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The first United States non-denominated postage stamp, issued in 1975, was valued at 10 cents. Non-denominated postage is a postage stamp intended to meet a certain postage rate, but printed without the denomination, the price for that rate. They may retain full validity for the intended rate, regardless of later rate changes, or they may retain validity only for the original purchase price ...
The 2¢ Landing of Columbus is the most common stamp of the Columbian Issue. The Columbian Issue, also known as the Columbians, is a set of 16 postage stamps issued by the United States to commemorate the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago during 1893. The finely-engraved stamps were the first commemorative stamps issued by the United States, depicting various events during the ...
In August 1999, the United States Postal Service issued a set of 33¢ postage stamps entitled All Aboard! 20th Century American Trains to " pay tribute to American industry and design, and specifically to the heritage of our railroads. " Artist Ted Rose [1] created five watercolor images depicting the following celebrated American named passenger trains from the 1930s and 1940s: the ...
The bicentennial stamps were first placed on sale January 1, 1932, at the post office in Washington, D.C. While the bicentennial issue presents many unfamiliar images of Washington, the Post Office took care to place the widely loved Gilbert Stuart portrait of the president on the 2-cent stamp, which satisfied the normal first-class letter rate and would therefore get the most use. Several ...
The Postal Savings System was established as a result of lobbying by farmers and workers with grievances against the private banking system due to numerous bank closures and inadequate credit opportunities. [3] After the Panic of 1907, the Republican Party supported a postal banking system, while Democrats preferred deposit insurance. After Republican William Howard Taft won the 1908 United ...
The Distinguished Americans series is a set of definitive stamps issued by the United States Postal Service which was started in 2000 with a 10¢ stamp depicting Joseph Stilwell. [1]
GB Christmas Aerogram (one of two issued in 1967) An aerogram, aerogramme, aérogramme, air letter or airletter is a thin lightweight piece of foldable and gummed paper for writing a letter for transit via airmail, in which the letter and envelope are one and the same. Most postal administrations forbid including items inside these light letters, which are usually sent abroad at a preferential ...
A postmark[1] is a postal marking made on an envelope, parcel, postcard or the like, indicating the place, date and time that the item was delivered into the care of a postal service, or sometimes indicating where and when received or in transit. Modern postmarks are often applied simultaneously with the cancellation or killer that marks postage stamps as having been used. Sometimes a postmark ...