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  2. 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]

  3. Elvis Presley Forever stamp - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. List of United States airmail stamps - Wikipedia

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    Domestic air mail became obsolete in 1975, and international air mail [2] in 1995, when the USPS began transporting First Class mail by air on a routine basis. [3] [4] All post-1977 United States stamp images are copyright of USPS. [5] Scott cataloged stamps received a "C" designation for airmail issues beginning in 1940. Designated for ...

  5. Distinguished Americans series - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] In 2011, with the Oveta Culp Hobby stamp, the series went to a larger format with full color images and colored backgrounds. [2] [5] The 2004 Rudolph stamp is the only one in the series to have been issued in both a sheet (pane) and booklet format. [6] Both the 2001 Caraway issue and the 2002–2003 Ferber issues have perforation ...

  6. 2017 Total Solar Eclipse stamp - Wikipedia

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    The stamp includes two superimposed images, one showing a total solar eclipse and the second showing a full moon that is revealed upon heat being applied. This stamp commemorates the solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 , which was visible across the continental United States from coast to coast, [ 5 ] weather permitting.

  7. List of most expensive philatelic items - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Mail art - Wikipedia

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    Media commonly used in mail art include postcards, paper, a collage of found or recycled images and objects, rubber stamps, artist-created stamps (called artistamps), and paint, but can also include music, sound art, poetry, or anything that can be put in an envelope and sent via post. Mail art is considered art once it is dispatched.

  9. Inverted Jenny - Wikipedia

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    During the 1910s, the United States Post Office made a number of experimental trials of carrying mail by air. These were shown by the first stamp in the world to picture an airplane (captioned as "aeroplane carrying mail"), one of the U.S. Parcel Post stamps of 1912–13. [8]