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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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