European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page is the stars and stripes thursday january 7,1968 stamp Corner More Stamps Debuf by Nick she5tople Seal Hood Bicentennial sumps for Connecticut Jan.9, 17br and Massachusetts feb. 6, 178b will be re leased saturday and on feb. 6 respectively. The Georgia statehood stamp Jan. 3, 17s� was released called the Nutmeg state. Connecticut s official nickname it tie Constitution stale. It was in 1639,three Yean after they settled in the Hartford area that Thomas Hooker and his followers met Al the bile of theold slate House the present Bulfinch building Eon strutted in 1192 to adopt the fundamental Ordyn generally believed 10 be the world s first written Constitution to create a representative government Early America s dependence on the Connecticu River As a main artery of Trade stimulated the growth of a prosperous shipbuilding and maritime Industry inthe stale a heritage remembered today at old Mystic seaport. The Charles w. Morgan a full rigged whaling ship launched in 1841, and the Only vessel of its kind still in existence lies at Anchor at Mystic and is Fea tured in the stamp design. The Morgan was depicted Onu 1971 be Tenent Block of four historic preservation Stamps so. 1441. The name Connecticut comes from the Indian meaning Long tidal River a reference id inc tact that the tide rises almost to the Massachusetts Border 60 Miles Inland. Showman . Baum revolutionary War hero Nathan Hale dictionary compiler Noah Webster and inventors Samuel Colt and Eli Whitney arc among famous americans associated with the state hit Hart Ford Cournal is the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United slates dating Back to 1764. Re Hunts far fint a Euedell Ilioiu with the postal service affixing the stamp should be sent to connect Cut statehood stamp. Postmaster Hartford conn.06101-9992. Include 22 cents for each stamp desired and get the requests into the mail not liter thin feb. 8. The Bay stale elements of Massachusetts own state Constitution its system of checks and balances the provision for a Strong executive and the inclusion of a Bill of rights were much consulted models for the framing of the . Constitution and its first amendments. The dating from 1749, is depicted on the sump. It was in mis building thai he debates Lea Dinglo Massachusetts being the such stale to ratify the cons Lillion look place. The old slate House was also the site of the Bosto massacre in March 1770. When British troops fired into a mob and killed five persons fueling the Campaign for Independence. The building is today one of the stops on Boston s Freedom Trail famous names from the stale Adams Revere Longfellow justices Holmes and Drand tis. Harvard Mit Emily Dickenson and on and on read like a who s who of american history literature science and education. Fac requests should be sent to Massachusetts statehood stamp postmaster Boston. Mass. 02205 9992. 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