Yorktown Surrender

The Siege of Yorktown was the last battle of the American Revolution. The Continental Army was led by then General George Washington, assisted by the Marquis de Lafayette and French troops. The British military were led by General Charles Cornwallis. It lasted about twenty-one days, with the colonies victorious.

The souvenir sheet and stamps on this album page are of a painting by John Trumbull called, the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis. It shows the artist’s interpretation of that surrender. In the scene, the officer on the horse in the center is Major General Benjamin Lincoln. Washington designated him to accept the British surrender since Cornwallis did not attend. Washginton is shown on a horse with one foot raised, behind Lincoln and just in front of the American flag. After this battle, the British ceased fighting and a while afterwards, the Treaty of Paris was signed with England acknowledging the independence of the U.S.

Note

Although the painting that’s the basis of this souvenir sheet is beautiful and complex, I think this is too much for postage stamps – even a souvenir sheet. And there are four of them. I can’t imagine anyone mailing a letter or even a package with one of these. It’s too much. It goes too far astray of the purpose of postage stamps: for mailing letters.

Contains 5 spots: own 5 – 5 unused, 0 used.
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Stamp Details

The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.

spot

own

catalog

subject

description

comment

Battles & Wars

1.1	✓	1686a	Two British Officers	13c (may 1976) comm., multicolor
1.2	✓	1686b	General Benjamin Lincoln	13c (may 1976) comm., multicolor
1.3	✓	1686c	George Washington	13c (may 1976) comm., multicolor
2.1	✓	1686d	John Trumbull	13c (may 1976) comm., multicolor
2.2	✓	1686e	Alexander Hamilton	13c (may 1976) comm., multicolor

Footnotes

Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).
Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.
Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.
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