![]() ![]() This new postage stamp of 2-cent denomination was issued to commemorate the Battle of Fort Stanwicx, Oriskany, Bennington, and Saratoga. In his later years, Lindbergh became a prolific prize-winning author, international explorer, inventor, and active environmentalist." Nonetheless, he supported the war effort after Pearl Harbor and flew many combat missions in the Pacific Theater of World War II as a civilian consultant, even though President Roosevelt had refused to reinstate his Army Air Corps colonel's commission that he had resigned earlier in 1939. out of the world conflict (as was his Congressman father Charles August Lindbergh during World War I) and became a leader of the anti-war America First movement. Before the United States entered World War II in December, 1941, Lindbergh had been an outspoken advocate of keeping the U.S. In March, 1932, however, his infant son, Charles, Jr., was kidnapped and murdered in what was soon dubbed the "Crime of the Century" which eventually led to the Lindbergh family fleeing the United States in December 1935 to live in Europe where they remained up until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Lindbergh relentlessly used his fame to help promote the rapid development of U.S. Lindbergh, an Army reserve officer, was also awarded the nation's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his historic exploit. Air Mail pilot, emerged from virtual obscurity to almost instantaneous world fame as the result of his Orteig Prize-winning solo non-stop flight on May 20–21, 1927, from Roosevelt Field located in Garden City on New York's Long Island to Le Bourget Field in Paris, France, in the single-seat, single-engine monoplane Spirit of St. "Charles Augustus Lindbergh (Febru– August 26, 1974) (nicknamed "Slim," "Lucky Lindy" and "The Lone Eagle") was an American aviator, author, inventor and explorer. ![]() C.Ĭopied from Wikipedia, in whole or in part. Louis, Mo,, Detroit, Mich, Little Falls, Minn, and Washington D. The stamp was first placed on sale on June 18th, 1927 at St. The design represents Lindbergh's aircraft, "The Spirit of St. Lindbergh the intrepid air mail pilot who made the first non-stop flight from New York to Paris, the department issued a new 10 cent air-mail stamp which temporarily displaced the current air mail stamp of 1926. On high priced material, make sure the lots you are buying are properly authenticated.As a special tribute to Colonel Charles A. are not the responsibility of the management of this TheĪffiliated eBay seller auction lots provided by eBay, Particular collecting subject they've just read about. The following link(s) feature category-focused affiliated seller listings on various eBay sites worldwide. ![]() denomination was issued on Ap(Untagged) and on Decem(Tagged), and its design features a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, with the inscription, "OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE", from the Gettysburg Address. (re-drawn design) denomination was issued on Janu(Untagged) and on Janu(Tagged), and its design features the Statue of Liberty, with the inscription, "LIBERTY FOR ALL". (original design) denomination was issued on Novem, and its design features the Statue of Liberty, with the inscription, "LIBERTY FOR ALL". denomination was issued on J(Untagged) and on Febru(Tagged), and its design features the Liberty Bell, with the inscription, " LET FREEDOM RING". denomination was issued on J, and its design features the Liberty Bell, with the inscription, " LET FREEDOM RING ". #C57-59, #C62-63) were originally issued (Untagged versions) between 19. The five definitive US airmail stamps shown above (Sc. ![]()
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