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  2. Revenue stamps of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The first revenue stamps in the United States were used briefly during colonial times, among the most notable usage involved the Stamp Act.Long after independence, the first revenue stamps printed by the United States government were issued in the midst of the American Civil War, prompted by the urgent need to raise revenue to pay for the great costs it incurred.

  3. 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]

  4. Philately - Wikipedia

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    The word "philately" is the English transliteration of the French "philatélie", coined by Georges Herpin in 1864. [3]Herpin stated that stamps had been collected and studied for the previous six or seven years and a better name was required for the new hobby than timbromanie (roughly "stamp mania"), which was disliked. [4]

  5. International reply coupon - Wikipedia

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    The reverse side of the coupon, which has text relating to its use, is printed in German, English, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, and Russian. Under Universal Postal Union regulations, participating member countries are not required to place a control stamp or postmark on the international reply coupons that they sell.

  6. Dag Hammarskjöld invert - Wikipedia

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    The catalogue value of the invert is worth little more than the normal. The stamp, printed on Giori press in plates of 200, was designed by Herbert Sanborn and engraved by C. A. Brooks. 121,440,000 normal stamps were printed and 40,270,000 of the inverted reprint were produced. [3] Normal stamp

  7. Aerogram - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Revenue stamp - Wikipedia

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    An 1898 £1 revenue stamp of Western Australia Revenue stamps on smuggled tobacco seized by the British tax authorities.. A revenue stamp, tax stamp, duty stamp or fiscal stamp is a (usually) adhesive label used to designate collected taxes or fees on documents, tobacco, alcoholic drinks, drugs and medicines, playing cards, hunting licenses, firearm registration, and many other things.

  9. Postage stamps and postal history of Latvia - Wikipedia

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    Latvia; Handbook of Philately and Postal History; Postal stationery and official postal forms 1918-1940 (in German and English). Hamburg: Harry v. Hofmann Verlag. ISBN 3-7636-5070-9. OCLC 43671770. v. Hofmann, Harry (1998). Latvia; Handbook of Philately and Postal History; The Stamps, Ruble Period 1918-1922 (in German and English). Hamburg ...