#new france
Does everyone remember the last wee vestige of New France, tucked in leeward side of Newfoundland and Labrador? Yes, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon - an Overseas Collectivity of France, its 6,000 or so historically Basque souls eking it out in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, cleaving fiercely to their watermen ways (St. Peter being the patron saint of fisherfolk, as you’ll recall).
Stamp details:
Stamp on top:
Issued in: 1909
From: Saint-Pierre, Colony of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
MC #73
Middle left:
Issued on: October 6, 1947
From: Saint-Pierre, Overseas Territory of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
MC #354
Middle middle:
Issued on: September 14, 1959
From: Saint-Pierre, Overseas Territory of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
MC #392
Middle right:
Issued on: June 11, 1986
From: Saint-Pierre, Territorial Collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
MC #538
Bottom left:
Issued on: July 17, 2004
From: Saint-Pierre, Overseas Collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
MC #907
Bottom right:
Issued on: February 13, 2019
From: Saint-Pierre, Overseas Collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
YC #1215
Recognized as sovereign states by the UN: No
Claimed by: French Republic
Member of the Universal Postal Union: Yes (as a French Overseas Collectivity, since January 1, 1876)
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Storm the Fortress, by Maxine Trottier. I was slightly disappointed that there weren’t any cameos of Geneviève from The Death of My Country, since the books are by the same author.
The historical almost entirely ignores any aspects of the Seven Years War that involved the present-day United States, making it sound like the North American theater was only Canada. It also did not do justice to the fascinating theories surrounding Captain Cook’s death.
Goodreads star rating: 3/5
Brothers in Arms, by Don Aker. Louisbourg was perhaps the event of the Seven Years War in North America I knew least about prior to reading this book, so I learned a lot from it.
For the majority of the story you think you know how it’s going to end, so the actual ending is a surprise (unless you are already familiar with the history). However, an interlude in the middle does spoil some of the plot.
Goodreads star rating: 4/5
