Commonwealth of Virginia Richmond, VA // Southern Region // Eastern Time (The Old Dominian State) (Proprietary) Colony established[1]: May 1, 1607 by John Smith, Jamestown settlement, Royal colony in 1624 Independence declared: May 15, 1776 Union admittance: June 25, 1788 // 10th state Secession from Union: April 17, 1861 Confederacy joined: May 7, 1861 Civil War: April 12, 1861 - May 9, 1865 Readmitted to Congress: January 26, 1870 End of Reconstruction: October 5, 1869 [1] First English colony founded [Display overwiew of states formed out of the original 13 colonies]

#4327 // August 16, 2012 (self-adhesive coil definitive) Flags of Our Nation Series Virginia State Flag three ships that brought English settlers to Jamestown in 1607	#1998 // April 14, 1982 (ex pane of 50 different stamps) State Bird & Flower of Virginia Red Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) and Flowering Dogwood	#1642 // February 23, 1976 (ex pane of 50 different stamps) American Bicentennial Series Virginia State Flag

Captain John Smith (* 1580, † 1631), Founder of Virginia Colony, Pocahontas and Powhatan	Landing of the first settlers in Virginia from the ships "Discovery", "Godspeed", and "Susan Constant"	Pocahontas (* 1595, † 1617), who saved the life of John Smith, daughter of Indian paramount chief Powhatan
#328-330 // April 26 (1¢, 2¢), May 3 (5¢), 1907 Jamestown Exposition Issue Hampton Roads, VA, April 26 - December 1, 1907 Founding of Jamestown on May 1, 1607 Tercentenary
Scott catalogue value of stamp set Nos. 328-330 (3) US$ 510 (mint, never hinged), US$ 250 (mint, hinged), US$ 40 (cancelled)

#1452 // June 26, 1972 // Vienna, VA National Parks Centennial Wolf Trap Farm, Vienna, VA	#2018 // September 1, 1982 // Vienna, VA Performing Arts Issue Wolf Trap Farm, Vienna, VA
Wolf Trap Farm, located in Vienna, VA, was founded by Catherine Filene Shouse (* 1896, † 1994). It became a National Park in 1966 and held its first season in 1971. The farm is the only National Park dedicated exclusively to the performing arts and consists of two separate facilities, the Barns and the Filene Center, a ten-story-high theater with an "open-to-the-air" seating capacity for 6,500 people. These facilities are home to various musical performances, such as the "Wolf Trap Opera Company". The scenery at Wolf Trap Farm is as impressive as the performances. The 130 rolling acres [ca. 53 ha] are home to a large variety of wildlife as well as an abundance of natural resources.

#2345 // June 25, 1988 // Williamsburg, VA Virginia Statehood, Ratification of the Constitution on June 25, 1788 Bicentennial Old Capitol Building and Colonial Coach, Colonial Williamsburg, VA [View contemporary picture postcard]

#C40 // May 11, 1949 // Alexandria, VA Air Mail Stamp Founding of Alexandria Bicentennial Home of John Carlyle, completed in 1753 (Scottish Merchant, * 1720, † 1780), City Seal of Alexandria, [view seal] Gadsby's Tavern, built in 1785 (center of political, business, and social life in early Alexandria)	#4136 // May 11, 2007 // Jamestown, VA (ex souvenir sheet of 20 stamps) Settlement of Jamestown Quadricentennial "Godspeed", "Susan Constant", and "Discovery", the ships that brought the first settlers to Jamestown in 1607, a triangle stamp was choosen to honor the triangle-shape of Fort Jamestown (see souvenir sheet below)
#4136b // May 11, 2007 // Jamestown, VA Souvenir Sheet (double-sided sheet of 1/front + 19/back stamps) Settlement of Jamestown in 1607, first permanent English settlement in the Americas Quadricentennial

#3606 // April 4, 2002 (ex pane of 50 stamps, one for each state) Greetings from Virginia Illustration of contemporary postcard in the style of the 1930s/1940s View Virginia state quarter View Virginia state map View Virginia clock

	The state is named in honor of Elizabeth I. (* 1533, r. 1558, † 1603) "The Virgin Queen" of England. Find out more facts & trivia
	Land Area rounded mi2 [km2] 39,594 [102.548] ranked 37th	Population (census 2010) 8,001,024 ranked 12th	Population Density per mi2 [km2] of land area 203 [78] ranked 15th
	The Commonwealth of Virginia has 95 counties and 38 independent cities. Langley, an unincorporated community in the census-designated place of McLean, Fairfax County, VA is the site of the headquarters for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

#UX167 // February 8, 1993 // Williamsburg, VA Stamped Postal Card Wren Building, College of William & Mary Tercentenary The British King William III (* 1650, r. 1689, † 1702) and his spouse Queen Mary II (* 1662, r. 1689, † 1694) granted a charter to establish the college on February 8, 1693. The oldest college building in the US, named after its architect Sir Christopher Wren (* 1632, † 1723), was contructed between 1695 and 1700 in Renaissance style.

#UX302 // February 11, 1999 // Lexington, VA Stamped Postal Card 250th Anniversary of Washington and Lee University The private liberal arts university was founded in 1749 as a small classical school by Scotch-Irish Presbyterian pioneers. The university is named after George Washington (* 1732, † 1799), first President of the US (1789 - 1797), and Robert E. Lee (* 1807, † 1870), General of the Confederate Army and eleventh president of the university (1865 - 1870). General Robert E. Lee is buried at Lee Chapel on the university campus. The current architectural Greek revival style of the campus buildings dates from the 1820s.

#UX305 // May 14 // 1999 // Mount Vernon, VA Stamped Postal Card National Historic Landmark Mount Vernon The mansion, located on the banks of the Potomac River near Alexandria, VA, was the plantation home (since 1754) of George Washington (* 1732, † 1799), first President of the US (1789 - 1797) and is also his burial place.