2014 Event The U.S House of Representatives and Senate finalized a long-delayed farm bill designed to cut $19 billion in farm subsidies, and reduce the $8 billion spent on food stamps over the next ten years 2014 Event The U.S. Postal Service will soon implement a rate hike in postage, approved last December the price of first-class postage stamps to 49 cents from 46 cents 1998 Event Stamps commemorating Princess Diana go on sale across Britain 1992 Event Voting ends on choice of Elvis stamps 1992 Event Voting begins on choice of Elvis postage stamps 1979 Event U.N.'s Vienna office begins issuing postage stamps 1975 Event Reunion Island stops printing stamps, France takes over production 1973 Event Isle of Man begins issuing their own postage stamps 1969 Event U.N. starts issuing postage stamps at Geneva headquarters 1969 Event Guernsey and Jersey begin issuing their own postage stamps 1966 Event Australia introduces 1st decimal currency postage stamps 1961 Event Trucial States (now UAE) issue their 1st postage stamps 1959 Event Congress passes a bill authorizing food stamps for poor Americans 1958 Event Great Britain issues regional stamps for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales 1955 Event Bhutan issues its 1st postage stamps 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 1947 Event U.N. General assembly begins debate on printing their own stamps 1946 Birthday Ever Meulen, Eddy Vermeulen, Dutch designer, children stamps 1992 1939 Event Food stamps are 1st issued 1930 Birthday James M Taylor, Stamps ARK, USAF/astronaut 1929 Event Lundy, part of British Isles, issue their own stamps 1928 Event 400 kg Fournier-albums (forged postage stamps) burn in Geneva 1924 Birthday Gerard Wernars, Dutch graphic designer, Library stamps 1991 1920 Event 1st U.S. postage stamps printed without the words United States or US 1918 Event 1st U.S. airmail stamps issued (24 cents ) 1910 Event U.S. postal savings stamps 1st 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 1st use of tax stamps on cigarettes 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 1st Hawaiian stamps issued 1851 Event Canada issues its 1st postage stamps 1847 Event Envelope bearing 1st U.S. 10 cents stamps, still exists today 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 1845 Event 1st postmasters' provisional stamps issued, New York City 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
