Thursday, 1 August 2013

#13 California Missions - US-2300126


Sent by:  Cathy - USA


Distance: 12,430 km (7,724 miles)
Travel time: 22 days



California Missions


The founding of the Spanish Missions in California furnished an epic in history.  These historical monuments are reminders of the great Franciscan adventure.  Years of patient labor, decades of heroic sacrifice by Father Junipero Serra and his Franciscan brothers lie behind the era of the founding of the twenty-one Missions and their branches, the ruins of which still stand in wonder and beauty, at various points along 600 miles of California's coastal region.








Stamps 

 

 

Left to Right:

 

American Toleware - 2002

George Washington - 2011

Northern Goshawk - 2012

 

 

 

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