Basilone, Daly, Lejeune & Puller
Nov 7th 2005RavenMarine Corps
Kim wrote this over at ARS and I decided to post it here for Michael since it’s about Marines.
This is really cool.
Four “Distinguished Marines” appear on a block of commemoratives to be dedicated Thursday during ceremonies in Washington, D.C., and Oceanside, Calif.
The U.S. Postal Service said the horizontal 37-cent stamps — of which 60 million were being printed — will be available nationwide that same day, the 230th anniversary of the U.S. Marine Corps.
The self-adhesive stamps will be sold in panes of 20.
The Marines honored are:
Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone, also known as “Manila John,” fought on Guadalcanal with the 1st Marine Division in 1942 and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism. The stamp features a 1943 photograph of him and the insignia of the 5th Marine Division. Basilone served and died with the 1st Battalion, 27th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division, during the February 1945 invasion of Iwo Jima.
Sgt. Maj. Daniel J. Daly is one of only two Marines ever to receive the nation’s highest military award — the Medal of Honor — twice for separate acts of valor. The stamp features a detail from a photograph taken of him about 1919 and the insignia of the 73rd Machine Gun Company, a variation on the Army’s 2nd Infantry Division insignia.
Lt. Gen. John A. Lejeune, the first Marine to command an Army division. He later became Marine Corps commandant. The stamp image is from a 1924 photo. The insignia is of the Army’s 2nd Infantry Division, which Lejeune commanded during World War I.
Lt. Gen. Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller, known affectionately by all of his Marines as “Chesty,” was a battalion commander and regimental commander with the 1st Marine Division during World War II and the Korean War. The stamp features a photo of him at Koto-ri, Korea, in 1950, and the insignia of the 1st Division.
Collectors desiring first-day cancellations may purchase their stamps at a post office, affix them to self-addressed envelopes and place them inside a larger envelope for mailing by Dec. 9 to: “Distinguished Marines” Stamps, Postmaster, 900 Brentwood Road NE, Washington, DC 20066-9998, or to: “Distinguished Marines Stamps,” Camp Pendleton Cancellation MPO, 1895 Avenida del Oro, Oceanside, CA 92056-9998.
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