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Maryland // Annapolis, MD // Middle Atlantic Region // Eastern Time (The Old Line State)
Royal charter "Terra Maria" granted:	June 20, 1632 by English King Charles I. (* 1600, r. 1625, † 1649 executed)
(Proprietary) Colony established:	March 25, 1634 by Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore
Mason-Dixon Line established:	October 9, 1767 fixing Maryland's border to Pennsylvania/Delaware
Independence declared:	July 6, 1776
Union admittance:	April 28, 1788 // 7^th state
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#4296 // August 6, 2009 (self-adhesive coil definitive) Flags of Our Nation Series Maryland State Flag and red-winged blackbird in a cattail marsh	#1972 // April 14, 1982 (ex pane of 50 different stamps) State Bird & Flower of Maryland Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) and Black-Eyed Susan	#1639 // February 23, 1976 (ex pane of 50 different stamps) American Bicentennial Series Maryland State Flag


#736 // March 23, 1934 Maryland Tercentenary Arrival of the ships "The Ark" and "The Dove" on March 3, 1634 with 128 settlers on board	#984// April 27, 1949 Annapolis State capital of Maryland Tercentenary Captain James Stoddert's (* 1667, † 1726) map of Annapolis region, 1718	#2342 // February 15, 1988 Maryland Statehood Ratification of the Constitution on April 28, 1788 Bicentennial Cityscape of Annapolis, Sailing ship on Chesapeake Bay

#3580 // April 4, 2002
(ex pane of 50 stamps, one for each state)
Greetings from Maryland

Illustration of contemporary postcard
in the style of the 1930s/1940s

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The state was named in honor of Queen Henrietta Maria (* 1609, marriage 1625, † 1666), the wife of the English King Charles I. (* 1600. r. 1625, † 1649 executed). The first umbrella factory in the USA was founded in Baltimore, 1928. Find out more facts & trivia
Land Area rounded mi² [km²] 9,774 [25.315] ranked 42^nd	Population (census 2010) 5,773,552 ranked 19^th	Population Density per mi² [km²] of land area 591 [228] ranked 6^th
The State of Maryland has 23 counties and one independent city, Baltimore.

#UX101 // March 25, 1984 // St. Clemens Island, MD
Stamped Postal Card
350th Anniversary of the
Founding of Maryland, 1634

Arrival of the ships "The Ark" and "The Dove"
in Chesapeake Bay on March 3, 1634
with 128 settlers on board

#UX136 // October 7, 1989 // Baltimore, MD
Stamped Postal Card
America the Beautiful Series

U.S.F. Constellation at
Inner Harbor of Baltimore, MD