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Geronimo, Apache Indian Leader, Native American First Issue USA
The Only United States Postage Stamp Issued Honoring Famous Native American Geronimo - Spanish for Jerome.
Leader of the Chiricahua Apaches,
Apache Name Goyakla (One Who Yawns),
Legends of the West,
Quotes from Geronimo:
"I was warmed by the sun, rocked by the winds and sheltered by the trees as other Indian babes.
I was living peaceably when people began to speak bad of me. Now I can eat well, sleep well and be glad. I can go everywhere with a good feeling."
"The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians. We took an oath not to do any wrong to each other or to scheme against each other."
"I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us. There is one God looking down on us all. We are all the children of one God. The sun, the darkness, the winds are all listening to what we have to say."
"When a child, my mother taught me to kneel and pray to Usen for strength, health, wisdom and protection. Sometimes we prayed in silence, sometimes each one prayed aloud; sometimes an aged person prayed for all of us... and to Usen."
"I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures."
Issued October 18, 1994, in Tucson, Arizona,
First Day of Issue Cover, FDC, ArtCraft Engraving Cachet, Unaddressed,
Cover in Removable Transparent Poly Sleeve and Mailed With Protection,
Made in the USA
Genuine First Day of Stamp Issued Cover Cancelled on the First Day of Issue Date by the U.S. Postal Service,
Leader of the Chiricahua Apaches,
Apache Name Goyakla (One Who Yawns),
Legends of the West,
Quotes from Geronimo:
"I was warmed by the sun, rocked by the winds and sheltered by the trees as other Indian babes.
I was living peaceably when people began to speak bad of me. Now I can eat well, sleep well and be glad. I can go everywhere with a good feeling."
"The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians. We took an oath not to do any wrong to each other or to scheme against each other."
"I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us. There is one God looking down on us all. We are all the children of one God. The sun, the darkness, the winds are all listening to what we have to say."
"When a child, my mother taught me to kneel and pray to Usen for strength, health, wisdom and protection. Sometimes we prayed in silence, sometimes each one prayed aloud; sometimes an aged person prayed for all of us... and to Usen."
"I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures."
Issued October 18, 1994, in Tucson, Arizona,
First Day of Issue Cover, FDC, ArtCraft Engraving Cachet, Unaddressed,
Cover in Removable Transparent Poly Sleeve and Mailed With Protection,
Made in the USA
Genuine First Day of Stamp Issued Cover Cancelled on the First Day of Issue Date by the U.S. Postal Service,
