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Short desc: 50th Anniversary of Second World War
Issuer: Maldive Islands Date: 8/9/1990 Occasion: Second World War Number/Year: 50 Consists of 10 stamps: (See stamps as list) 15l d=US Marines repulse Japanese invasion of Wake Island 25l d=Gen Stilwell begins offensive in Burma 50l d=US begins offensive in Normandy 1r d=US forces secure Saipan 2.50r d=D-Day 3.50r d=Allied forces land in Norway 4r d=Adm Mountbatten named Chief of Combined Operations 6r d=Gen MacArthur accepts Japanese surrender 10r d=Potsdam Conference 12r d=Allied invade Sicily All are dt=World War II milestones perf=14 Issues with this name: Grenada, Grenada Grenadines, Guyana (1993), Maldive Islands, St. Vincent Grenadines, Solomon Islands (1993), Trinidad & Tobago (1991), Uganda |