November 16 - This day in history

[alyn]

November 16, 1840 New Zealand officially becomes a British Colony.

[khj]

...and my desktop officially became soaking wet.

[troutdude]

The Dag Hammarskjold error stamp illegal re-print was issued on this date in 1962

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dag_Hammarskj%C3%B6ld_invert

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[Craig]

Nov 15, 2015 20:01:05 GMT -5 alyn said:

November 16, 1840 New Zealand officially becomes a British Colony.

I've always loved this design. I have some, but wish I had them all.

[khj]

I wish that Craig would give the set to me after he gets the all.

[youpiao]

Nov 16, 2015 13:56:26 GMT -5 khj said:

I wish that Craig would give the set to me after he gets the all.

Wish I knew which stamps y'all are drooling over. 

[youpiao]

This Day in World History
Nov 16, 1902: The Teddy Bear is created, after a political cartoon appears in the Washington Star depicting President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a captive bear tied up for him to shoot, during a hunting trip to Mississippi.


USA, Scott Nr 3653-56 (2002)

[youpiao]

This Day In Classical Music History
Nov 16, 1848 Chopin plays piano at a Polish benefit ball at Guildhall, in London. Already terminally ill with tuberculosis, it is his final public performance.

Poland, Scott Nr 666 (1955)