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60th Anniversary of World War II issue of Kiribati

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Short desc: 60th Anniversary of World War II

Issuer: Kiribati
Date: 4/21/2005
Occasion: World War II start
Number/Year: 60


Consists of 11 stamps: (See stamps as list)

75c d=Japanese forces invade Gilbert Islands - Type 95 Ha-Go Tank
75c d=Japanese A6M Zero fighter aircraft on Gilbert Island
75c d="Carlson Raid" USS Argonaut & Nautilus land US Marines at Butaritari 16.08.1942
75c d=Admiral Pacific Fleet Chester W. Nimitz
75c d=USS Liscome Bay sunk by Japanese submarine I-175 on 24.11.1943
75c d=US Forces Higgins Landing Craft approach Tarawa Red Beach 20.11.1943
75c d=F6F-3 Hellcats provide air cover Tarawa Red Beach November 1943
75c d=LVT's hit the shore Tarawa Red Beach 20.11.1943
75c d=Sherman Tank of C company Tarawa Red Beach 20.11.1943
75c d=US Marines take cover Tarawa Red Beach 20.11.1943
$5 d=Australian Prime Minister John Curtin with the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill London 1944