Australia and Oceania stamps. Marshall Islands, 2008

Stamps by countries \| Australia and Oceania \| Marshall Islands \| 2008

Miniature sheet. Portraits of the American Wild West (16 stamps).
		Stamp: Bill Tilghman Edition type: commemorative stamp Denomination: 42 (c) Date of issue: 2008 Aug. 14 Depiction: Portrait of Bill Tilghman; Bison as part of the subject image; 11th stamp in the sheet Colour: multicolored Paper: chalk-surfaced Designer: D. Zoe Seemel Artwork: Chris Calle Perforation: comb. 13,5 Printing process: offset Size of a stamp (mm): 39×49 Size of a sheet (mm): 181×227 Sheet composition: 16 (4×4) stamps Printing run: Stamp issuing authority: Marshall Islands Postal Service Printer: Pioneer Printing, Cheyenne, Wyoming U.S.A.
On stamps of the sheet: 42 (c) - Wild Bill Hickok (1837-1876); 42 (c) - Jim Bridger (1804-1881); 42 (c) - Chif Geronimo (1829-1909); 42 (c) - Charles Goodnight (1836-1929); 42 (c) - Chif Joseph (1840-1904); 42 (c) - Kit Carson (1809-1868); 42 (c) - Jim Beckwourth (1798-1866); 42 (c) - Wyatt Earp (1848-1929); 42 (c) - Bat Masterson (1853-1921); 42 (c) - Bill Pickett (1870-1932); 42 (c) - Bill Tilghman (1854-1924); 42 (c) - Annie Oakley (1860-1926); 42 (c) - Buffalo Bill Cody (1846-1917); 42 (c) - Nellie Cashman (1845-1925); 42 (c) - Sacagawea (1788-1812); 42 (c) - John Charles Fremont (1813-1890).

William Matthew "Bill" Tilghman was a lawman in the American Wild West. Tilghman was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on July 4, 1854 and was killed in Cromwell, Oklahoma, on November 1, 1924. He became a buffalo hunter at age 15 and claimed he killed over 1000 bison over his five years of activity.

Themes: Bison (Bison bison), Persons

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