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Stamp Monthly" begins publishing 1880 Birthday Josiah Stamp, British Businessman 1869 Event Dutch newspaper stamp tax repealed 1868 Event Postage stamp canceling machine patent issued 1856 Birthday Booker Taliaferro Washington, pioneer educator, 1st black on U.S. stamp 1842 Event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