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  2. 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.

  3. Columbian Issue - Wikipedia

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    The 2¢ Landing of Columbus is the most common stamp of the Columbian Issue. The Columbian Issue, also known as the Columbians, is a set of 16 postage stamps issued by the United States to commemorate the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago during 1893.

  4. Stamps.com - Wikipedia

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    Stamps.com is a brand and the former corporate name of Auctane, an American company that provides Internet-based mailing and shipping services. Until its acquisition by Thoma Bravo , Stamps.com was a public company traded on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol STMP. [ 3 ]

  5. U.S. space exploration history on U.S. stamps - Wikipedia

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    Designed by Robert T. McCall, the issue was printed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing on the Giori presses in sheets of 200 stamps which were then cut into panes of fifty stamps for sale at post offices. [4] First day of issue ceremony took place July 20, 1978, at Hampton, Va. Quantities issued totaled more than 158 million. [7]

  6. American Credo postal issues - Wikipedia

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    Frank P. Conley of New York designed the stamp, issues and Charles R. Chickering modeled the designs. Robert J. Jones was the engraver the of stampdie's frame, and Howard F. Sharpless engraved the vignettes. The first day of issue for the individual stamps occurred at a city or location appropriate to background of the man who uttered the given ...

  7. Washington–Franklin Issues - Wikipedia

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    Postage stamps that come in strips with the individual stamps arranged side by side or one above the other and rolled into a coil for sale at the post office are referred to as coil stamps. The coil configuration made the repeated removal of individual stamps easier for the clerks and others who dealt with mass mailings on a daily basis.

  8. 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 ...

  9. Trans-Mississippi Issue - Wikipedia

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    Baldwin also engraved all the frames except that of the 2¢ stamp, which was the work of Douglas Ronaldson—who in addition engraved all of the numerals and lettering of the Trans-Mississippi series. [3] The 2¢ stamp violates the convention of the time that no living person could be depicted on a U.S. Postal issue.

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