new stamps coming out

[Glorybound]

Posted at 03:32 PM ET, 04/19/2012 TheWashingtonPost

Postal Service to issue new Civil War stamps

By Linda Wheeler

On April 24, the United States Postal Service will issue two new Forever stamps for the second year of its ongoing commemoration of the Civil War. The 1862 battles of New Orleans (April 24-25) and Antietam (Sept. 17) are featured for this year. The series will continue through 2015.

The Battle of New Orleans stamp is a reproduction of an 1862 colored lithograph by Currier & Ives titled, "The Splendid Naval Triumph on the Mississippi, April 24, 1862," depicting dark ships, great puffs of white smoke from their canons and bright red sheets of fire as some are hit.

In contrast, the stamp for the Battle of Antietam, also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, is a reproduction of an 1887 watercolor by Thure de Thilstrup that is done in earth tones with layers of white smoke blanketing most of the scene. There is little color save for the muted green grass in the foreground and an American flag seen off in the distance. It is from a series of prints commissioned by Boston publisher Louis Pang & Co. in the 1880s to commemorate the war.
The stamps will be available in sheets of 12.

By Linda Wheeler | 03:32 PM ET, 04/19/2012

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...il-war-stamps/2012/04/19/gIQAHPXkTT_blog.html

 

[The Iron Duke]

New Orleans? Am I reading that right?

Not Shiloh. Not the Peninsula. Not Second Manassas. But...New Orleans? That's a very odd choice, IMO. The clash of the ironclads would have made more sense. I will still buy a sheet though.

 

[reading48]

Here in Penna. Its election day on the 24th...guess I will have to wait.....but will get a sheet of them

 

[FourLeafClover]

When I was a kid I used to collect stamps

It gave me a good knowledge of geography, currencies, flags, foreign leaders and historical characters. I wonder in this age of I.T. if the children of today will witness the demise of the global postal service?

It would be a sad loss IMO.

 

[M E Wolf]

We all can help by writing letters more! Use a stamp!

I pay bills by mail...I use a stamp!



M. E. Wolf

 

[donna]

I use stamps all the time too. I send cards and letters and pay bills. I hope the postal service will continue. I will get this stamp as soon as comes out.

 

[DixieRifles]

New Orleans? Am I reading that right?​

Not Shiloh? ​

I was at Shiloh and the USPS had a mobile van canceling letters for the 150th Anniversary of Shiloh----but I had to use a Manasas or Antietam stamp.​

 

[The Iron Duke]

I really thought it would be Shiloh and Antietam. If not Shiloh then probably the Peninsula or the naval battle of Hampton Roads. The possibility of New Orleans never crossed my mind because it's not iconic like Sumter, Manassas, and Antietam.