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  2. Mail art - Wikipedia

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    Mail art by György Galántai, 1981 Mail art, also known as postal art and correspondence art, is an artistic movement centered on sending small-scale works through the postal service. It developed out of what eventually became Ray Johnson 's New York Correspondence School and the Fluxus movements of the 1960s. It has since developed into a global, ongoing movement.

  3. Federal Duck Stamp - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Duck Stamp, formally known as the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, is an adhesive stamp issued by the United States Department of the Interior that must be purchased prior to any waterfowl hunting.

  4. Mauritius "Post Office" stamps - Wikipedia

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    The Mauritius "Post Office" stamps were issued by the British Colony Mauritius in September 1847, in two denominations: an orange-red one penny (1d) and a deep blue two pence (2d). Their name comes from the wording on the stamps reading "Post Office", which was soon changed in the next issue to "Post Paid". [4] They are among the rarest postage stamps in the world.

  5. Postage stamps and postal history of Mexico - Wikipedia

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    In 1856, Mexico issued its first adhesive postage stamps, with "district overprints", a unique feature among postal systems worldwide, employed to protect from theft of postage stamps. In 1891, the postal and stamp issuing authority was created as an administrative division of the Secretaría de Comunicaciones (Secretariat of Communications).

  6. Elvis Presley Forever stamp - Wikipedia

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    The Elvis Presley Forever stamp is a forever postage stamp released as a part of the Music Icons series issued by the United States Postal Service. It features Presley in a 1955 black and white photograph taken by William Speer.

  7. Commemoration of the American Civil War on postage stamps

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    The Commemoration of the American Civil War on postage stamps concerns both the actual stamps and covers used during the American Civil War, and the later postage celebrations. The latter include commemorative stamp issues devoted to the actual events and personalities of the war, as well as definitive issues depicting many noteworthy individuals who participated in the era's crucial developments.

  8. Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive - Wikipedia

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    The Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is a charitable initiative conducted by the United States Postal Service, National Rural Letter Carriers' Association & National Association of Letter Carriers in the United States to make significant donations of food to organizations serving needy persons.

  9. Cancellation (mail) - Wikipedia

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    The first adhesive postage stamp was the Penny Black, issued in 1840 by Great Britain. The postal authorities recognized there must be a method for preventing reuse of the stamps and simultaneously issued handstamps for use to apply cancellations to the stamps on the envelopes as they passed through the postal system. [3] The cancels were handmade and depicted a Maltese cross design. Initially ...