Tag: Post Office

Posted on 07/02/2021
First Stamps used in US Mail
It's July 1st! We are half way through 2021. We hope everyone is having a good year. On July 1st, 1847 the first issue of postage stamps went on sale. The United States Post Office sold two kinds of stamps. One, priced at five cents, pictured Benjamin Franklin. The other, a ten-cent stamp, pictured George Washington. Today, a...
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