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- Commemorative U.S. Postage Stamps Souvenir Sheet - (Mint condition)
- This is the first of a series of five World War II 50th Anniversary sheets issued by the U.S. Postal Service from 1991-1995. - Each sheet had a map design showing the current war efforts in both the European and Pacific theatres along with ten denominated postage stamps. (selvage removed)
- TOPIC: World War II 1941: A World at War / Issue date Sept. 3, 1991
- Scott catalog# 2559 for the Souvenir Sheet; single stamps are designated by a sequential letter from a. through j. - (10) stamps, all denominated 29¢
- #2559 a : Military vehicles (Burma Road, 717 mile lifeline to China)
- #2559 b : Recruits (America's first peacetime draft)
- #2559 c : Shipments for allies (US supports allies with Lend-Lease Act)
- #2559 d : Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill (Atlantic Charter sets war aims)
- #2559 e : Tank (America becomes the "arsenal of democracy")
- #2559 f : Sinking of Destroyer Reuben James, October 31
- #2559 g : Gas mask, helmet (Civil defense mobilizes Americans at home)
- #2559 h : Liberty ship, sea gulf (first Liberty ship delivered December 30)
- #2559 i : Sinking ships (Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, December 7th)
- #2559 j : Congress in session (U.S. declares war on Japan, December 8th)
