This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Stamps Honor King Civil Rights Legacy Worldwide
The piece surveys stamps and postal honors for Martin Luther King Jr from 1968 onward. It notes U S postal tributes including a 1979 Black Heritage stamp by Jerry Pinkney and later designs, and lists international stamps in Ajman Cuba Ghana India Liberia Mali Norway Palau and more. It mentions related U S stamps on the 1960s Celebrate the Century pane and the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Memphis
Tenn
King
Mahatma Gandhi
U.S. Postal
Service
Jerry Pinkney
Thomas Blackshear II
Higgins Bond
Ajman
Cuba
Ghana
India
Liberia
Mali
Norway
Palau
St. Kitts-Nevis
Sweden
Togo
Turks and Caicos Islands
Yemen
U.S
Washington
Dennis Sadowski
Rev