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Stamps produced by the offset process were issued with a perforation gauge of 11 with the one exception of the 1919 1-cent issue with gauge 12½. The first Washington–Franklin stamp printed by the offset process was a 3-cent Washington-head, issued on March 22, 1918. The 1-cent green followed and was issued on December 24, 1918.
The term "Media" is often used to include not only the borough of Media, but other municipalities but that share the ZIP Code. The borough of Media covers only 0.8 square miles (2.1 square kilometres) and less than 6,000 residents, but the Media ZIP Code 19063 covers 23.08 sq mi (59.8 km 2) and a population of 35,704. [50]
Mexico 1861 8 reales stamp, quartered for use as 2 reales value, with San Luis Potosí cancellation [1]. Bisects and splits refer to postage stamps that have been cut in part, most commonly in half, but also other fractions, and postally used for the proportionate value of the entire stamp, such as a two cent stamp cut in half and used as a one cent stamp. [2]
G Stamp Used (also 3 cent G makeup rate stamp) January 10, 1999.33.33.22.20 H Stamp Used (also 1 cent H makeup rate stamp) January 7, 2001.34.34.21.20 Nondenominated Stamps Used July 1, 2001.34.34.23.21 Nondenominated Stamps Used June 30, 2002.37.37.23.23 Flag and Antique Toy Stamps Used January 8, 2006.39.39.24.24 Lady Liberty Flag Stamp Used ...
S&H Green Stamps was a line of trading stamps popular in the United States from 1896 until the late 1980s. They were distributed as part of a rewards program operated by the Sperry & Hutchinson company (S&H), founded in 1896 by Thomas Sperry and Shelley Byron Hutchinson.
The U.S. Postal Service said on Friday it will not hike stamp prices in January for the first time since January 2022 after a series of price hikes in recent years. USPS in July hiked the price of ...
The imperforate version appeared on October 2, 1906, booklets of six 1¢ stamps were issued on March 1, 1907, the vertical coil was released on February 2, 1908 followed by the horizontal coil on July 31, 1908. 2¢ Carmine, George Washington--original version, known as the "flag"—issued January 17, 1903, designed by Raymond Ostrander Smith.
The 5-cent stamp paid for a letter weighing less than 1/2 ounce and traveling up to 300 miles, the 10-cent stamp for deliveries to locations greater than 300 miles, or, twice the weight deliverable for the 5-cent stamp. Each stamp was hand engraved in what is believed to be steel, and laid out in sheets of 200 stamps.