Located
in the New England region of the northeastern United States, New Hampshire is bordered by Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine, the Canadian
province of Quebec, and the Atlantic Ocean. Known for its natural
beauty, it features rugged mountains, clear blue lakes, and sandy lake
and ocean beaches. Contained within the Appalachian Highlands, the three
primary geological features and landforms of New Hampshire are the
Coastal Lowlands, the Eastern New England Upland, and the White Mountains
Region.
Various Algonquian (Abenaki and Pennacook) tribes inhabited the area prior to
European settlement. English and French explorers visited New Hampshire
in 1600-1605, and the first permanent settlement was at Hilton's Point
(present-day Dover). In 1679, it became the "Royal Province". In January
1776 it became the first of the British North American colonies to
establish a government independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain's
authority and it was the first to establish its own state constitution.
New
Hampshire was a Jacksonian stronghold; the state sent Franklin Pierce
to the White House in the election of 1852. Industrialization took the
form of numerous textile mills, which in turn attracted large flows of
immigrants from Quebec and Ireland. After 1960, the textile industry
collapsed, but the economy rebounded as a center of high technology and
as a service provider. It has no general sales tax, nor is personal
income (other than interest and dividends) taxed at either the state or
local level.
About the stamps
The first stamp is part of the series issued to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the television special, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.", about which I wrote here. The second stamp is part of a definitive series with butterflies, about which I wrote here. The last stamp is part of the series Harry Potter, about which I wrote here.
References
New Hampshire - Wikipedia
New Hampshire Geography - netstate.com
Sender: Denise
Sent from Greenvale (New York / United States), on 26.01.2015
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