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  2. Americana series - Wikipedia

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    The twenty sheet-stamps are planned so that, in a group of four rising values, the curve cycles through the four corners: top left, top right, bottom left, and bottom right.

  3. 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.

  4. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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    Postage due stamps were issued for some time and were pasted by the post office to letters having insufficient postage with the postage due to be paid to the postal carrier at the receiving address. 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.

  5. US Postal Service seeks to hike stamp prices to 78 cents - AOL

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    USPS in January opted not to hike prices for the first time since 2022 after a series of price hikes in recent years. Stamp prices are up 46% since early 2019 when they were 50 cents.

  6. USPS Building Bridges Special Postal Cancellation Series

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    The first USPS Building Bridges Special Postal Cancellations was issued on May 29, 1996 [3] in partnership with Dan DiMiglio, the USPS Manager of the Pacific Area, Corporate relations, at a special ceremony unveiling the Breast cancer research stamp in Contra Costa County. 60 Representatives from non-profit organizations and coalitions were present in a special presentation with live music and ...

  7. 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 federal government that must be purchased prior to any waterfowl hunting.

  8. 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.

  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 ...