S. battle force ever. The one million men he directed during World War II saw action in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia. Bradley was one of the most-respected wartime commanders because of his leadership qualities and concern for the troops.

Alvin Cullum York (1887-1964) was a World War I hero. On October 8, 1918, York was among a patrol of 17 soldiers ordered to destroy a German machine gun emplacement. The patrol lost half its men after crossing into enemy territory, forcing York to attack the enemy alone. York returned to the American front with 132 prisoners.

Audie L. Murphy (1924-1971) was the most decorated U.S. combat soldier of World War II. Murphy served with the Army in North Africa and Europe. On January 26, 1945, his unit was attacked by Germans in France. Under heavy gunfire, Murphy ordered his men to retreat while he stayed back on a burning tank destroyer. He used the tank's machine gun to stop the attack and saved his unit and himself. Murphy later became a movie star.

Issue Date: July 26, 1985
City: Washington, DC
Quantity: 119,975,000
Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Engraved
Perforations: 11
Color: Gray green and rose red

33,000 Americans died before a truce ended the three-year trauma of the Korean War. It was the first conflict in which U.S. troops fought under the flag of the United Nations.

Issue Date: August 26, 1985
City: Milwaukee, WI
Quantity: 119,975,000
Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Engraved
Perforations: 11
Color: Gray green and red rose

More than 8 million soldiers and 13 million civilians lost their lives during the "Great War." New technologies, which changed the face of warfare, raised casualty numbers beyond that of any previous conflict.

Great topic, great stamps!

The following cover contains Scott # 1043 depicting RCAF pilots in flying dress.


Postal Administration: Canada

Title: Air Force

Denomination: 32¢

Date of Issue: 9 November 1984

© Canada Post Corporation
Documents related to this stamp
Series: Canadian Forces
Series Year (inclusive dates):
1983-1985

Printer/Quantity:
Ashton-Potter Limited
20 300 000
Perforation: 12 x 12.5

Creator(s):

Designed by Ralph Tibbles
Based on an illustration by William Southern

Historical Notice:
In England stands a memorial to 20,000 members of Commonwealth air forces lost during World War II in the European Theatre. These fliers have no known graves. The names of 3072 Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) members appear on the memorial, a tribute to the accomplishments of the RCAF and the price its members have paid for Canada's freedom. Historians can trace military flying in Canada back to 1883. More than thirty years later in 1914, Colonel Sam Hughes, Minister of Militia and Defence, created the Canadian Aviation Corps, which, at its height, consisted of two officers, one staff sergeants, and one aircraft. The Corps was disbanded in 1915. Many Canadians enlisted in the British flying services for duty during World War I in all areas of military aviation. In 1917 the British air force established a major training scheme in Canada. The Canadian government attempted to form a Canadian Air Force in 1918, but it was dropped after the war. However, in 1920 to government authorized a non-permanent Canadian Air Force. In 1923 King George V bestowed the coveted title "Royal" upon it, and at last in 1924 the RCAF became a permanent part of the Canadian forces. During the 1920's and early 1930's, the RCAF devoted itself to photographing Canada from the air. In addition, it flew search and rescue missions, conducted mercy flights, and performed other vital services. Not until 1937 did military duties greatly outweigh the civilian ones. During World War II, the RCAF distinguished itself overseas. At home, it administered the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, which produced over 130,000 aircrew. After a wide variety of postwar service, the RCAF merged with the Canadian Army and Navy in 1968 to form the unified Canadian Armed Forces. The Air Force stamp was designed by William Southern and Ralph Tibbles of Toronto. The design features pilots' flying dress of three different periods: World War I, World War II, and the present.
Canada Post Corporation.