1945-07-11 USA Iwo Jima

USA 1945 3¢ "Iwo Jima" stamp first day cover signed by Joe Rosenthal, the Associated Press photographer who was with the Marines and took the photograph. The stamp recreated the iconic Joe Rosenthal photograph of six Marines raising the flag over Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945.


USA 3¢ "Iwo Jima" stamp first day cover with a different cachet, signed by Joe Rosenthal.

Photography stamp first day cover, the first commemorative stamp to bear the 15¢ postage rate. The cover is cancelled with the 1945 Iwo Jima stamp, signed by Joe Rosenthal.

1995 32¢ "Marines Raise Flag on Iwo Jima" stamp from the 50th anniversary of the World War II stamp series. The cover is cancelled with the 1945 Iwo Jima stamp, signed by Joe Rosenthal.

Color photo inscribed and signed by sculptor Felix de Weldon, who created the "Marine Corps War Memorial" monument that depicts marines raising the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima during World War II, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph by Joe Rosenthal.
Photos of Felix de Weldon working on the sculpture.

Cover signed by Felix de Weldon.
Photo: The Malaysian National Monument, Tugu Negara (1966), in Kuala Lumpur was designed by Felix de Weldon.