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MINT never hinged original gum

U.S. #726
1933 3¢ Georgia Bicentennial

Issue Date: February 12, 1933
First City: Savannah, GA
Quantity Issued: 61,719,200

This issue commemorates the 200th anniversary of the settlement of Georgia by General James Edward Oglethorpe and his nineteen associates. Together, they founded a colony that prohibited alcohol and slaves. Strict loyalists to the British Empire, they eventually passed control of the colony to the Crown.

General James Oglethorpe (1696-1785)
Founder of the Georgia Colony
James Oglethorpe, with about 120 colonists, established Georgia’s first permanent settlement in 1733. Born in London, Oglethorpe was elected to Parliament in 1722. At that time he became concerned with helping people in England’s debtor’s prisons. He decided to found an American colony for debtors.

In 1732, he received a charter from George II for founding the colony, and Parliament granted him $50,000. The original colony was situated where the prosperous city of Savannah now stands. However, few who were actually debtors came to the new colony.

Oglethorpe proved to be an effective leader, governing nine years. In 1742, he successfully drove invading Spaniards back into their territory in Florida with an outstanding victory at the Battle of Bloody Marsh on St. Simon’s Island, Georgia. Oglethorpe also banned slavery in Georgia; however, slavery was introduced after the colony’s charter returned to the crown.