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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 over 800 people featured. People have been featured ...
Postal service in the United States began with the delivery of stampless letters whose cost was borne by the receiving person, later encompassed pre-paid letters carried by private mail carriers and provisional post offices, and culminated in a system of universal prepayment that required all letters to bear nationally issued adhesive postage stamps. [1]
List of American Muslims This is an incomplete list of notable Muslims who live or lived in the United States.
Penny Black – World's first postage stamp. Penny Blue – Trial printings from a penny black plate. Two pence blue – Issued for second rate step, at the same time as Penny Black. VR official – First official stamp. Prince Consort Essay. Penny Red – Improved follow-ons to the Penny Black. Archer Roulette – Experimental separation of ...
I. Indian American Muslim Council. Islamic Association of Palestine. Islamic Center of New England. Islamic Circle of North America. Islamic Society of Boston. Islamic Society of Greater Dayton. Islamic Society of Greater Manchester. Islamic Society of North America.
This category contains only the following file. Stamp 1996US hanukkah.png 392 × 254; 40 KB. Categories: United States Postal Service. Philately of the United States. Postage stamps by country.
The United States Postal Service issued a 34- cent stamp on the 1 September 2001 at the annual Islamic Society of North America 's convention in Des Plaines, Illinois. It features gold Arabic calligraphy on a lapis background that commemorates two of the most important Muslim festivals: Eid ul-Fitr, marking the end of the month-long fast of Ramadan and Eid al-Adha, at the end of the pilgrimage ...
The U.S. Parcel Post stamps of 1912–13 were the first such stamps issued by the U.S. Post Office Department and consisted of twelve denominations to pay the postage on parcels weighing 16 ounces and more, with each denomination printed in the same color of "carmine-rose". Their border design was similar while each denomination of stamp bore its own distinctive image in the center ( vignette ...