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  2. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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    Today, many stamps issued by the post office are self-adhesive, and no longer require that the stamps be "licked" to activate the glue on their back. In many cases, post office clerks now use Postal Value Indicators (PVI), which are computer labels, instead of stamps. [citation needed]

  3. Postage stamp - Wikipedia

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    The main components of a stamp: 1. Image 2. Perforations 3. Denomination 4. Country name. A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage (the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail).

  4. Mystic Stamp Company - Wikipedia

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    On May 26, 1923, H.E. Harris & Co. ran an advertisement in Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News inviting potential stamp dealers to invest $25 to $500 in order to make use of Harris' international wholesale supply network. Backed by his father, Lawrence "Larry" K. Shaver mailed H.E. Harris a check for $500.

  5. Non-denominated postage - Wikipedia

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    A 2012 U.S. Forever stamp. In 2006, the USPS applied for permission to issue a first-class postage stamp similar to non-denominated stamps, termed the "Forever stamp". [12] The first such stamp was unveiled on March 26, 2007, and went on sale April 12, 2007, for 41 cents (US$0.41). [13]

  6. Correos de México - Wikipedia

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    The Mexican Constitution of 1857 kept the post office as a State monopoly. In 1856, Mexico embraced the postage system and the use of postal stamps. The first Mexican stamp went into circulation on August 1, 1856, with the portrait of Miguel Hidalgo. Stamps began to be sent on August 29, 1856.

  7. List of United States post office murals - Wikipedia

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    Oil on canvas, TRAP, probably in Old Post Office (Albuquerque, New Mexico) until ~1972 (?) 1980 Clovis: New Mexican Town: Paul Lantz: 1937 Deming Main Post Office, Deming: Mountains and Yucca: Kenneth M. Adams: 1937 Mural featured on 2019 Post Office Murals stamp set 1990 US Post Office-Portales Main, in Portales: Buffalo Range: Theodore Van ...

  8. Cancellation (mail) - Wikipedia

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    The reverse is true for some stamps, such as the hyperinflation stamps of Germany, which may be worth many times more if genuinely postally used. [23] Where stamps are much more valuable in used condition than unused, it may be advisable to have such stamps expertised to confirm that the cancellation is genuine and contemporary. [23]

  9. Coil stamp - Wikipedia

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    This 2-cent coil stamp of the US 1954 Liberty series was used heavily throughout the 1950s and 60s. A coil strip of British 1957 Scouting commemorative stamps with the trimming of the perforations on one side clearly visible. A vertical coil pair with a joint line, US 1917. A coil stamp is a type of postage stamp sold in