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// Philatelic Project
// The Federal States
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Georgia //
Atlanta, GA //
Southern Region //
Eastern Time
(The
Peach State)
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(Charter) Colony established[1]:
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April 21, 1732, 1733 Savannah
settlement by James Oglethorpe,
Royal colony in 1752
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Independence declared: |
July 4, 1776 |
Union admittance: |
January 2, 1788 // 4th state |
Secession from Union: |
January 18, 1861 |
Confederacy joined: |
February 4, 1861 |
Civil War: |
April 12, 1861 - May 9, 1865 |
Readmitted to Congress: |
July 15, 1870 |
End of Reconstruction: |
November 1, 1871 |
[1] Last English colony founded
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#726 // February 12, 1933 // Savannah, GA
Founding of the Colony of Georgia
Bicentennial
General James Edward Oglethorpe
(* 1696, † 1785),
founder of the colony and
the town of Savannah
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#1408 // September 19, 1970 // Stone Mountain
Dedication of the
Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial,
DeKalb County, GA on May 9, 1970
CSA General Robert E. Lee
(* 1807, † 1870),
CSA President Jefferson Davis
(* 1808, † 1889),
CSA General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
(* 1824, † 1863)
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#2339 // January 6, 1988 // Atlanta, GA
Georgia Statehood
Ratification of the Constitution
on January 2, 1788
Bicentennial
Oak Tree
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The state was named in honor of
King George II August (* 1683, r. 1727, † 1760) of England
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Land Area
rounded mi2 [km2]
57,906 [149.976]
ranked 21st
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Population
(census 2010)
9,687,653
ranked 9th
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Population Density
per mi2 [km2] of land area
169 [65]
ranked 19th
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The State of Georgia has 159 counties.
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The ZIP code turned 50 in 2013
Stamped Cards
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#UX98 // February 12, 1983 // Savannah, GA
Stamped Postal Card
250th Anniversary of the
Landing of Oglethorpe, Georgia, 1733
General James Edward Oglethorpe (* 1696, London, † 1785, Cranham, England)
meeting Chief Toma-Chi-Chi of the Yamacraw Indian tribe on February 12, 1733
Oglethorpe was the founder of the colony of Georgia and the town of Savannah.
Georgia was the thirteenth and last colony founded by the Britains.
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#UX129 // March 17, 1989 // Okefenokee, GA
Stamped Postal Card
America the Beautiful Series
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) and Marsh
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