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2. Apollo 11 in popular culture - Wikipedia

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   The United States issued a US$2.40 stamp commemorating the 20th anniversary in 1989, a stamp for the 25th anniversary, and a 33¢ stamp commemorating the 30th anniversary in 1999. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The 20th anniversary stamp caused some concern when it was issued, as the law forbade living people from being depicted on stamps, and the image was of ...

3. J. Murray Bartels - Wikipedia

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   In 1943, he published a two volume set on stamped envelopes and wrappers. [1] He published philatelic literature on other philatelic subjects, such as, The Postage Stamps of the Philippines (co-authored with F.A. Foster and F.L. Palmer, in 1904), Bartel's Checklist of Canal Zone Stamps , in 1906 and 1908, and United States Virgin Islands (co ...

4. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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   Such provisionals included both prepaid envelopes and stamps, mostly of crude design, the New York Postmaster's Provisional being the only one of quality comparable to later stamps. The provisional issues of Baltimore were notable for the reproduced signature of the city's postmaster— James M. Buchanan (1803–1876), a cousin to President ...

5. Postal history - Wikipedia

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   Postal history has become a philatelic collecting speciality in its own right. Whereas traditional philately is concerned with the study of the stamps per se, including the technical aspects of stamp production and distribution, philatelic postal history refers to stamps as historical documents; similarly re postmarks, postcards, envelopes and the letters they contain.

6. Mulready stationery - Wikipedia

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   The 2 pence Mulready stationery issued in 1840. Rowland Hill expected the Mulready stationery to be more popular than the postage stamps but the postage stamp prevailed. The design was so elaborate and misunderstood that it generated widespread ridicule and lampooning, and in addition was perceived in some areas as a covert government attempt to control the supply of envelopes, and hence ...

7. Postal stationery - Wikipedia

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   A registered envelope for Kenya and Uganda from 1930. A scarcity of postage stamps during WWI in German East Africa was the cause for this handstamped envelope. Any indication that postage is prepaid (see top right handstamp) is what makes the item postal stationery. The fact that this indicium was applied to an envelope makes this a stamped ...