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What happened on that day in History?
Have stamps with circle date stamps (CDS)? Well how about finding out what happened on that day in History.
For example:
Take this Revenue stamp.
Scott R27c
What happened on July 7, 1864?
Check out that date on Google or whatever and find out.
This is what I found:
- Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold and George Atzerodt were hanged for the assassination of Aberham Lincoln
- Congress appropriates $2 million for restoration of Ford's Theater.
Ca 1780 (Large
bldg. on Right)
Present day
What about the printing on the stamp? W.H. Seward Jr & Co. Auburn, N.Y.
- William H. Seward was the secretary of State under Aberham Lincoln. (the stamp has "Jr."), He did have a grandson W. H. Seward Jr., Also found a Colonel W. H. Seward, Jr.. He was killed July 4, 1864 at the battle of Monocacy. Can't find anything about a Co.
William
H. Seward (1801-1872), ca. 1865
Scott 803
Nov. 17, 1945
Not too much of interest on that date.
- "Girl from Nantucket" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 12 performances
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New world air speed record 606 mph (975 kph) set by HJ Wilson of RAF
Scott 806
(from booklet pane of 6)
This is good date.
- The Battle of Peleliu in the Phillippines started on this date. The Battle of Peleliu, like the bloody World War II island campaigns before it, was a fight to capture an airstrip on a small coral island in the Western Pacific. And, as with previous island battles, the Americans prevailed, but at a higher cost than anticipated, against the determined resistance of the Japanese forces. U.S. Casualties: 2,336 killed and 8,450 wounded. Empire of Japan Casualties: 10,695 killed, 202 captured
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