Georgia // Atlanta, GA // Southern Region // Eastern Time (The Peach State) (Charter) Colony established[1]: April 21, 1732, 1733 Savannah settlement by James Oglethorpe, Royal colony in 1752 Independence declared: July 4, 1776 Union admittance: January 2, 1788 // 4th state Secession from Union: January 18, 1861 Confederacy joined: February 4, 1861 Civil War: April 12, 1861 - May 9, 1865 Readmitted to Congress: July 15, 1870 End of Reconstruction: November 1, 1871 [1] Last English colony founded [Display overwiew of states formed out of the original 13 colonies]

#4285 // September 2, 2008 (self-adhesive coil definitive) Flags of Our Nation Series Georgia State Flag typical appearance of streets in Old Savannah	#1962 // April 14, 1982 (ex pane of 50 different stamps) State Bird & Flower of Georgia Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) and Cherokee Rose	#1636 // February 23, 1976 (ex pane of 50 different stamps) American Bicentennial Series Georgia State Flag

#726 // February 12, 1933 // Savannah, GA Founding of the Colony of Georgia Bicentennial General James Edward Oglethorpe (* 1696, † 1785), founder of the colony and the town of Savannah	#1408 // September 19, 1970 // Stone Mountain Dedication of the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial, DeKalb County, GA on May 9, 1970 CSA General Robert E. Lee (* 1807, † 1870), CSA President Jefferson Davis (* 1808, † 1889), CSA General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson (* 1824, † 1863)

#2339 // January 6, 1988 // Atlanta, GA Georgia Statehood Ratification of the Constitution on January 2, 1788 Bicentennial Oak Tree

#3570 // April 4, 2002 (ex pane of 50 stamps, one for each state) Greetings from Georgia Illustration of contemporary postcard in the style of the 1930s/1940s View Georgia state quarter View Georgia state map View Georgia clock

	The state was named in honor of King George II August (* 1683, r. 1727, † 1760) of England Find out more facts & trivia
	Land Area rounded mi2 [km2] 57,906 [149.976] ranked 21st	Population (census 2010) 9,687,653 ranked 9th	Population Density per mi2 [km2] of land area 169 [65] ranked 19th
	The State of Georgia has 159 counties.

#UX98 // February 12, 1983 // Savannah, GA Stamped Postal Card 250th Anniversary of the Landing of Oglethorpe, Georgia, 1733 General James Edward Oglethorpe (* 1696, London, † 1785, Cranham, England) meeting Chief Toma-Chi-Chi of the Yamacraw Indian tribe on February 12, 1733 Oglethorpe was the founder of the colony of Georgia and the town of Savannah. Georgia was the thirteenth and last colony founded by the Britains.

#UX129 // March 17, 1989 // Okefenokee, GA Stamped Postal Card America the Beautiful Series Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) and Marsh