Turning Tide

In 1943, the Allied Forces start succeeding. They were able to defeat the German and Italians in north Africa, with many troops surrendering. Once that was accomplished, American and British troops landed in Sicily and begin the process of taking Italy. By September, they’re in control of the southern half of the peninsula. The King of Italy removes Mussolini and the Fascists from power and surrenders to the Allies. The Germans keep control of the northern half, though.

In the Pacific and eastern Asia, Allied Forces are making headway pushing and containing Japan. The U.S. now have many more ships and troops deployed in the theater. Japan has lost a few islands and more inland territory in China and other countries on the main land. As the souvenir sheet says, at this point int he war the tide is turning.

Note

The first stamp shows a scene in which U.S. Navy vessels are escorting convoys across the Atlantic and having to protect them from attack by German U-Boats. There’s an excellent movie that illustrates this, staring Tom Hanks, called Greyhound. It’s fascinating and shows well what they had to endure to protect their convoys.

On the bottom row, the second to last stamp shows an example of a gold star sign in the window of someone’s home. This is explained on the Gold Star page.

Contains 10 spots: own 10 – 10 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

World War II

1.1	✓	2765a	Allied forces battle German U-boats	29c (may 1993) comm., multicolor
1.2	✓	2765b	Military medics treat wounded	29c (may 1993) comm., multicolor
2.1	✓	2765c	Sicily attacked by Allied Forces	29c (may 1993) comm., multicolor
2.2	✓	2765d	B-24s hit Ploesti Refineries	29c (may 1993) comm., multicolor
2.3	✓	2765e	V-Mail delivers letters from home	29c (may 1993) comm., multicolor
3.1	✓	2765f	Allies invade Italy	29c (may 1993) comm., multicolor
3.2	✓	2765g	Savings Bonds	29c (may 1993) comm., multicolor
4.1	✓	2765h	Willie & Joe keep spirits high	29c (may 1993) comm., multicolor
4.2	✓	2765i	Gold Stars mark World War II losses	29c (may 1993) comm., multicolor
4.3	✓	2765j	Marines assault Tarawa	29c (may 1993) 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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