MacArthur

Douglas MacArthur was a U.S. General of the Army (i.e., a five-star general) during World War II. He was assigned to the forces in the Pacific Ocean and surrounding area. After Japan surrendered, MacArthur oversaw the occupation of Japan and was instrumental its new constitution which set up a democracy and prohibited military aggression. During the Korean War, he was in charge initially of the United Nations Command. Because of conflicts with President Harry Truman, he was removed from command.

As I mentioned at the start of my U.S. collection, when I was twelve, my step-father’s friend Chuck, who was a stamp collector, showed me his collection. He gave me the MacArthur stamp shown here to start mine. I’m not sure why he gave me that one in particular, and only one stamp. Nevertheless, seeing his collection and having that stamp was enough to get me started.

In my mid-twenties, Chuck visited my house and I showed him my collection, which had progressed fairly well in the nearly fifteen years – I wish he could see it today. I felt proud and pleased showing it to him. I told him how he got me started with this one stamp. He remembered showing me his collection, but didn’t remember giving me the stamp. His comment was, “Well, I’ll be…”

Note

Almost all of these stamps are well designed. I like them, in particular I like the pair at the top celebrating a decade of Apollo missions. I also like very much all of the stamps on the third row except for the one in the center of a star.

Contains 15 spots: own 15 – 15 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	✓	1434	Earth Rise	8c (aug 1971) comm., multicolor
1.2	✓	1435	Lunar Rover & Astronauts	8c (aug 1971) comm., multicolor
2.1	✓	1433	The Wake of the Ferry John Sloan	8c (aug 1971) comm., multicolor
2.2	✓	1426	Missouri Statehood	8c (may 1971) comm., multicolor
2.3	✓	1431	Antarctica Treaty	8c (jun 1971) comm., red & dark blue
3.1	✓	1423	America’s Wool	6c (jan 1971) comm., multicolor
3.2	✓	1424	Douglas MacArthur	6c (jan 1971) comm., black, blue & red
3.3	✓	1432	Am. Bicentennial	8c (jul 1971) comm., multicolor
3.4	✓	1436	Emily Dickinson	8c (aug 1971) comm., multicolor
3.5	✓	1437	San Juan, Puerto Rico Morro Castle	8c (sep 1971) comm., black & yellow & browns
4.1	✓	1439	CARE	8c (oct 1971) comm., multicolor
4.2	✓	1425	Giving Blood Saves Lives	6c (mar 1971) comm., multicolor
4.3	✓	1438	Prevent Drug Abuse	8c (oct 1971) comm., multicolor

Christmas & Holidays

5.1	✓	1444	Adoration of Shepherds Giorgione	8c (nov 1971) comm., multicolor
5.2	✓	1445	Partridge in Pear Tree	8c (nov 1971) 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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