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This Day in History… July 15, 1975

Posted on July 15, 2020 by MysticStamp

First U.S.-Soviet Joint Issue Stamps

US #1569-70 – These stamps were issued on the same day both craft were launched into space.

On July 15, 1975, the US and Soviet Union each issued stamps honoring the launch of their Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, their first joint space venture.

After several years of tension and a Space Race to the Moon, the United States and Soviet Union began to adopt a détente policy.  This was an easing of strained relations.  Out of this policy came the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.

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This Day in History… July 14, 1932

Posted on July 14, 2020 by MysticStamp

International Peace Garden

US #2014 was issued for the garden’s 50th anniversary in 1982.

On July 14, 1932, the International Peace Garden was dedicated, representing the peaceful relationship between the United States and Canada.

Dr. Henry Moore was a member of Canada’s National Association of Gardeners and attended meetings in both Canada and the US.  He sought a way to honor the long, peaceful relationship between the two nations.  Moore proposed the idea for a place “where the people of the two countries could share the glories found in a lovely garden and the pleasures found in warm friendships.”

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This Day in History… July 13, 1886

Posted on July 13, 2020 by MysticStamp

Father Flanagan 

US #2171 was issued for Flanagan’s 100th birthday.

Monsignor Edward Joseph Flanagan was born on July 13, 1886, in Leabeg, Ireland.

After attending Summerhill College in Ireland, Flanagan moved to the United States in 1904.  He then attended Mount St. Mary’s University in Maryland, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts degree in 1908.

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This Day in History… July 12, 1854

Posted on July 12, 2020 by MysticStamp

Birth of George Eastman

US #1062 was issued on Eastman’s 100th birthday.

Entrepreneur George Eastman was born on July 12, 1854, in Waterville, New York.

Eastman’s family ran a farm in Waterville until 1860 when they moved to Rochester, where his father had started a business school.  Eastman began attending a private school when he was eight.  After his father died, his mother took in boarders to pay for him to continue his education.

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This Day in History… July 11, 1996

Posted on July 11, 2020 by MysticStamp

Folk Heroes Stamps

US #3083-86 were issued on this day in 1996.

On July 11, 1996, the USPS issued a set of four stamps honoring American Folk Heroes.

The stamps featured paintings by artist David LaFleur, who had previously painted the “Flag Over Porch” stamps.  LaFleur’s portraits of the folk heroes were a combination of cartoon and poster art.  As he described them, “They are very macho – that’s the way I see them.”

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This Day in History… July 10, 1856

Posted on July 10, 2020 by MysticStamp

Birth of Nikola Tesla

US #2057 from the American Inventors series. (In 1891, he became an American citizen.)

Nikola Tesla was born on July 10, 1856, in Smiljan, Austrian Empire (present-day Croatia).

The fourth of five children, Tesla discovered as he attended school that he had an eidetic memory – meaning he was able to retain more information and for longer than his fellow students.  This sometimes got young Tesla in trouble as his teachers thought him to be cheating.

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