Friday, September 11, 2015

2003 USPS Patriotic Postcard Set, Stamped 1 a Year for 5 Years on (or around) 9-11

The top of a brightly colored silk bookmark woven as a souvenir at the World's Colombian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.  The rest of the bookmark (not shown on the stamp) contains the words and music of the national anthem.
Here is the postmark on September 11, 2007...
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A whimsical piece of 20th-century folk art made of cast iron, wood, and tin, featuring Uncle Sam proudly waving a "Liberty" flag as he pedals a high-wheel bicycle.
Here is the postmark on September 11, 2008...
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A 19th-century carving of a woman wielding a 24-star American flag and a sword.  Known by a variety of names, including "Columbia" and "Liberty," female personifications of the United States have been popular since the nation's beginning.
Here is the postmark on September 11, 2009...

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A modern hand fan - made of paper and balsa - unfolds to reveal the stars and stripes of Old Glory.
Here is the postmark on September 11, 2010...


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This 1888 presidential campaign badge includes a miniature brass canteen with a photograph of Benjamin Harrison, who became the nation's 23rd President.
Here is the postmark on September 13, 2011 (the 11th was a Sunday, and I didn't make it on the 12th)



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