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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. U.S. space exploration history on U.S. stamps - Wikipedia

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    Neil Armstrong. On September 9, 1969, the U.S. Post office issued its first airmail stamp to depict a space exploration theme, the First Man on the Moon issue. The man depicted in the space suit is Neil Armstrong taking man's first step on the Moon. This issue was designed by Paul Calle.

  4. Category:Star Trek: The Next Generation images - Wikipedia

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    images. Images associated with Star Trek: The Next Generation series. Images sorted by: Character's last name for people. Episode name for episodes (sans "A", "An", or "The") Media in category " Star Trek: The Next Generation images". The following 34 files are in this category, out of 34 total.

  5. 1869 Pictorial Issue - Wikipedia

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    The 1869 Pictorial Issue is a series of definitive United States postage stamps released during the first weeks of the Grant administration. Ten types of stamp in denominations between one cent and ninety cents were initially offered in the series, with eight of these introduced on March 19 and 20, 1869 and the two greatest values being distributed somewhat later.

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

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    Among the most definitive is George Washington, whose engraving (along with that of Benjamin Franklin) appeared on the first U.S. Postage stamps released by the U.S. Post Office, on July 1 of 1847. Thomas Jefferson first appeared on U.S. postage in March 1856, nine years after the first issues were released.

  7. Celebrate the Century - Wikipedia

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    Celebrate the Century is the name of a series of postage stamps made by the United States Postal Service featuring images recalling various important events in the 20th century in the United States. [8] Ten of these sheets were issued, with each sheet depicting events of one decade of the 20th century, from the 1900s to 1990s.

  8. History of animation - Wikipedia

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    Fiddlesticks, released together with King of Jazz, was the first Flip the Frog film and the first project Ub Iwerks worked on after he had left Disney to set up his studio. In England, the cartoon was released in Harris Color, [33] a two-color process, probably as the first theatrically released standalone animated cartoon to boast both sound ...

  9. Star Trek: First Contact - Wikipedia

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    Budget. $45 million. Box office. $146 million. Star Trek: First Contact is a 1996 American science fiction film directed by Jonathan Frakes in his feature film debut. It is the eighth movie of the Star Trek franchise, and the second starring the cast of the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.