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U.S. #2128
8.3¢ Ambulance Coil
Transportation Series
 
Issue Date: June 21, 1985
City: Reno, NV
Quantity:
197,344,000
Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method:
Engraved
Perforations
: 10 vertical
Color: Green
 
The ambulance pictured on this stamp was primarily used during the Civil War to transport medical supplies, water kegs, and hoses. Patented by Edward McKean in 1861, this particular model had fans which were activated by movement of the wheels and stretchers mounted on wheels so they could be moved easily from one place to another.
 

Death of Timothy O’Sullivan

 2002 37¢ Masters of American Photography: Timothy H. O'Sullivan stamp
US #3649b – This stamp pictures Sullivan’s photo, “General Grant’s Council of War, Massaponax Church, Virginia,” May 21, 1864.

Timothy H. O’Sullivan died from tuberculosis on January 14, 1882.  He was a well-known photographer who captured the brutality of the Civil War and the untamed beauty of the Western United States.

Not much is known about O’Sullivan’s early life.  He’s believed to have been born in 1840.  He may have been born in Ireland and came to New York City two years later, or his parents emigrated to New York before he was born.  As a teenager, O’Sullivan worked as an apprentice in Mathew Brady’s Fulton Street gallery.  He then moved to the gallery’s Washington, DC, branch where he worked closely with Alexander Gardner.

1985 8.3¢ Transportation Series: Ambulance, 1860s stamp
US #2128 – O’Sullivan converted a war ambulance into a traveling darkroom to develop his exposed negatives.

When the Civil War broke out, Gardner was made an honorary captain and staff photographer of George B. McClellan, commander of the Army of the Potomac.  O’Sullivan was listed as a first lieutenant (it’s believed his title was honorary as well) and was the superintendent of Gardner’s map and field work.  As a civilian photographer for the Topographical Engineers, O’Sullivan’s official job was to copy maps and plans.  But as an avid photographer, he also took photos around the battlefield when he wasn’t working.  Between November 1861 and April 1862, O’Sullivan and Gardner accompanied forces at Fort Walker, Fort Beauregard, Beaufort, Hilton Head, and Fort Pulaski.

2002 37¢ Timothy H. O'Sullivan Mystic First Day Cover
US #3649b – Mystic First Day Cover

O’Sullivan then followed Major General John Pope’s Northern Virginia Campaign in July 1862.  He also had 44 of his photos published in Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the War.  O’Sullivan was present at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, where he captured several photographs, including his most famous, “The Harvest of Death.”  After Gettysburg, O’Sullivan went on to capture the Siege of Petersburg, the Battles of Fort Fisher, and Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House.

1963 5¢ Civil War Centennial: Battle of Gettysburg stamp
US #1180 – O’Sullivan’s most famous photo was taken at Gettysburg.

After the war, O’Sullivan was made the official photographer of the US Geological Exploration of the 40th Parallel.  He was a pioneer of geophotography (using photography to realistically capture items of geological significance).  O’Sullivan’s photos depicted the untamed landscape in a new way that combined science and art – by capturing exact records that were breathtakingly beautiful.

1986 22¢ Navajo Blankets stamps
US #2235-38 – O’Sullivan was one of the first photographers to capture Navajo blanket weavers.

O’Sullivan went to Panama with a survey team exploring a canal across the isthmus in 1870.  Then from 1871 to 1874, he went to the southwest with George M. Wheeler’s survey, tasked with photographing the area to promote settlement.  O’Sullivan was one of the first to photograph the southwest’s prehistoric ruins, Navajo weavers, and pueblo villages.  Unfortunately, one of the expedition’s boats capsized and most of his negatives were lost.

O’Sullivan returned to Washington, DC, and spent his final years as an official photographer for the US Geological Survey and the Treasury Department.  He died of tuberculosis on January 14, 1882, in Staten Island.

 
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U.S. #2128
8.3¢ Ambulance Coil
Transportation Series
 
Issue Date: June 21, 1985
City: Reno, NV
Quantity:
197,344,000
Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method:
Engraved
Perforations
: 10 vertical
Color: Green
 
The ambulance pictured on this stamp was primarily used during the Civil War to transport medical supplies, water kegs, and hoses. Patented by Edward McKean in 1861, this particular model had fans which were activated by movement of the wheels and stretchers mounted on wheels so they could be moved easily from one place to another.
 

Death of Timothy O’Sullivan

 2002 37¢ Masters of American Photography: Timothy H. O'Sullivan stamp
US #3649b – This stamp pictures Sullivan’s photo, “General Grant’s Council of War, Massaponax Church, Virginia,” May 21, 1864.

Timothy H. O’Sullivan died from tuberculosis on January 14, 1882.  He was a well-known photographer who captured the brutality of the Civil War and the untamed beauty of the Western United States.

Not much is known about O’Sullivan’s early life.  He’s believed to have been born in 1840.  He may have been born in Ireland and came to New York City two years later, or his parents emigrated to New York before he was born.  As a teenager, O’Sullivan worked as an apprentice in Mathew Brady’s Fulton Street gallery.  He then moved to the gallery’s Washington, DC, branch where he worked closely with Alexander Gardner.

1985 8.3¢ Transportation Series: Ambulance, 1860s stamp
US #2128 – O’Sullivan converted a war ambulance into a traveling darkroom to develop his exposed negatives.

When the Civil War broke out, Gardner was made an honorary captain and staff photographer of George B. McClellan, commander of the Army of the Potomac.  O’Sullivan was listed as a first lieutenant (it’s believed his title was honorary as well) and was the superintendent of Gardner’s map and field work.  As a civilian photographer for the Topographical Engineers, O’Sullivan’s official job was to copy maps and plans.  But as an avid photographer, he also took photos around the battlefield when he wasn’t working.  Between November 1861 and April 1862, O’Sullivan and Gardner accompanied forces at Fort Walker, Fort Beauregard, Beaufort, Hilton Head, and Fort Pulaski.

2002 37¢ Timothy H. O'Sullivan Mystic First Day Cover
US #3649b – Mystic First Day Cover

O’Sullivan then followed Major General John Pope’s Northern Virginia Campaign in July 1862.  He also had 44 of his photos published in Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the War.  O’Sullivan was present at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, where he captured several photographs, including his most famous, “The Harvest of Death.”  After Gettysburg, O’Sullivan went on to capture the Siege of Petersburg, the Battles of Fort Fisher, and Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House.

1963 5¢ Civil War Centennial: Battle of Gettysburg stamp
US #1180 – O’Sullivan’s most famous photo was taken at Gettysburg.

After the war, O’Sullivan was made the official photographer of the US Geological Exploration of the 40th Parallel.  He was a pioneer of geophotography (using photography to realistically capture items of geological significance).  O’Sullivan’s photos depicted the untamed landscape in a new way that combined science and art – by capturing exact records that were breathtakingly beautiful.

1986 22¢ Navajo Blankets stamps
US #2235-38 – O’Sullivan was one of the first photographers to capture Navajo blanket weavers.

O’Sullivan went to Panama with a survey team exploring a canal across the isthmus in 1870.  Then from 1871 to 1874, he went to the southwest with George M. Wheeler’s survey, tasked with photographing the area to promote settlement.  O’Sullivan was one of the first to photograph the southwest’s prehistoric ruins, Navajo weavers, and pueblo villages.  Unfortunately, one of the expedition’s boats capsized and most of his negatives were lost.

O’Sullivan returned to Washington, DC, and spent his final years as an official photographer for the US Geological Survey and the Treasury Department.  He died of tuberculosis on January 14, 1882, in Staten Island.