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2. Series of 1902 (United States postage stamps) - Wikipedia

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   Closer to 19th century tradition in the series of 1902 was its pantheon of celebrated Americans. Nine of the values—the 1¢, 2¢, 3¢, 6¢, 10¢, 15¢, 50¢, $2 and $5—depicted the same statesmen who had appeared on the corresponding denominations of the First Bureau Series. Moreover, on the 4¢ and 5¢ stamps, Lincoln and Grant merely ...

3. Stamp collecting - Wikipedia

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   Stamp collecting is the collecting of postage stamps and related objects. It is an area of philately, which is the study (or combined study and collection) of stamps. It has been one of the world's most popular hobbies since the late nineteenth century with the rapid growth of the postal service, [1] as a stream of new stamps was produced by ...

4. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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   Benjamin Franklin — George Washington The First U.S. Postage Stamps, issued 1847. The first stamp issues were authorized by an act of Congress and approved on March 3, 1847.[ 20 ] The earliest known use of the Franklin 5¢ is July 7, 1847, while the earliest known use of the Washington 10¢ is July 2, 1847.

5. 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. The finely-engraved stamps were the first commemorative stamps issued by the United ...

6. What your old stamps are worth now

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   For example, a British Penny Red is valued at upwards of $795K -- and that's just if it's in mint condition. Other valuable types include Chinese stamps, Indian stamps and stamps with a picture of ...

7. Check Your Attic: These Stamps Are Worth Millions - AOL

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   The other set a record for U.S. stamp sale prices when the Mystic Stamp Company purchased it for $935,000 in 1998. Mystic, which currently values the stamp at $3 million, traded it in 2005 for an ...