Lexington-Concord

The battles at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts in April 1775 were instrumental in that they began the American Revolutionary War, which led to the founding of the United States.

The battle spread across the towns of Lexington and Concord, but also included Arlington and Cambridge, which are closer to Boston. After several rebelious acts, a militia had formed outside of Boston – which was well fortified and controlled by British troops. British soldiers from Boston were sent to destroy rebel supplies and possibly arrest citizens who resisted the attempt to stop any uprising. Paul Revere and Samuel Prescott rode ahead of them to warn of the attack. The troops engaged in battle at the North Bridge in Concord. I’ve been there and have pictures on my personal web site.

Norwegians

There are two stamps on the second row to commemorate Norwegian immigrants in the U.S. There’s the one of the viking ship in the center of the row, which celebrates vikings such as Leif Erikson having come to North America long before the establishment of the colonies, and hundreds of years before Christopher Columbus. The other stamp is of a ship more recent, the Restauration from Norway. It carried fifty-two passengers, landing after a three-month voyage in New York city in October 1825. Since the ship was overcrowded with passengers by U.S. maritime laws, the captain was arrested and fined, and the ship seized. However, about a month later, then President John Quincy Adams pardoned the captain, canceled the fine and returned the vessel.

Note

This page is complete. I have all of the stamps for this album page in unused condition. I like it. There are several interesting stamps here. I’ve written about a few of them, but there are more stories that could be told about them. This is the first complete page in this album. There are many more to follow.

Contains 16 spots: own 16 – 16 unused, 0 used.
Page is finished.
Album or Web Page Last changed Mar 13, 2025

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

Lexington-Concord

1.1	✓	617	Washington at Cambridge	1c (apr 1925) comm., dark green
1.2	✓	618	The Dawn of Liberty Henry Sandham	2c (apr 1925) comm., carmine rose
1.3	✓	619	The Minute Man Daniel Chester French	5c (apr 1925) comm., dark blue

Norse-American Centenial

2.1	✓	620	Sailboat Restaurationen	2c (may 1925) comm., black & carmine
2.2	✓	621	Viking ship	5c (may 1925) comm., black & dark blue

Other

2.3	✓	629	Battle of White Plains	2c (oct 1926) comm., carmine rose
3.1	✓	627	Liberty Bell (1752)	2c (may 1926) comm., carmine rose
3.2	✓	628	John Ericsson	5c (may 1926) comm., grey lilac
3.3	✓	644	Gen. Burgoyne Surrender John Trumbull	2c (aug 1927) comm., carmine rose
4.1	✓	643	Green Mountain Boy	2c (aug 1927) comm., carmine rose

Commemorative Overprint

4.2	✓	646	George Washington Overprinted Molly Pitcher	2c (oct 1928) comm., carmine
4.3	✓	648	Theodore Roosevelt Overprinted Hawaii	5c (aug 1928) comm., dark blue
4.4	✓	647	George Washington Overprinted Hawaii	2c (aug 1928) comm., carmine

Other

4.5	✓	645	Washington, Valley Forge	2c (may 1928) comm., carmine rose
5.1	✓	649	Intl. Civil Aeronautics Wright Flyer	2c (dec 1928) comm., carmine rose
5.2	✓	650	Intl. Civil Aeronautics Airliner Ryan Brougham B-5	5c (dec 1928) comm., blue

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.
To search by catalog number, go to the search box and enter it in the catalog number box. However, it’s a bit broken; I need to fix it.