Sunday Stamps F3 - USA, Germany, , Hungary

Benjamin Franklin appeared on the first stamp issued by the USA - he was postmaster general at the time. He signed the Declaration of Independence but never became President.  He did however become the first American minister to France.

USA - 20 October 1972

I guess Franklin knew about the flag with 13 stars - one for each of the original colonies at the time of independence - but he would have been pleased to see one with 50.

USA - 8 December 1973

Sightseeing in Germany may take you to a Flughafen

Frankfurt Airport - 14 January 1988

For a view of the city a plane in a Hungary series shows you the way.

Hungary - 17 October 1966

It's higher than 110 feet!

For more 'F' related stamps, fasten your seat belts an go over to Sunday-stamps-f.

Famous People - Sunday Stamps II

In view of the tragic events in Paris I tried to find a French connection. 

All I could find was two Frenchmen who shared the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1912.

Sweden - Nobel Prize winners

Victor Grignard and Paul Sabatier shared the 2012 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for different work that greatly advanced the progress of organic chemistry.

In 1917 Karl Adolph Gjellerup and Henrik Pontoppidan from Denmark shared the Literature Prize, Gjellerup for his poetry and Pontoppidan for his descriptions of everyday life in Denmark.

One of the Founding Fathers of the United States was commemorated in 2006 on a set of stamps which show his versatility.

USA - Benjamin Franklin

To me he will always be the man who invented the lightning conductor (rod).

For other famous people you should cross over to Sunday-Stamps-II-48.

Liberation - Sunday Stamps

I expected that I would meet this week's theme with ease. It didn't turn out that way and I had to stay with the USA.

Freedom Bell & Statue of Liberty

Freedom Bell

 Continuing the USA connection I also found this image of a stamp in an old UK catalogue.

Bicentennial of American Independence 1976

 For more interpretations of liberation please visit Sunday Stamps 69.