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The 78¢ Alice Paul self-adhesive stamp, one of the last in the Great Americans series The Great Americans series is a set of definitive stamps issued by the United States Postal Service, starting on December 27, 1980, with the 19¢ stamp depicting Sequoyah, and continuing through 1999, the final stamp being the 55¢ Justin S. Morrill self-adhesive stamp. [1]
The full eagle logo, used in various versions from 1970 to 1993. The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or simply the Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, its insular areas and associated states.
In 1977, the Postal Service introduced Express Mail; the two services operated concurrently for the next 20 years. [7] On June 7, 1997, the United States Postal Service terminated Special Delivery mail service [8] which left many unused Special Delivery stamps in circulation that were no longer valid for such postage. The remaining stamps were ...
Postal service in the United States began with the delivery of stampless letters whose cost was borne by the receiving person, later encompassed pre-paid letters carried by private mail carriers and provisional post offices, and culminated in a system of universal prepayment that required all letters to bear nationally issued adhesive postage stamps.
Rural Free Delivery (RFD), since 1906 officially rural delivery, is a program of the United States Post Office Department to deliver mail directly to rural destinations. The program began in the late 19th century.
Orders over $49 and placed through Santa’s Gift Shoppe will get free shipping, the Postal Service said. Those who want to ship packages on their own can do that as well, the Postal Service said.
The proposed rate was rejected by the Postal Rate Commission which chose instead a 15 cent rate (for two ounces, 28 cents) for all mail. Since the 16 and 29 cent stamps satisfied no rate, and were not a convenient round number, they saw little use. The design for the 1 cent stamp was originally designated for a never-issued 26 cent stamp.
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