Announced by the USPS on December 16, 2024:
Marking the 250th anniversary of the start of the Revolutionary War, this pane of 15 stamps invites us to witness and remember five turning points in the fight for American independence. Watercolor paintings depicting scenes of five battles appear alongside photographs of sites involved in each battle. Derry Noyes, an art director for USPS, designed the stamps with art by Greg Harlin and photographs by Jon Bilous, Richard Lewis, Tom Morris, Gregory J. Parker and Kevin Stewart.
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I didn’t realize the larger stamps were actually two stamps until I saw this was a pane of 15 and thought they’d made a mistake. I’m assuming the large ones are two stamps anyway. Anyone else?
Actually, looking at the larger picture, that’s exactly what it is. This pane is actually done pretty wonderful in my opinion. There’s a photograph of the here and now monument or place and an illustration seten of what happened there. Bravo, I really love this.
Fantastic!
Oops. The building portrayed for the Battle of Trenton had almost no role in the Battle. It is known as The Old Barracks, and was a British barracks during the French and Indian War. The Hessians did not use this much in December 1776…it was considered too close to the Delaware so unsafe.