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  2. U.S. Special Delivery (postal service) - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Special Delivery was a postal service paid for with additional postage for urgent letters and postal packets which are delivered in less time than by standard or first class mail service. Its meaning is different and separate from express mail delivery service.

  3. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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    The 1885 Special Delivery issue was the first U.S. postage stamp designed in the double-width format. Eight years later, this shape would be chosen for the Columbian Exposition commemoratives, as it offered appropriate space for historical tableaux.

  4. List of United States airmail stamps - Wikipedia

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    Special postage stamps were issued for use with this service. Domestic air mail became obsolete in 1975, and international air mail [2] in 1995, when the USPS began transporting First Class mail by air on a routine basis.

  5. Express mail in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Special Delivery, a domestic accelerated local delivery service, was introduced on 3 March 1885 initially with a fee of 10¢ paid by a Special Delivery stamp. It was transformed into Express Mail, introduced in 1977 by Ronald B. Lee after an experimental period that started in 1970, although Special Delivery was not terminated until June 8, 1997.

  6. Series of 1902 (United States postage stamps) - Wikipedia

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    It continued in the Special Delivery stamp of 1902 as well as the Post Office's next two commemorative releases--the Louisiana Purchase Commemorative Issue (1904) and the Jamestown Exposition Issue (1907)--but was subsequently abandoned.

  7. Columbian Issue - Wikipedia

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    However, the Post Office Department issued a new special delivery stamp, colored orange, to remedy the potential problem. Although not officially part of the Columbian Issue, this stamp is sometimes referred to as the "Orange Columbian" by collectors due to its origin.

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