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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.
James Montgomery Flagg (2001) Illustrator [5] Henry Ford on a 1968 stamp. Father Edward J. Flanagan (1986) Orphan advocate. Henry Fonda (2005) Actor [15] Lynn Fontanne (1999) Actress [3][38] Betty Ford (2024) First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977 [52] Gerald Ford (2007) President of the United States [49][51] Henry Ford (1968 ...
4-dollar Queen Isabella and Christopher Columbus Stamp, Issued 1893. [1] The first portrait of a woman on a US postage stamp. 8-cent Martha Washington Stamp, Issued 1902 The first stamp featuring an American women. [2] The history of women on US stamps begins in 1893, when Queen Isabella became the first woman on a US stamp. [3]
Georg Olden. George Elliott Olden (November 13, 1920 – February 25, 1975) was an American graphic designer who worked in television and advertising. Working at CBS, Olden helped to create the visual identities of shows such as Gunsmoke, I Love Lucy, and Lassie. [1] In 1963, Olden became the first African-American to design a postage stamp ...
Booker T. Washington. Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, and orator. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the primary leader in the African-American community and of the contemporary Black elite. Born into slavery on April 5, 1856, in Hale's Ford, Virginia, Washington was freed ...
On February 15, 1980, during Black History Month, the United States Postal Service issued in Annapolis, Maryland, a 15 cent commemorative postage stamp that featured a portrait of Banneker. [1][2][3][4][5] An image of Banneker standing behind a short telescope mounted on a tripod was superimposed upon the portrait. [6]
Postal rates to 1847. Initial United States postage rates were set by Congress as part of the Postal Service Act signed into law by President George Washington on February 20, 1792. The postal rate varied according to "distance zone", the distance a letter was to be carried from the post office where it entered the mail to its final destination.
The first Scott catalogue was a 21-page pamphlet with the title Descriptive Catalogue of American and Foreign Postage Stamps, Issued from 1840 to Date, Splendidly Illustrated with Colored Engravings and Containing the Current Value of each Variety. It was published in September 1868 by John Walter Scott, an early stamp dealer in New York, and ...