1995 L Jansma, Fries publisher (Friese stamp), dies
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 USPO announces young Elvis beats old Elvis stamp
1989 U.S. issues a stamp, labeling an apatosaurus as a brontosaurus
1988 President Reagan presides at unveiling of Knute Rockne stamp
1987 Japanese bank buys "Lady McGill" stamp for $1,100,000
1982 Bob Marley postage stamp issued in Jamaica
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)
1974 Carol Mann wins LPGA S&H Green Stamp Golf Classic
1973 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA S&H Green Stamp Golf Classic
1973 Paul Popowich, actor, Tommy Tricker and Stamp Traveler
1961 U.S. government issues a stamp honoring 100th birthday of James Naismith
1954 Gerard Hadders, Dutch postage stamp designer, 1991 children stamp
1952 1st U.S. postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced
1952 England replaces King George VI stamp series with Queen Elizabeth II
1945 Gielijn Escher, Dutch postage stamp artist
1941 German occupiers stamp "J" on Jewish passports
1941 Josiah Charles Stamp, 1st baron/statisician, dies
1941 Josiah Stamp, British Businessman
1940 Largest amount paid for a stamp ($45,000 for 1 cent 1856 British Guiana)
1940 Booker T. Washington, 1st black to appear on U.S. stamp
1939 Terence Stamp, born in England, actor, Collector, Alien Nations
1936 England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI
1935 Austria has world's 1st Day of Postage Stamp
1934 Byrd souvenir sheet issued, New York City; 1st unperforated ungummed U.S. stamp
1925 Congress authorizes a special handling stamp
1920 1st postage stamp meter is set in Stamford Connecticut
1917 Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp merchant/forger, dies
1912 1st U.S. postage stamp picturing an airplane, 20 cent parcel post, issued
1906 Johan P Van de Kellen, stamp cutter/lithographer, dies at 74
1894 1st mushroom on a stamp (China 1 and 5 Ap)
1893 1st U.S. commemoratives and 1st U.S. stamp to picture a woman issued
1890 "Gibbons Stamp Monthly" begins publishing
1880 Josiah Stamp, British Businessman
1869 Dutch newspaper stamp tax repealed
1868 Postage stamp canceling machine patent issued
1856 Booker Taliaferro Washington, pioneer educator, 1st black on U.S. stamp
1842 Notary Stamp Law passes
1837 England issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen Victoria
1831 Johan P van der Kellen, Dutch stamp cutter/lithographer/writer
1824 Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger
1813 Giambattista Bodoni, Ital stamp cutter/publisher (bodoni), dies at 73
1795 Rowland Hill, introduced 1st adhesive postage stamp, 1840
1787 French government proclaims end to stamp/land tax
1770 George Grenville, British premier (1763-65)/Stamp Act, dies at 58
1768 Johann M Fleischmann, German/Dutch stamp/letter designer, dies
1766 Britain repeals the Stamp Act
1766 Britain repeals Stamp Act
1766 Stamp Act declared unconstitutional in Virginia
1765 People of Frederick County Md refuse to pay England's Stamp tax
1765 Stamp Act goes into effect in British colonies
1765 Stamp Act Congress met in New York, wrote declaration of rights and liberties
1765 Stamp Act Congress convenes in New York
1765 Patrick Henry historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!"
1765 Stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on colonists
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