Marshall Islands – History of Marshall Is. – M/S – Scott #607a-l

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Marshall Islands 1996 – History of the Marshall Islands – MINT

Miniature Sheet of 12

(#a: 55c value): Undersea eruptions form island bases

(#b: 55c value): Coral Reefs grow around sinking islands

(#c: 55c value): Storms bring birds and seeds to Coral Atolls

(#d: 55c value): Early human inhabitants arrive, 1500 B.C.

(#e: 55c value): First Sighting by Spanish Explorers, 1527

(#f: 55c value): British Capt. John Marshall, RN, charts islands, 1788

(#g: 55c value): Islands become German protectorate, 1885

(#h: 55c value): Japan seizes islands, 1914

(#i: 55c value): U.S. Troops liberate islands, 1944

(#j: 55c value): Bikini Atoll evacuated for nuclear testing, 1946

(#k: 55c value): Islands become UN Trust Territory, 1947

(#l: 55c value): Independence, 1986

Marshall Islands-Scott #607a-l