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2. Self-adhesive stamp - Wikipedia

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   2005 self-adhesive stamp of Deutsche Post. (450 years after "Augsburger Religionsfrieden") A self-adhesive stamp is a postage stamp with a pressure-sensitive adhesive that does not require moistening in order to adhere to paper. They are usually issued on a removable backing paper.

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. Postage stamp gum - Wikipedia

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   Before postage stamps existed, people receiving letters would have to pay for them. The payment was based on how many papers were in the envelope and how far the letter had traveled. Rowland Hill came up with a solution of prepayment. This led to his invention of stamp gum in 1837. The world's first adhesive postage stamp was called the Penny ...

5. Self-addressed stamped envelope - Wikipedia

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   A self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE), [1] [2] stamped self-addressed envelope (SSAE), [3] or stamped addressed envelope (SAE) [4] is an envelope with the sender's name and address on it, plus affixed paid postage, that is mailed to a company or private individual.

6. Postage stamps and postal history of Tonga - Wikipedia

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   Subsequent philatelic issues employed other off-beat designs – including stamps shaped like hearts, birds and fruit – and Tonga continued to issue self-adhesive stamps printed on paper. [4] Although several of the stamps were too big for placement on conventional first-class mailing envelopes, Tonga's unusual postage stamps have become ...

7. Mail - Wikipedia

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   The service provided by the U.S. Postal Service in 2003 allows the franks to be printed out on special adhesive-backed labels. In 2004 the Royal Mail in the United Kingdom introduced its SmartStamp Internet-based system, allowing printing on ordinary adhesive labels or envelopes. Similar systems are being considered by postal administrations ...