USA - 1924 May 1: An 1 cent dark green postage stamp depicting "Walloons landing at Fort Orange". Walloons from the south of Belgium had been persecuted for their Protestant beliefs. Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary Issue. Settling of the Walloons and in honor of the Huguenots. It marks the 300th anniversary of the voyage of the Nieuw Nederlandt which landed in the New York area in 1624. Many of the passengers were Huguenots from France or Walloons from what is now Belgium; they became early settlers of New York State and the surrounding area
US postage stamp of the first half of the 20th century. This postage stamp, as a physical objects, is part of a private collection owned by the author of the image
Size: 5100px × 3500px
Location: United States of America
Photo credit: © World of Stamp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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