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It just got a little more expensive to send mail in Sacramento — and across the U.S. Effective Sunday, the U.S. Postal Service’s first-class mail “forever” stamps — commonly used to mail ...
The eight United States postage stamps issued in 1861 pictured Washington (5), Franklin (2) and Jefferson (1), and envelopes signaled the sacredness of the Constitution and rebellion as treason. Confederate stamps pictured Washington, Jefferson, Jackson and Jefferson Davis (a stamp was printed depicting John C. Calhoun but was never put into use).
The release of the stamp was accompanied by a hit compilation album, Elvis Forever, sold through post offices around the United States and on the internet. [3] The first stamps, and earliest known use (EKU), were purchased August 10, 2015 at the Mason, Tennessee post office by stamp collector David Saks. [4] [5] [6]
For many years, a number of branches (locals) of the NALC had collected food for the needy as part of their community service effort. The national, coordinated effort by the NALC to help fight hunger in America grew out of discussions in 1991 by a number of leaders at the time, including NALC President Vincent R. Sombrotto, AFL-CIO Community Services Director Joseph Velasquez, USPS Postmaster ...
This is a list of the highest known prices paid for philatelic items, including stamps and covers. The current record price for a single stamp is US$9,480,000 paid for the British Guiana 1c magenta. [1] [2] This list is ordered by consumer price index inflation-adjusted value (in bold) in millions of United States dollars in 2024.
The Rural Free Delivery: Frank L. Long: 1939 former post office is now the Morehead Municipal Building Morganfield: Rural Free Delivery: Bert Mullins: 1939 Pineville: Kentucky Mountain Mail En Route: Edward Fern: 1942 Princeton: Kentucky Tobacco Field: Robert C. Purdy: 1938 Williamsburg: Floating Horses Down the Cumberland River: Alios Fabry: 1939
The sheets were designed by Ethel Kessler [2] and illustrated by artist John D. Dawson [8] [9] for the USPS. [10] [11] The original idea for the series, conceived 1996, [2] was for a set of four American desert stamps. [2] This was inspired by the success of Desert Plants commemorative stamps released in 1981. [2]
The Free Stamp is an outdoor sculpture located in Willard Park. Created by Claes Oldenburg and his wife Coosje van Bruggen , it has been called the "world's largest rubber stamp ". [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The dimensions of the sculpture are 28 ft 10 in (8.79 m) by 26 ft (7.9 m) by 49 ft (15 m). [ 4 ]