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2. Postal stationery - Wikipedia

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   1620 Venetian prepaid letter sheet. Postal stationery has been in use since at least 1608 with folded letters bearing the coat of arms Venice. Other early examples include British newspaper stamps that were first issued in 1712, 25-centime letter sheets that were issued in 1790 by the government of Luxembourg, and Australian postal stationery that predated more well known issues like the ...

3. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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   The first stamp issue of the U.S. was offered for sale on July 1, 1847, in New York City, with Boston receiving stamps the following day and other cities thereafter. They consisted of an engraved 5-cent red brown stamp depicting Benjamin Franklin (the first postmaster of the U.S.), and a 10-cent value in black with George Washington.

4. U.S. Special Delivery (postal service) - Wikipedia

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   [1] The first Special delivery stamp was printed by the American Bank Note Company and issued on October 1, 1885. It could not be used to prepay postage or any other service. The stamp bears the words "Secures immediate delivery at a special delivery office,". In 1886 the Special Delivery service was expanded to all post offices and a new stamp ...

5. Postmark - Wikipedia

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   Hawai'i Post, a discontinued personal delivery service, once had a surfboard mail postmark, for covers that traveled by surfboard. [8] A colour postmark is on the United States Postal Service-issued collectible envelope commemorating the 2004 inauguration of George W. Bush. [citation needed] London Penny Post postmark and heart-shaped timestamps

6. Imprinted stamp - Wikipedia

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   An imprinted stamp on an 1898 Cuba postal card. An overprinted surcharged imprinted stamp on a Chinese zodiac "Year of the ox" postal card, 1997. In philately, an imprinted stamp is a stamp printed onto a piece of postal stationery such as a stamped envelope, postal card, letter sheet, letter card, aerogram or wrapper. [1]

7. Walmart joins retail pharmacy push in same-day prescription ...

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   Walmart announced Tuesday it will offer same-day prescription delivery services in six states, with a plan to roll out to all 49 states in which it operates a pharmacy in by January.The first six ...

8. Prominent Americans series - Wikipedia

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   The Prominent Americans series is a set of definitive stamps issued by the United States Post Office Department (and later the United States Postal Service) between 1965 and 1978. It superseded the Liberty Issue of 1954, which by the mid-1960s had become somewhat dated, especially in its focus on political figures. This was the first U. S ...

9. Cover (philately) - Wikipedia

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   1856 cover posted in New York City with three 1-cent stamps affixed. In philately, the term cover pertains to the outside of an envelope or package with an address, typically with postage stamps that have been cancelled and is a term generally used among stamp and postal history collectors. The term does not include the contents of the letter ...