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The '''Overrun Countries series''' was a series of thirteen [[commemorative stamps|commemorative postage stamps]], each of five-cent denomination, issued by the [[United States]] over a fifteen-month period in [[1943]]-[[1944]] as a tribute to thirteen nations overrun and occupied by the [[Axis Powers]] during or shortly before [[World War II]]. The stamps depict, in full color, the national [[flags]] of [[Poland]], [[Czechoslovakia]], [[Norway]], [[Luxembourg]], the [[Netherlands]], [[Belgium]], [[France]], [[Greece]], [[Yugoslavia]], [[Albania]], [[Austria]], [[Denmark]], and [[Korea]], with the names of the respective countries underneath. To the left of each flag appears the symbol of a [[phoenix (mythology)|phoenix]], symbolizing the renewal of life, and to its right appears a kneeling female figure breaking the shackles of servitude. |
The '''Overrun Countries series''' was a series of thirteen [[commemorative stamps|commemorative postage stamps]], each of five-cent denomination, issued by the [[United States]] over a fifteen-month period in [[1943]]-[[1944]] as a tribute to thirteen nations overrun and occupied by the [[Axis Powers]] during or shortly before [[World War II]]. The stamps depict, in full color, the national [[flags]] of [[Poland]], [[Czechoslovakia]], [[Norway]], [[Luxembourg]], the [[Netherlands]], [[Belgium]], [[France]], [[Greece]], [[Yugoslavia]], [[Albania]], [[Austria]], [[Denmark]], and [[Korea]], with the names of the respective countries underneath. To the left of each flag appears the symbol of a [[phoenix (mythology)|phoenix]], symbolizing the renewal of life, and to its right appears a kneeling female figure breaking the shackles of servitude. |
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The Overrun Countries series was a series of thirteen commemorative postage stamps, each of five-cent denomination, issued by the United States over a fifteen-month period in 1943-1944 as a tribute to thirteen nations overrun and occupied by the Axis Powers during or shortly before World War II. The stamps depict, in full color, the national flags of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Norway, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Greece, Yugoslavia, Albania, Austria, Denmark, and Korea, with the names of the respective countries underneath. To the left of each flag appears the symbol of a phoenix, symbolizing the renewal of life, and to its right appears a kneeling female figure breaking the shackles of servitude.
Because of the elaborate process necessary for the full-color printing, the United States Government's Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, DC contracted with a private firm, the American Bank Note Company in New York City, to produce the stamps.
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