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1995 Event - U.S. international postage rates rise to 60 cents per ounce

1993 Event - Elvis Presley Commemorative Postage Stamp goes on sale

1992 Event - Great Britain issues postage stamp on 100th anniversary of Tolkien

1992 Death - Lou Jacobs, U.S. clown (1966 U.S. postage stamp), dies at 89

1992 Event - Great British postage stamp 350 year battle near Edgehill

1992 Event - Voting begins on choice of Elvis postage stamps

1991 Event - U.S. postage is raised from 25 cents to 29 cents

1987 Event - Postage wins 32nd Europe Cup 1 in Vienna

1985 Event - 1st class postage rises from 20 cents to 22 cents

1982 Event - Bob Marley postage stamp issued in Jamaica

1981 Event - 1st class postage raised to 18 cents from 15 cents

1979 Event - U.N.'s Vienna office begins issuing postage stamps

1978 Event - 1st class postage now 15 cents (13 cents for 3 years)

1978 Event - Harriet Tubman is 1st black woman honored on a U.S. postage stamp

1978 Event - 1st postage stamp copyrighted by U.S. (Carl Sandburg stamp)

1975 Event - 1st class postage rises from 10 cents to 13 cents

1974 Event - 1st class postage raised to 10 cents from 8 cents

1973 Event - Isle of Man begins issuing their own postage stamps

1971 Event - 1st class postage now costs 8 cents (was 6 cents)

1969 Event - U.N. starts issuing postage stamps at Geneva headquarters

1969 Event - Guernsey and Jersey begin issuing their own postage stamps

1968 Event - 1st class postage raised from 5 cents to 6 cents

1966 Event - Australia introduces 1st decimal currency postage stamps

1963 Event - 1st class postage raised from 4 cents to 5 cents

1961 Event - Trucial States (now UAE) issue their 1st postage stamps

1958 Event - 1st class postage up to 4 cents (had been 3 cents for 26 years)

1955 Event - Bhutan issues its 1st postage stamps

1954 Birthday - Gerard Hadders, Dutch postage stamp designer, 1991 children stamp

1952 Event - 1st U.S. postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced

1951 Event - United Nation publishes its 1st postage stamps

1950 Event - U.N. gets U.S. government approval to issue postage stamps

1948 Event - Israel issues its 1st postage stamps

1945 Birthday - Gielijn Escher, Dutch postage stamp artist

1935 Event - Austria has world's 1st Day of Postage Stamp

1932 Event - 1st class postage back up to 3 cents from 2 cents

1928 Event - 400 kg Fournier-albums (forged postage stamps) burn in Geneva

1920 Event - 1st U.S. postage stamps printed without the words United States or US

1920 Event - 1st postage stamp meter is set in Stamford Connecticut

1919 Event - 1st class postage drops from 3 cents to 2 cents

1917 Death - Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp merchant/forger, dies

1912 Event - 1st U.S. postage stamp picturing an airplane, 20 cent parcel post, issued

1908 Event - 1st U.S. postage stamps in rolls issued

1901 Event - After 63 years England stops sale of Queen Victoria postage stamps series and begins King Edward VII series

1900 Event - U.S. Post Office issues 1st books of postage stamps

1879 Death - Rowland Hill, introduced postage stamps, dies at 84

1873 Event - Congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps

1869 Event - Postage stamps showing scenes are issued for 1st time

1868 Event - Postage stamp canceling machine patent issued

1863 Event - Free city delivery of mail begins in 49 U.S. cities; postage 3 cents per oz

1863 Event - Free city delivery replaces zone postage; 449 letter carriers hired

1861 Event - Confederacy starts selling postage stamps

1857 Event - 1st perforated U.S. postage stamps delivered to government

1852 Event - Netherlands begins issuing postage stamps

1851 Event - Canada issues its 1st postage stamps

1847 Event - 1st U.S. postage stamps go on sale, 5 cents Franklin and 10 cents Washington, New York City

1847 Event - Post Office Department authorized to issue postage stamps

1842 Event - 1st adhesive postage stamps in U.S. (private delivery company), New York City

1840 Event - 1st adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued

1836 Event - HMS Beagle anchors in Postage Praia, Cape Verde Islands

1824 Birthday - Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger

1795 Birthday - Rowland Hill, introduced 1st adhesive postage stamp, 1840

1792 Event - U.S. postal service created; postage 6 cents -12 cents, depending on distance

1655 Event - Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis: English fleet beats Barbarian pirates

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