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  2. Postage stamps and postal history of the Canal Zone - Wikipedia

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    Thereafter stamps appeared at an average rate of about two per year, with a commemorative set in some years and no stamps in others. The inscriptions were changed to just "CANAL ZONE" in the 1960s. This paralleled the abandonment of the word "POSTAGE" on many United States stamps, as the United States ceased to issue revenue stamps. [27]

  3. Trans-Mississippi Issue - Wikipedia

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    The Trans-Mississippi Issue is a set of nine commemorative postage stamps issued by the United States to mark the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition held in Omaha, Nebraska.The finely engraved stamps depict various scenes of the West and are presently valued much by collectors.

  4. Postage stamps and postal history of Colombia - Wikipedia

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    In 1863 the United States of Colombia, as it had now become, made up of eight sovereign states, confirmed and authorised the states’ power to operate their own postal services and issue postage stamps. These were only valid for postage within the state, although a few examples are known of stamps that were sent to other states and even to Europe.

  5. 1930 Graf Zeppelin stamps - Wikipedia

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    Mail carried aboard the Graf Zeppelin airship bearing three U.S. Graf Zeppelin airmail stamps, first issued in Washington DC, April 19, 1930. The 1930 Graf Zeppelin stamps were a set of three airmail postage stamps, each depicting the image of the Graf Zeppelin, issued by the United States Post Office Department in 1930, exclusively for delivery of mail carried aboard that airship.

  6. Postage stamps and postal history of Trinidad and Tobago

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    This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad and Tobago lies northeast of Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles . Trinidad and Tobago was a Spanish colony from the times of Christopher Columbus to 1802, when it was ceded to Britain .

  7. United States Post Office Department - Wikipedia

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    The United States Post Office Department (USPOD; also known as the Post Office or U.S. Mail) was the predecessor of the United States Postal Service, established in 1792. From 1872 to 1971, it was officially in the form of a Cabinet department.

  8. Postage stamps and postal history of Muscat and Oman

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    Johansen, T. "Dubai to Muscat via Hendjam" in Arabian Gulf States Postal History and Stamps Quarterly, Spring 2008, Edition 26, pp. 29–30.; Johansen, T. "Commercial Use of the 1944 Al Bu-Sa'id Issue" in Arabian Gulf States Postal History and Stamps Quarterly, Spring 2008, Edition 26, p.30.

  9. Bicentennial Series - Wikipedia

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    Only a single stamp, noting the French Alliance, was issued that year. One Bicentennial stamp was issued in 1979, depicting John Paul Jones. [3] The next stamp issue would not occur until 1981, when two stamps marked the Battle of Yorktown. The final stamp in the series, noting the Treaty of Paris in the painting format, was issued in 1983.