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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. List of urban legends - Wikipedia

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    An urban legend, myth, or tale is a modern genre of folklore. It often consists of fictional stories associated with the macabre, superstitions, ghosts, demons, cryptids, extraterrestrials, creepypasta, and other fear generating narrative elements. Urban legends are often rooted in local history and popular culture

  4. The creepiest urban legend from every state - AOL

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    The Bunnyman's legend starts with what every good urban legend begins with: An insane asylum. As reported by WAMU 88.5 , the people of Clifton were so up in arms about the asylum that they were ...

  5. Category:American urban legends - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "American urban legends" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.

  6. 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 ...

  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 ...

  8. Philately - Wikipedia

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    Astrophilately is the branch of postal history that specializes in the study of stamps and postmarked envelopes that are connected to outer space. Postal stationery includes stamped envelopes , postal cards , letter sheets , aérogrammes (airletter sheets) and wrappers , most of which have an embossed or imprinted stamp or indicia indicating ...

  9. Philatelic fakes and forgeries - Wikipedia

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    The first stamps to be forged were the common 6 and 12 pfennig Hitler head stamps. The forgeries were printed in Rome by the Office of Strategic Services in 1944. These stamps were applied to letters containing propaganda, marked with false postmarks (Wien 8, Wien 40, Hannover 1), and distributed by drops from airplanes as Operation Cornflakes.

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