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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1890 "Gibbons Stamp Monthly" begins publishing 1880 Josiah Stamp, British Businessman 1869 Dutch newspaper stamp tax repealed 1868 Postage stamp canceling machine patent issued 1856 Booker Taliaferro Washington, pioneer educator, 1st black on U.S. stamp 1842 Notary Stamp Law passes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, Italian 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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