Think 24/7 Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the Think 24/7 Content Network

2. Commemorative stamp - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commemorative_stamp

   The United States 15-cent black stamp of 1866 depicts Abraham Lincoln and was the first stamp issued after his assassination in 1865, but it was not officially declared as a memorial to him. The U.S. also issued a 5-cent stamp in 1882 showing the recently assassinated President James A. Garfield .

3. Columbian Issue - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbian_Issue

   The 2¢ Landing of Columbus is the most common stamp of the Columbian Issue. The Columbian Issue, also known as the Columbians, is a set of 16 postage stamps issued by the United States to commemorate the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago during 1893. The finely-engraved stamps were the first commemorative stamps issued by the United ...

4. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal...

   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.

5. List of people on the postage stamps of the United States

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_on_the...

   This article lists people who have been featured on United States postage stamps, listed by their name, the year they were first featured on a stamp, and a short description of their notability. Since the United States Post Office (now United States Postal Service or USPS) issued its first stamp in 1847, over 4,000 stamps have been issued and ...

6. Commemoration of the American Civil War on postage stamps

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commemoration_of_the...

   Snee, Charles. ed., Scott's Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps & Covers, 2012, ISBN 0-89487-475-6. Comprehensively lists the issues of U.S. postage stamps for the United States and the Confederate States. Time-Life Books. (1995) The Civil War : a collection of U.S. commemorative stamps. Alexandria VA. ISBN 978-0-8094-9191-9.

7. Territories of the United States on stamps - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territories_of_the_United...

   Territories of the United States on stamps discusses commemorative postal issues devoted to lands that have been ceded to the nation or purchased by treaty in conjunction with both war and peace. Thirteen states have been created from colonial territories, two from independent republics, four from previous states in the Union, and an additional ...