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Constitution (1797)

Post by john sefton » Fri Apr 03, 2009 7:20 pm

The U.S. frigate Constitution more familiarly known as "Old Ironsides" is depicted on a 3 cents stamp of the U.S.A issued in 1947 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the vessels launching. This famous old ship was built at Hartts shipyard in Boston during the years 1794-97, and was launched. on October 21, 1797. Her overall length is 204ft., waterline length 175ft, beam 43.6ft, and depth of hold 14.3ft. Her best sailing draught was 21ft. forward and 23ft aft, and her displacement was 2,200 tons. During her active service days she carried a crew of about 475 officers, seamen and marines. Her original armament of 44 guns was changed from time to time. A nice touch on the stamp is the pair of guns bearing the Royal cipher "G.R"; 18 of the original 24pdr gun-deck pieces were purchased in England and bare this English marking. In 1829 a board of naval commissioners surveyed the frigate and found her unseaworthy. They recommended that she should be broken-up, but it was decided to lay her up for reconstruction at the Boston Navy Yard. Since then the vessel has been restored on several occasions.
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FURTHER INFORMATION.
The Constitution blowing up the Java, in 1812, from the painting by Pocock, 25d. stamp, is new to collectors. The Constitution was built at Boston, Mass., under the supervision of George Cleghorn, to the plans of Josiah Fox. The ship was built in the yard of Edmund, Joseph and Edward Hartt, who probably acted as foremen in the construction of the frigate. She was launched on October 21, 1797, after two unsuccessful attempts, and carried 32:pdr. carronades in place of the normal 42-pdrs of ships of her class.
The Java, was a 5th Rate of 38 guns, 1,083 tons, builder's measurement, and was originally a French ship, the Renomee, captured by a British squadron on June 20, 1811, off Madagascar. She was captured on December 9, 1812, by the American Constitution off San Salvador and burnt on the next day.
To commemorate this victory the Americans had a frigate which they named Java built at Baltimore in 1814 by Flannigan and Parsons. She was broken up in 1842 at Norfolk, Virginia.
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Re: Constitution (1797)

Post by aukepalmhof » Tue Oct 09, 2012 9:26 am

Sao Tome et Principe 2003 Db7000 sg?, scott?
Marshall Islands 2008 41c sg?, scott?. 2012 $4.95 sg?, scott?

The design of the Sao Tome et Principe stamp is made after a painting of Richard C Moore.
A other stamp of the same set depict the CONSTITUTION, when she is in battle against the HMS GUERRIERE in 1812

Lesotho 1999 MSsg?, scott? (in margin of MS)
Dominica 1989 60c sg 1286, scott 1204d
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Post by aukepalmhof » Fri Oct 26, 2012 8:43 pm

The War of 1812: USS CONSTITUTION (Forever stamp) issuance by the U.S. Postal Service in 2012 commemorates the bicentennial of the War of 1812, a two-and-a-half year conflict with Great Britain that many Americans viewed as the nation's “Second War of Independence.” The War of 1812, sometimes called “the forgotten conflict,” was a two-and-a-half year confrontation with Great Britain that brought the United States to the verge of bankruptcy and disunion. With this stamp, the Postal Service commemorates the bicentennial of a war that ultimately helped forge our national identity and gave us our national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

The United States declared war on Great Britain on June 18, 1812. In his war message to Congress, Madison charged the British with violating the nation's sovereignty by restricting American trade with Europe and by removing seamen from American merchant ships and making them serve in the Royal Navy.
The War of 1812 was also fueled by a desire among frontier settlers to force the British out of Canada and end their support of Indians in the Old Northwest. Many Americans, including expansionist “War Hawks” in Congress, alleged that the British supplied arms to Indians and incited them to raid settlements on the frontier.

For the design of the first stamp in the series, the Postal Service selected the oldest known painting of the famed USS CONSTITUTION by Michele Felice Cornè, circa 1803. Constitution acquired the nickname “Old Ironsides” during a victorious battle with HMS GUERRIERE in August 1812, two months into the war. It scored another victory in December over HMS JAVA Such stunning successes against the world's mightiest navy helped sustain American morale during a time the U.S. Army was suffering major setbacks.

Art director Greg Breeding evokes the times by using the color and texture of a contemporary map of the war for the stamp pane's background.

USA 2012 45c sg?, scott?
Antigua & Barbuda 2012 $2.75 sgMS?, scott?.

Source: USA Postal web-site.
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Re: Constitution (1797)

Post by Arturo » Sun Nov 23, 2014 8:49 pm

Constitution

Djibouti 2000.
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Re: Constitution (1797)

Post by Anatol » Fri Nov 28, 2014 12:14 pm

USS Constitution 1797
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Re: Constitution (1797)

Post by Anatol » Tue Feb 06, 2018 11:48 am

Burundi 2017; 850f.
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