US Postage Stamps
// Philatelic Project
// The Federal States
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#4289 // September 2, 2008
(self-adhesive coil definitive) Flags of Our Nation Series
Illinois State Flag
and windmill |
#1965 // April 14, 1982
(ex pane of 50 different stamps) State Bird & Flower of Illinois
Red Cardinal
(Cardinalis cardinalis) and Violet |
#1653 // February 23, 1976
(ex pane of 50 different stamps) American Bicentennial Series Illinois State Flag |
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#1339 // February 12, 1968 // Shawneetown, IL
150th Anniversary of Illinois Statehood Farm Buildings and Fields of Ripening Grain |
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#3573 // April 4, 2002
(ex pane of 50 stamps, one for each state) Greetings from Illinois Illustration of contemporary postcard in the style of the 1930s/1940s View Illinois state quarter View Illinois state map View Illinois clock |
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The state name is the French version of a word of the Native American
Algonquian language, which means "warrior" or "tribe of superior men".
Illinois is the home of the second tallest building in the United States.
Willis Tower, until July 2009 named and still commonly referred to as Sears Tower, is a 108-story, 1,451 ft (442 m) high skyscraper located in Chicago, IL. |
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Land Area
rounded mi2 [km2] 55,584 [143.962] ranked 24th |
Population
(census 2010) 12,830,632 ranked 5th |
Population Density
per mi2 [km2] of land area 231 [89] ranked 13th |
| The State of Illinois has 24 counties. | |||
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Historic Route 66 starts in Adams Street, Chicago, IL
and leads 301 miles (484 km) through Illinois. |
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#UXC23 // February 1, 1986 // Chicago, IL
Stamped Air Post Postal Card AMERIPEX '86 Chicago Skyline AMERIPEX '86 The International Stamp Show was held from May 22 to June 1, 1986 in Chicago, IL. The postal card with a show cachet was sold by the USPS at the German National Stamp Show SÜDPOSTA '87 held from October 22 to 25, 1987 in Sindelfingen, Germany. |
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#UX152 // October 19, 1990 // Chicago, IL
Stamped Postal Card Historic Preservation Series Chicago Orchestra Hall Chicago Symphony Orchestra Centennial The Orchestra Hall was built in 1904 and designed by American architekt and urban designer Daniel Burnham (* 1846, † 1912) as a home for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) founded in 1891. The first concert in the Orchestra Hall was held on December 14, 1904. |
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#UX174 // February 12, 1994 // Springfield, IL
Stamped Postal Card National Historic Site Abraham Lincoln Home, Springfield, IL, Greek Revival architecture Centennial Abraham Lincoln (* February 12, 1809, Hodgenville, KY, † assassinated on April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.), 16th President of the United States of America, in office from March 4, 1861 to April 15, 1865 during the American Civil War |
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