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History of stamps reveals era of first postage
Elmo Scott Watson explains how stamps emerged in the United States and abroad from 1840 to recent commemoratives. The piece traces private issues, the shift to prepayment, and lists presidents and notable figures honored on stamps, including commemoratives for Columbus, the Panama Canal, and revolutionary battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
London
Queen Victoria
Bath
United States
New York
City Dispatch Post
Greig’s Post
New York City
United States City Dispatch Post
Washington
Franklin
Jefferson
Lincoln
Madison
Monroe
Jackson
Taylor
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Cleveland
Harrison
McKinley
Roosevelt
Harding
Wilson
John Ericsson
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
Winfield Scott
Alexander Hamilton
O. H. Perry
Edwin M. Stanton
William T. Sherman
John Marshall
David G. Farragut
Robert B. Livingston
William H. Seward
Nathan Hale
John
America
Columbus
Isabella
Barcelona
la Rabida
Buffalo
Louisiana
France
Robert R. Livingston
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
Jamestown
John Smith
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Territory
Alaska
Russia
Henry Hudson
Palisades
Robert Fulton
Hudson River
Panama Canal
Pacific Ocean
Liberty
England
Italy
Belgium
Norway
Lexington-Concord
White Plains
Green Mountain Boys
Vermont
Burgoyne
Valley Forge
Molly Pitcher
George Rogers Clark
General Sullivan
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Lindbergh
Atlantic
Thomas Edison
Edison
Uncle Sam
Post Office