TECUMSEH USS monitor 1863

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TECUMSEH USS monitor 1863

Post by aukepalmhof » Thu Jul 09, 2015 8:07 pm

The stamp sheet gives that the vessel on this stamp is the TECUMSEH built in 1863 for the USA Navy, she was a monitor, while the vessel on the stamp clearly shows us a sailing vessel.
Watercraft Philately November/December 1999 gives that she is not the TECUMSEH but the Confederated warship ALABAMA, and I agree.
The stamp shows part of a painting by Eduard Manet and shows the ALABAMA on fire and sinking. The ship on the stamp is reversed otherwise an exact copy of part of the painting.
The painting was painted in 1864 by Manet and shows the engagement between the Union cruiser USS KEARSARGE (not visible on the stamp) and the privateer CSS ALABAMA during the battle of Cherbourg in 1864. Manet did not see the battle himself but relied on press descriptions of the battle to document his painting.
Details and history of the ALABAMA you can find on: http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/forum/viewt ... AMA#p12892

Grenada Grenadines 1998 $1 sg2541, scott2014g
Source: watercraft Philately. Wikipedia.
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