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Postage
1995
U.S. international postage rates rise to 60 cents per ounce
1993
Elvis Presley Commemorative Postage Stamp goes on sale
1992
Great Britain issues postage stamp on 100th anniversary of Tolkien
1992
Lou Jacobs, U.S. clown (1966 U.S. postage stamp), dies at 89
1992
Great British postage stamp 350 year battle near Edgehill
1992
Voting begins on choice of Elvis postage stamps
1991
US postage is raised from 25 cents to 29 cents
1987
Postage wins 32nd Europe Cup 1 in Vienna
1985
1st class postage rises from 20 cents to 22 cents
1982
Bob Marley postage stamp issued in Jamaica
1981
1st class postage raised to 18 cents from 15 cents
1979
U.N.'s Vienna office begins issuing postage stamps
1978
1st class postage now 15 cents (13 cents for 3 years)
1978
Harriet Tubman is 1st black woman honored on a U.S. postage stamp
1978
1st postage stamp copyrighted by U.S. (Carl Sandburg stamp)
1975
1st class postage rises from 10 cents to 13 cents
1974
1st class postage raised to 10 cents from 8 cents
1973
Isle of Man begins issuing their own postage stamps
1971
1st class postage now costs 8 cents (was 6 cents)
1969
U.N. starts issuing postage stamps at Geneva headquarters
1969
Guernsey and Jersey begin issuing their own postage stamps
1968
1st class postage raised from 5 cents to 6 cents
1966
Australia introduces 1st decimal currency postage stamps
1963
1st class postage raised from 4 cents to 5 cents
1961
Trucial States (now UAE) issue their 1st postage stamps
1958
1st class postage up to 4 cents (had been 3 cents for 26 years)
1955
Bhutan issues its 1st postage stamps
1954
Gerard Hadders, Dutch postage stamp designer, 1991 children stamp
1952
1st U.S. postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced
1951
United Nation publishes its 1st postage stamps
1950
U.N. gets U.S. government approval to issue postage stamps
1948
Israel issues its 1st postage stamps
1945
Gielijn Escher, Dutch postage stamp artist
1935
Austria has world's 1st Day of Postage Stamp
1932
1st class postage back up to 3 cents from 2 cents
1928
400 kg Fournier-albums (forged postage stamps) burn in Geneva
1920
1st U.S. postage stamps printed without the words United States or US
1920
1st postage stamp meter is set in Stamford Connecticut
1919
1st class postage drops from 3 cents to 2 cents
1917
Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp merchant/forger, dies
1912
1st U.S. postage stamp picturing an airplane, 20 cent parcel post, issued
1908
1st U.S. postage stamps in rolls issued
1901
After 63 years England stops sale of Queen Victoria postage stamps series and begins King Edward VII series
1900
U.S. Post Office issues 1st books of postage stamps
1879
Rowland Hill, introduced postage stamps, dies at 84
1873
Congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps
1869
Postage stamps showing scenes are issued for 1st time
1868
Postage stamp canceling machine patent issued
1863
Free city delivery of mail begins in 49 U.S. cities; postage 3 cents per oz
1863
Free city delivery replaces zone postage; 449 letter carriers hired
1861
Confederacy starts selling postage stamps
1857
1st perforated U.S. postage stamps delivered to government
1852
Netherlands begins issuing postage stamps
1851
Canada issues its 1st postage stamps
1847
1st U.S. postage stamps go on sale, 5 cents Franklin and 10 cents Washington, New York City
1847
Post Office Department authorized to issue postage stamps
1842
1st adhesive postage stamps in U.S. (private delivery company), New York City
1840
1st adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued
1836
HMS Beagle anchors in Postage Praia, Cape Verde Islands
1824
Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger
1795
Rowland Hill, introduced 1st adhesive postage stamp, 1840
1792
U.S. postal service created; postage 6 cents -12 cents, depending on distance
1655
Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis: English fleet beats Barbarian pirates
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