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This article lists people who have been featured on United States postage stamps, listed by their name, the year they were first featured on a stamp, and a short description of their notability. Since the United States Post Office (now United States Postal Service or USPS) issued its first stamp in 1847, over 4,000 stamps have been issued and ...
In God We Trust. " In God We Trust " (also rendered as " In God we trust ") is the official motto of the United States [ 1][ 2][ 3] as well as the motto of the U.S. state of Florida, along with the nation of Nicaragua ( Spanish: En Dios confiamos ). [ 4][ 5] It was adopted by the U.S. Congress in 1956, replacing E pluribus unum ("Out of many ...
A commemorative stamp is a postage stamp, often issued on a significant date such as an anniversary, to honor or commemorate a place, event, person, or object. The subject of the commemorative stamp is usually spelled out in print, unlike definitive stamps which normally depict the subject along with the denomination and country name only.
A French postal agency had sent mail from Tangier as early as 1854, [2] but the formal beginning of the system was in 1891, when French post offices were established throughout the sultanate. [3] The offices issued postage stamps of France surcharged with values in pesetas and centimos, at a 1–1 ratio with the denominations in French currency ...
January 3, 2019: Incumbent: 2,058 (5 years, 232 days) First of two Muslim women in Congress. First Muslim to succeed another Muslim. Born to a Muslim family in Somalia and immigrated as a refugee to the United States in 1995. [5] Rashida Tlaib: Democratic: MI-13: January 3, 2019: Incumbent: 2,058 (5 years, 232 days) First of two Muslim women in ...
3. Denomination. 4. Country name. A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage (the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail). Then the stamp is affixed to the face or address-side of any item of mail —an envelope or other ...
On July 1, 1851, the U.S. Post Office issued a 3-cent postage stamp. Because of die recuts, double transfers from die to plate and different paper used for its printing, this issue comes in numerous varieties. The authoritative book on the issue, 'Classic U.S. Stamps 1845–1869' was written by Carroll Chase, published in 1962.
Postal rates to 1847. Initial United States postage rates were set by Congress as part of the Postal Service Act signed into law by President George Washington on February 20, 1792. The postal rate varied according to "distance zone", the distance a letter was to be carried from the post office where it entered the mail to its final destination.