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U.S. #1015 was issued to honor America’s newspaper boys. The stamp pictures a boy delivering newspapers along with a hand holding a torch, symbolizing free enterprise. “Extra, Extra” - America’s Newspaper Boys According to legend, the first newspaper boy was 10-year-old Barney Flaherty. Reportedly,...

U.S. #1071 was issued to honor the 200th anniversary of Fort Ticonderoga, which some historians have called “The Key to a Continent.” The fort earned this name due to its strategic location on Lake Champlain in New York; it controlled the water route from...

U.S. #1067 was issued to honor America’s Armed Forces reserve units, which were established in 1908 to provide a pool of medical officers. In the National Defense Act of 1920, Congress reorganized U.S. land forces into a Regular Army, National Guard, and Organized Reserve...

U.S. #1084 commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Antiquities Act of 1906, a federal law that provided for America’s natural wonders. In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt designated Devils Tower National Monument as the first such protected area. Devils Tower has an altitude of 5,112...

U.S. #1085 honors the importance of children in promoting world peace. Fittingly, the stamp was designed by a school boy. Ronald Dias, a 19-year-old student at Roosevelt High School in Lanikai, Oahu, Hawaii, won a nationwide contest for his design of the stamp. The...

1959 Cayman Islands New Constitutions Postage Stamp

1969 St. Vincent Carnival Revellers St. Vincent 8 Postage Stamp

1983 Physical Fitness 20?? USA Postage Stamp

1984 Olympic Games 13 USA Postage Stamps Set OF Four

This stamp is part of a pane of five stamps issued to pay tribute to the contributions of the different engines that sparked the railroad revolution in America. Depicted on the pane are: the Stourbridge Lion, the first actual locomotive to run on tracks...

This stamp is part of a pane of five stamps issued to pay tribute to the contributions of the different engines that sparked the railroad revolution in America. Depicted on the pane are: the Stourbridge Lion, the first actual locomotive to run on tracks...

A pre-historic dimension was added to stamp collecting when the Postal Service issued a block of four Dinosaur stamps. They were issued on October 1st, to coincide with the beginning of National Stamp Collecting Month. The vividly colored stamps feature four of the more...

John Muir also known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the National Parks", was an influential Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, glaciologist, and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States of America.

1998 St. Louis Worlds Fair 1904 32 USA Postage Stamp

1998 Troops Guarding Train US Postage Stamp

2002 Reptiles 6X 37 USA Postage Stamps

Ronald Wilson Reagan, who was known as the “Great Communicator,” was born to a poor Illinois family on February 6, 1911. He was interested in drama as a boy and got a sports broadcasting job after graduating from college. A screen test at Warner...

On June 23, 2004 the USPS issued the first of 3 stamp panes honoring the art of Disney. Every good story has heroes and villains, but friends play a part too. From the friendships in Disney films, we've learned how to share, trust, laugh...

The Year of the Monkey is the twelfth stamp of the Lunar New Year Series. The Monkey is clever, flexible, and innovative. A person born during this year will be successful at whatever he chooses to do. The year America was born, 1776, was...

Lyricist E.Y. “Yip” Harburg (1896-1981) was born in New York City. An energetic youngster, he was nicknamed “Yipsel” - Yiddish for squirrel. In high school and City College, he began a life-long friendship with Ira Gershwin. When the Great Depression cut short Harburg’s business...