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  2. Presidents of the United States on U.S. postage stamps

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    The 5-cent Franklin and the 10-cent Washington postage stamps issued in 1847 were the first postage stamps issued and authorized for nationwide postal duty by the U.S. Post Office. The firm of Rawdon, Wright, Hatch, and Edson of New York City were given a four-year contract to print the first U.S. postage stamps in 1847.

  3. Territories of the United States on stamps - Wikipedia

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    Texas statehood's 100th anniversary was commemorated by a 3-cent stamp issued on December 29, 1945. The state was annexed in 1845 pursuant to a Republic of Texas petition to the United States, under the presidency of James K. Polk. California statehood's 100th anniversary was commemorated by a 3-cent stamp issued on September 9, 1950.

  4. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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    1870 issue. The postage stamps issued in the 1870s and 1880s are collectively known as the "Bank Notes" because they were produced by the National Bank Note Company, the Continental Bank Note Company, then the American Bank Note Company. After the 1869 fiasco with pictorial stamp issues, the new Postmaster-General decided to base a series of ...

  5. List of entities that have issued postage stamps (F–L)

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    This is a list of entities that have issued postage stamps at some point since stamps were introduced in 1840. The list includes any kind of governmental entity or officially approved organisation that has issued distinctive types of stamp for postal purposes. These include post offices in foreign countries and postal services organised by ...

  6. Revenue stamps of the United States - Wikipedia

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    To meet the demand for revenue stamps, existing stocks of standard postage stamps (issued in 1895–1898) were overprinted with the initials I.R. (i.e., Internal Revenue) for use as revenue stamps. Initials are faint on issues with denominations of 8, 10 and 15-cents.

  7. Postage stamps and postal history of the Confederate States

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    The first Confederate Postage stamps were issued and placed in circulation on October 16, 1861, five months after postal service between the North and South had been suspended. [9] The first postage stamp issued by the Confederate States (1861) was a 5¢ green depicting Jefferson Davis.

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