Friday, March 1, 2013

From the Venice of America: Ft Lauderdale Beach


Postcard
The City of Fort Lauderdale is situated on the southeast coast of Florida, centrally located between Miami and Palm Beach. Fort Lauderdale is named for a Second Seminole War fortification built on the banks of New River in 1838. In that year, Major William Lauderdale led a detachment of Tennessee Volunteers south along the east coast of Florida to capture Seminole agricultural lands and battle the elusive Indian warriors.

Stamp
A  Global Forever, self-adhesive stamp, issued 2013. The Global Forever stamp offers a single price for any First-Class Mail International 1-ounce letter to any country in the world. 

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