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  2. Sheet of stamps - Wikipedia

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    Today, a sheet of stamps is the most common way of arranging stamps on the impressed paper. ... as is done by the USPS. ... the bottom right stamp had "T" - "L". As a ...

  3. Washington Bicentennial stamps of 1932 - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Series of 1902 (United States postage stamps) - Wikipedia

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    The initial issue of the Washington-Franklin stamps in 1908-1909 comprised only twelve denominations, with a top value of $1. Supplies of $2 and $5 stamps from the Series of 1902 at post offices were then so ample that there seemed no point in issuing replacements.

  5. Return address - Wikipedia

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    Envelope with return address in top left corner. In postal mail, a return address is an explicit inclusion of the address of the person sending the message. It provides the recipient (and sometimes authorized intermediaries) with a means to determine how to respond to the sender of the message if needed.

  6. Overrun Countries series - Wikipedia

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    Overrun Countries stamps. The Overrun Countries series was a series of thirteen commemorative postage stamps, each of five-cent denomination, issued by the United States over a fifteen-month period in 1943 and 1944 as a tribute to thirteen nations overrun, occupied, and/or annexed by the Axis Powers during or shortly before World War II.

  7. List of artworks on stamps of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The "issue year" refers to the year when that person's work listed appeared on a stamp of the United States. Many artists have had the same work appear on different U.S. postages stamps and many artists have had multiple works appear on U.S. postage stamps.

  8. Women on US stamps - Wikipedia

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    4-dollar Queen Isabella and Christopher Columbus Stamp, Issued 1893. [1] The first portrait of a woman on a US postage stamp. 8-cent Martha Washington Stamp, Issued 1902 The first stamp featuring an American woman. [2] The history of women on US stamps begins in 1893, when Queen Isabella became the first woman on a US stamp. [3]

  9. Postage stamps and postal history of Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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    An 1878 stamp of Puerto Rico with King Alfonso XII. The postal history of Puerto Rico began around 1518, at least for official mail, when Spain adopted general postal regulations; although the first documentation of Spanish postal regulations specific to the Caribbean was 1794. [1]