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Description: The 2-cent “Walloons landing at Fort Orange” New Netherlands was issued on May 1, 1924, to commemorated the 300th anniversary of settlement in New York. Walloons from the south of Belgium had been persecuted for their Protestant beliefs.
Title: Walloons landing 1924 U.S. stamp.1
Credit: Arago: people, postage & the post
Author: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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