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Item no. S100 (stamp)

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Item no. S100 (stamp)

Type: stamp

Country: USA

Date of issue: 2 September 1995

Catalog number: Scott 2981a (of 2981a-j)

Stamp issued to honor US victories at the Pacific during WW II. The design is based on a photograph by Associated Press photojournalist JOE ROSENTHAL (1911 - 2006) "Raising the US flag on the island Iwo Jima, at the Mount Suribachi" taken on 23 February 1945. Joe Rosental was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for this iconic photograph in 1945.
The stamp is a part of 10-stamp souvenir sheet "WORLD WAR II".

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