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  2. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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    Benjamin Franklin — George Washington The First U.S. Postage Stamps, issued 1847. The first stamp issues were authorized by an act of Congress and approved on March 3, 1847. [20] The earliest known use of the Franklin 5¢ is July 7, 1847, while the earliest known use of the Washington 10¢ is July 2, 1847.

  3. Postage stamp paper - Wikipedia

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    A sheet of National Telephone Company postage stamps. Postage stamp paper is the foundation or substrate of the postage stamp to which the ink for the stamp's design is applied to one side and the adhesive is applied to the other. The paper is not only the foundation of the stamp but it has also been incorporated into the stamp's design, has ...

  4. James McNeill Whistler - Wikipedia

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    Early life Heritage James Abbott Whistler was born in Lowell, Massachusetts on July 10, 1834, the first child of Anna McNeill Whistler and George Washington Whistler, and the elder brother of Confederate surgeon William McNeill Whistler. In later years, Whistler played up his mother's connection to the American South and its roots, and he presented himself as an impoverished Southern ...

  5. Postage stamps and postal history of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    White and blue Scinde Dawks. Postage stamps of Pakistan are those issued since Pakistan's independence in 1947. Pakistan Post has issued more than 600 sets and singles totalling more than 1300 stamps. Immediately after the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the new Pakistan government was preoccupied with setting up the government so British ...

  6. Robert Ballagh postage stamp designs - Wikipedia

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    This list documents postage stamp designs by the Irish artist, Robert Ballagh. Some of his designs are based on paintings, drawings, or other graphic work by other artists. [1] Irish stamp by Ballagh (1973), commemorating the World Meteorological Organisation. Ballagh's first postage stamp design was released on 4 September 1973.

  7. Coded postal obliterators - Wikipedia

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    The first coded obliterators were numerals within a Maltese cross design used at the London mail centre from 1843. From 1844 distinctive and different barred designs were introduced for England, Scotland and Ireland. England and Wales numerals were within a circle of bars, while Scotland used a rectangular form and Irish codes within a barred ...

  8. Cancellation (mail) - Wikipedia

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    1929 machine cancellation used to cancel 1d stamp on first flight cover from Nassau to Miami. A cancellation (or cancel for short; French: oblitération) is a postal marking applied on a postage stamp or postal stationery to deface the stamp and to prevent its reuse. Cancellations come in a huge variety of designs, shapes, sizes, and colors.

  9. United States Postal Service - Wikipedia

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    The full eagle logo, used in various versions from 1970 to 1993. The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, its insular areas, and its associated states.

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