Near End

In June of 1944, one-hundred fifty-five thousand Allied troops landed in Normandy, France begining their assault on German troops spread over Europe. By November, most of France is freed, along with the Netherlands. The Battle of the Bulge is fought in December, the last major offensive from the Germans, with over nineteen thousand soldiers dying.

More Allied troops made their advance through the peninsula of Italy, driving German troops out of the southern Europe including Greece and the Balkans. At the same time, Russia is making progress retaking Soviet territory lost and is assaulting eastern European countries under German control.

In the Pacific, by August Guam is retaken and return to the U.S. MacArthur and the U.S. Navy return to the Philippines in October. In December, Allied Forces begin bombing Iwo Jima, demonstrating that they closing in on Japan and winning.

Note

The stamp at the bottom left corner of this souvenir sheet show Italians in the streets of Rome welcoming Allied troops. By this time, the public had enough of the war and Fascists and the Germans, they saw the Allies as their liberators, although Italy had been on Germany’s side.

The top middle stamp commemorates the D-Day invasion at Normandy. The bottom right one commemorates the Battle of the Bulge in December of that year.

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	✓	2838a	Allied Forces retake New Guinea	29c (jun 1994) comm., multicolor
1.2	✓	2838b	P-51s Escorts B-17s on Bombing Raids	29c (jun 1994) comm., multicolor
2.1	✓	2838c	Allies in Normandy on D-Day	29c (jun 1994) comm., multicolor
2.2	✓	2838d	Airborne units Spearhead Attacks	29c (jun 1994) comm., multicolor
2.3	✓	2838e	Submarines shorten War in Pacific	29c (jun 1994) comm., multicolor
3.1	✓	2838f	Allies free Rome & Paris	29c (jun 1994) comm., multicolor
3.2	✓	2838g	US troops clear Saipan Bunkers	29c (jun 1994) comm., multicolor
4.1	✓	2838h	Red Ball Express speeds vital supplies	29c (jun 1994) comm., multicolor
4.2	✓	2838i	Battle of Leyte Gulf	29c (jun 1994) comm., multicolor
4.3	✓	2838j	Bastogne and Battle of the Bulge	29c (jun 1994) 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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