ISSUE 169 - January 3, 2025 - Stamp News Online Magazine
Fabulous Firsts:
Hanover (December 1, 1850)
by B. W. H. Poole
(This article is from the July 5, 1937 issue of Mekeel's
Weekly with images added and minor changes in the text.
JFD.)
The former kingdom of Hanover, or Hannover as our Teutonic friends spell it, has been a province of Prussia since 1866. The second Elector of Hanover became George I of England in 1714 and from that date until 1837 the Electors of Hanover sat on the English throne. When Queen Victoria ascended the throne Hanover passed to her uncle the Duke of Cumberland. On his death (Nov. 15, 1851) the blind George V succeeded to the kingdom and he, siding with Austria in 1866, took up arms against Prussia, was defeated and . . .
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