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Posted in Flags on Stamps, History, Information on Aug 7th, 2008
From the U.S. Postal Service:
On April 18, 2008, in Washington, DC, the Postal Service™ issued 42–cent, definitive stamps, Flags 24/7, in four designs. The stamps, designed by Phil Jordan of Falls Church, Virginia, each feature a painting by Laura Stutzman of Mountain Lake Park, Maryland, of an American flag flying at a different time of [...]
Posted in Flag Photos, Flags in the News, Flags on Stamps, History, Information on Aug 5th, 2008
Sidewalk Photographer Alex Richman and the intrepid Mrs. Richman covered a lot of ground (more than six miles on foot) in Washington D.C. during the last weekend of July.
One of the photographs he took (shown below) was of the Lunar Module #2-Apollo, which was never used on a lunar mission. Now on display at [...]
Posted in Flags on Stamps, History on Jul 25th, 2008
Twenty-six years before I designed the Texas stamp, my immense love and fascination for the Alamo found its genesis when my father took our family to a movie set in south Texas.
At the age of twelve, I was full of awe as we strolled through John Wayne’s Alamo movie set near Brackettville, a [...]
Posted in Flags on Stamps, History on Oct 11th, 2007
General Pulaski 2¢ stamp
I write occasionally about U.S. postage stamps with the American flag on them, so it was a lovely coincidence this week, that I flipped open my stamp bible and came to the General Pulaski stamp. I am usually a day late, but this time I was right on time.
General Pulaski [...]
Posted in Flags on Stamps, History on Aug 17th, 2007
Honoring the “75th Anniversary of the Purple Heart” Stamp
At The Daily Flag, I like to write about American postage stamps where the U.S. flag or state flags appear. Sometimes the flag is the primary focus of the stamp, and sometimes it is simply part of the overall scene. My main resource for finding “stamps with [...]
Posted in Flags on Stamps on Aug 14th, 2007
In the spring of 2008, the U.S. Postal Service will issue ten stamps, the first in a new series of sixty stamps, which will highlight and celebrate the fifty states and their flags. In addition to the state flags, USPS will issue four new Stars and Stripes stamps, and stamps for the District of Columbia [...]
Posted in Flags on Stamps on Aug 2nd, 2007
This week Larry and I have been writing about the 100th anniversary of the founding of Boy Scouts in England. Regular readers at The Daily Flag know that I like to write about the U.S. and state flags as they appear on U.S. postage stamps, so today I thought I would show you two stamps [...]
Posted in Flags on Stamps on Jul 20th, 2007
First Man on the Moon stamp 1969
The first US stamp to depict the Stars and Stripes on the moon was the 10c airmail stamp (Scott C76) issued on September 9, 1969, to commemorate the successful moon landing of Apollo 11 and crew Neil Armstrong, Col. Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr., and Lt.Col. Michael Collins.
Created by artist [...]
Posted in Flags on Stamps, History on Jun 20th, 2007
The 2c “Battle of White Plains” stamp featuring Alexander Hamilton’s Battery.
Issued in October 1926, this red two-cent stamp was not created to honor the original event, but apparently to drum up support for the celebration honoring the 150th anniversary of the Battle of White Plains. A fine point to be sure, but the Post Office [...]
Posted in Flags on Stamps on Jun 1st, 2007
This stamp was issued in 1952 to commemorate the 200th birthday of Betsy Ross. Unless more documentation is found, the debate about who constructed the “first” flag will continue.
Was it Betsy Ross? Francis Hopkinson? Mr. Hopkinson has official federal records on his side, and Ms. Ross has more than 200 years of anecdotal history [...]
