Two new postage stamps, depicting the Battle of Gettysburg and the Siege of Vicksburg, were unveiled in ceremonies May 23 in both locations. Launched in 2011, the U.S. Postal Service's Civil War Sesquicenten-nial Forever stamp series releases two new designs each year through 2015. The Gettysburg stamp features an 1887 painting of Pickett's Charge by Thure de Thulstrup (see P. 66). Vicksburg's stamp features an 1863 Currier and lves lithograph of Admiral David Porter's fleet running a Rebel blockade on the Mississippi River.
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机译：5月23日在这两个地点举行的仪式上揭开了两种新邮票，分别描绘了葛底斯堡战役和维克斯堡围攻。美国邮政局于2011年推出的内战永久永久性邮票系列每年都会发行两种新设计，直到2015年。葛底斯堡邮票上有Thure de Thulstrup的1887年Pickett's Charge绘画（请参阅第66页）。维克斯堡（Vicksburg）的邮票印有大卫·波特（David Porter）海军上将在密西西比河上进行叛军封锁的舰队的1863年库里尔（Currier）和lves石版画。
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