{"title":"St. Vincent 1970-1979","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"queen-elizabeth-ii-25th-anniversary-coronation-first-day-cover-st-vincent-june-2-1978","title":"Queen Elizabeth II 25th Anniversary Coronation First Day Cover, St. Vincent, June 2, 1978","description":"\u003cp\u003eQueen Elizabeth II 25th Anniversary Coronation First Day Cover, St. Vincent postmarked on June 2, 1978.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eSt. Vincent\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e160 miles north of Trinidad, St. Vincent rises in a short chain of volcanic peaks to 4000 ft. At least one of these is still active, having killed 2000 people in 1902. When discovered by Columbus in 1498, the island was inhabited by Carib Indians, often called warlike on the grounds that they resisted Euro- pean settlement for 300 years. When a black slave ship was wrecked there, however, since the slaves had no aspirations of stealing land or enslaving the Caribs, they were welcomed. St. Vincent is also known as 'Breadfruit Isle' after the cheap slave food introduced by Captain Bligh from Tahiti.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese stamps, designed by Gordon Drummond and printed by John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd., are one of the 'Defender of the Faith' issues, and depict the following:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e40c — Westminster Abbey. Originally a Benedictine monastery, the Abbey was refounded in 1560 by Elizabeth I as a Collegiate Church. The original church of St. Edward the Confessor was replaced by Henry III in 1245 by the present Early English building.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e50c — Gloucester Cathedral. Built on the site of a 7th century abbey, this Norman building was dedicated in 1100. The Abbey was disbanded by Henry VIII in the 1530's, and became a bishopric seat in 1541.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e$1.25 — Durham Cathedral. This Norman Romanesque building was started in 1093, and has the highest Bishop's Throne (cathedra) in Christendom. (A cathedral is a church containing a cathedra.) The prince-bishops of Durham were entrusted by the crown with defending northern England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e$2.50 — Exeter Cathedral. Designed in rounded Decorated style with perfect horizontal and vertical architectural balance and profuse stylised leaves, flowers and fruits, the cathedral has a wooden episcopal throne dated about 1315.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDefender of the Faith\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the early 16th century the Church had earned wide disrepute for the riches, profligacy and high living of its servants. Riches came from many sources: selling remission on time in hell was commonplace and even murder tolerated. (The Bishop of London's chancellor slew a tailor in his cell just for questioning the Church's right to try him for mortuary dues.) Nevertheless, it was for his eloquent defence of the Church that the Pope named Henry 'Fidei Defensor'.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"🎁 Special Offer Included! 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During the whaling season whalers set off from the larger islands and section their catch off- shore. Another important local industry is boat building.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese stamps, designed by Gordon Drummond and printed by John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd., are one of the 'Defender of the Faith' issues, and depict the following:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5c — Worcester Cathedral. Site of the lowest ford in the Severn until 1313, this Norman and Early English style cathedral was begun in 1084 by Bishop Wulfstan. The nave and tower date from 1317 and 1374 respectively.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e40c — Coventry Cathedral. Coventry was chosen in 1043 for a Benedictine monastery by Leofric, Earl of Mercia, whose wife Godiva achieved fame by riding disrobed through the town on a white horse. The contemporary cathedral designed by Sir Basil Spence replaced an older one destroyed by bombing in World War Two.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e$1.00 — Winchester Cathedral. Built by Bishop Walkelin (1070-98) to replace an earlier Saxon cathedral, Winchester is the largest in England and contains the mortuary chests of Saxon kings and the tombs of Isaak Walton and Jane Austen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e$3.00 — Chester Cathedral. Chester, the Roman Castra Devana and Anglo Saxon Legaceaster, was created an earldom by William I, and annexed for his son by Henry III in 1241. The 1st Norman Earl founded the Benedictine Abbey (Early English and Decorated Style) and Henry VIII turned it into a bishopric.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDefender of the Faith\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Church of England dates its independent existence from 1533, when the first 'Defender of the Faith', Henry VIII, decided Queen Catherine could not give him a son, and divorced her. Rome excommunicated him, and he proceeded to break up the monasteries, providing abundant funds to create sympathetic courtier-bishops, and to maintain his despotism. In 1534 he decreed that people should believe that Christ was present in sacramental bread and wine; that priests couldn't marry; that chastity vows must be upheld and that mass and auricular confession were indispensible. Anyone who thought different was not tolerated, and the burning of Lollards, Lutherans, Anabaptists and Catholics began.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"🎁 Special Offer Included! Save 10% at Checkout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40008533704782,"sku":"","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/7816\/8890\/files\/Queen-Elizabeth-II-25th-Anniversary-Coronation-First-Day-Cover-St_-Vincent-Grenadines-June-2-1978.jpg?v=1703359348"}],"url":"https:\/\/stampphenom.com\/collections\/st-vincent-1970-1979.oembed","provider":"StampPhenom","version":"1.0","type":"link"}