James Oglethorpe

James Oglethorpe was a member of the British Parliament starting in the 1720s. He was part of a committee reviewing the jails and prisons of England. He recommended the transporting of prisoners to the colonies where they could start life anew, rather than spend the rest of their lives in prison or being hanged. He also campaigned for a new colony south of the Carolinas and north of Spanish Florida. Basically and actually, he was one of the founders and trustees of the British colony of Georgia.

Oglethorpe lived in both England and in Georgia. As the only colony trustee in Georgia, in essence became the governor of the colony. He directed the settlement of the colony, as well as commanded military troops to stop attempts by Spanish troops south of the border to encroach on the colony. He was known for bannning slavery in Georgia and granting land to several Jewish settlers, against the prejudices of other trustees. In later years, he tried to get the British government to grant the colonies independence, and refused to lead troops to squelch the rebellion. From current day U.S. perspective, he was a hero of Georgia.

Note

The five stamps at the bottom of this album page are kind of odd to me. They’re cut by hand from souvenir sheets. What’s odd is that Leuchtturm provided pages for the full souvenir sheets: Fort Dearborn, Chicago World’s Fair, Admiral Byrd, Yosemite, and Farley. I’m not sure what’s the point of having both. Maybe some people don’t want the collect the souvenir sheets, so they throw away those pages and buy these cut-out singles.

Contains 12 spots: own 12 – 12 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
1.1	✓	726	Gen. James Oglethorpe	3c (feb 1933) comm., violet
1.2	✓	733	Adm. Byrd Expedition	3c (oct 1933) comm., dark blue
1.3	✓	734	Tadeusz Kosciuszko	5c (oct 1933) comm., blue
2.1	✓	727	G.W. Headquarters Newburgh, N.Y.	3c (apr 1933) comm., violet
2.2	✓	728	Restore Ft. Dearborn	1c (may 1933) comm., yellow green
2.3	✓	729	Federal Bldg., Chicago Century of Progress	3c (may 1933) comm., violet
2.4	✓	732	National Relief Agency	3c (aug 1933) comm., violet

Souvenir Sheet - Singles

3.1	✓	730a	Restore Ft. Dearborn	1c (aug 1933) comm., deep yellow grey
3.2	✓	731a	Federal Building	3c (aug 1933) comm., deep violet
4.1	✓	735a	Adm. Byrd Expedition	3c (feb 1934) comm., dark blue
4.2	✓	750a	Mount Rainier Natl. Pk.	3c (aug 1934) comm., deep violet
4.3	✓	751a	El Capitan Yosemite Natl. Pk.	1c (oct 1934) comm., green

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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