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Famous Figures on Early U S Stamps and Sidney Lanier
The article notes Ben Franklin and George Washington as the two popular figures on the first U S stamps issued in 1847. It mentions Sidney Lanier a famed poet born in Macon Georgia in 1842 and who died at 39. It also cites a book he edited titled The Boy's King Arthur and a stamp issued February 3 in Macon Georgia.
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