US Postage Stamps
// Philatelic Project
// The Federal States
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#4311 // April 16, 2010
(self-adhesive coil definitive) Flags of Our Nation Series |
#1985 // April 14, 1982
(ex pane of 50 different stamps) State Bird & Flower of North Carolina
Red Cardinal
(Cardinalis cardinalis) and Flowering Dogwood |
#1644 // February 23, 1976
(ex pane of 50 different stamps) American Bicentennial Series North Carolina State Flag |
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#796 // August 18, 1937 // Manteo, NC
350th Anniversary of the birth of Virginia Dare on August 18, 1587, first child of English parents born in America on Roanoke Island, the "Lost Colony", present-day North Carolina Virginia and her parents Ananias and Eleanor Dare |
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#2093 // July 13, 1984 // Manteo, NC
Roanoke Voyages 400th Anniversary of the first attempt to settle on Roanoke Island, North Carolina "The Elizabeth", 50 tuns sailing ship led by Captain Thomas Cavendish Vessel of the second Roanoke voyage, sailed from England on April 9, 1585 (Roanoke voyages in 1584, 1585, 1587). |
#2347 // August 22, 1989 // Fayetteville, NC
North Carolina Statehood, Ratification of the Constitution on November 21, 1789 Bicentennial American Dogwood blossoms (Cornus florida) |
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#1448-1451 // April 5, 1971 // Hatteras, NC
(se-tenant block of 4 different stamps containing one overall design) National Parks Centennial Cape Hatteras National Seashore Abandoned shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean, Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (first built in 1802), black-headed gull sitting on driftwood, sandy shore and marram grass
That area contains some of the earliest sites of
English colonial settlement. Located along North
Carolina's Outer Banks, the shores are home to
thousands of waterfowl and have become the
final stop for sections of ships that have
been wrecked on the shoals.
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#3593 // April 4, 2002
(ex pane of 50 stamps, one for each state) Greetings from North Carolina Illustration of contemporary postcard in the style of the 1930s/1940s View North Carolina state quarter View North Carolina state map View North Carolina clock |
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"Carolina" is taken from the Latin word for "Charles (Carolus)"
honoring King Charles II. of England (* 1630, r. 1660, † 1685), who made the original land grant in 1663. |
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Land Area
rounded mi2 [km2] 48,711 [126.161] ranked 29th |
Population
(census 2010) 9,535,483 ranked 10th |
Population Density
per mi2 [km2] of land area 197 [76] ranked 16th |
| The State of North Carolina has 100 counties. | |||
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#UX132 // June 17, 1989 // Cape Hatteras, NC
Stamped Postal Card America the Beautiful Series Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, shore and seagull |
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#UX133 // August 26, 1989 // Cherokee, NC
Stamped Postal Card America the Beautiful Series Forest, deer and waterfall |
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