WWII: ALLLIES RETAKE NEW GUINEA 1ST DAY ISSUE RARE USPS 22KT GOLD STAMP

Description: This rare USPS 22KT gold stamp commemorates the Allies' retaking of New Guinea during WWII. The stamp features a beautiful gold color and is in mint never hinged condition. The stamp set is a single set with a cachet maker of GOLDEN REPLICA. The cover size is 7 1/2 x 4 inches with a size 7 1/2 card. The set is addressed and is uncertified. The stamp set falls under the categories of 1991-2000, FDCs (1951-Now), Covers, United States, and Stamps. U.S. #2838a1994 Allied Forces Retake New Guinea, 1944 – World War II Stamp Category: CommemorativeSeries: World War IIValue: 29¢ (Individual stamps), First Class Mail RateFirst Day of Issue: June 6, 1994First Day City: Two main ceremonies in Washington, DC and St. Mere Egilse, Normandy, with additional smaller events in: Fort Dix, New Jersey; Salt Lake City, Utah; New York, New York; Clarksville, Tennessee; Fort Sam Houston, Lubbock, San Antonio, and Houston, Texas; Bangor, Maine; Charleston, South Carolina; Virginia Beach and Richmond, Virginia; and Fort Campbell, Kentucky Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and PrintingPrinting Method: Offset, IntaglioFormat: Sheetlets of 10 (arranged in 2 strips of 5, one across the top and one across the bottom of the sheetlet, with world map in between)Perforations: 11.1 (Eureka off-line perforator) Why the stamp was issued: This stamp was issued to commemorate the 50th anniversary of World War II. About the stamp design: Shows a line of soldiers walking through thick jungle. William Bond based is acrylic painting on reference photos of marching soldiers. He also looked at a painting of soldiers moving through jungle by Kerr Eby, an artist and former war correspondent who served with the Marines in the South Pacific from 1943-44. First Day City: The stamps were dedicated in two ceremonies on June 6th: one at the National Postal Museum in Washington, DC, and one in the town of St. Mere Egilse in Normandy. First Day of Issue postmarks read “USS Normandy.” Thirteen additional cities held events for the stamps’ First Day of Issue and offered pictorial cancellations. The ceremony at Lubbock Texas, was special as it was the same city in which World War II pilots were given glider training at the old South Plains Army Air Field. One of those pilots was Werner Birkelbach, who flew an antitank gun and four soldiers to Normandy before dawn on D-Day. Fifty years later, on the World War II stamps’ First Day of Issue, Birkelbach flew a modern sailplane 35 miles from Littlefield, Texas, to Lubbock to deliver cacheted covers bearing the new stamps. They were all given First Day of Issue postmarks at the end of the trip. About the World War II Series: As the 50th anniversary of World War II was approaching, the US Postal Service wanted a series that would recognize the key events of the war and the important contributions America made to the Allied victory. Rather than issue a large number of stamps, the USPS decided to create five sheetlets, each commemorating one year of America’s involvement in the war. Each sheetlet had 10 different stamps arranged in two horizontal strips of 5. In the center was a world map with Allied and neutral nations in yellow and Axis-controlled areas in red. Notes on the map highlighted key developments that occurred that year. The stamps each featured important events that took place during the year, as well. History the stamp represents: By the summer of 1942, Japanese troops had made a series of landings on New Guinea’s north shore and were steadily pushing inland. The only barrier separating them from the Australian base of Port Moresby was the Owen Stanley Mountains – a jagged, jungle-covered range that reared up two miles high. Although the Australians considered the mountains impassable, the tenacious Japanese troops succeeded in crossing. An Allied force quickly counterattacked and by November, the Japanese had been pushed back across the mountains. MacArthur then attacked Japanese positions along the north coast in a series of brilliant operations that combined sea, air, and land forces. But New Guinea is the world’s second largest island, and the drive to recapture it would require nearly two more years of brutal fighting. Moving westward up the northern coast, American forces took Saidor on January 2, 1944, and established an air base there. Two weeks later, Australian troops took Sio. Additional airfields were captured and by the end of April the Japanese had begun to retreat. By August, nearly all of New Guinea was in Allied hands, leaving MacArthur free to drive on toward the Philippines.

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