From the Dec. 31, 2014, New Orleans Times-Picayune "U.S. Postal Service to launch War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans stamp in Chalmette" by Benjamin Alexander Bloch.
The Battle of New Orleans was fought on January 8, 1815, just two days from now.
The stamp uis of a historical painting of Greg Harlin and shows American troops and artillery "repelling British forces from behind a mile-long defensive earthwork known as the Jackson Line."
There is a portrait of Andrew Jackson in his military uniform by artist John Vanderlyn (1775-1852) on the reverse of the stamp plate.
This stamp marks the last of three issued for the bicentennial of the War of 1812.
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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