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10 Facts About Postage Stamps

By BlogMoney | Jun 12, 2009 | Views: 389 | 3 Comments | Rating: 2
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The following are 10 little known fun facts about Postage stamps.

  1. Birth date of World’s first stamp: May 6, 1840.
  2. Name of first Stamp-Penny Black (first stamps were all imperforate)
  3. What was on first postage stamps?-Queen Victoria's profile.

  4. What was size of the first stamp? - (3/4 by 7/8 inches).

  5. Second nation to have postage stamps: Brazil (called Ox Eyes.)

  6. In 1847 USfirst postage stamps was 5-cent was released.

  7. In 1855-Prepayment of postage required in United States.

  8. First perforated stamps - Great Britain in 1854 (1857 in the United States)

  9. First U.S.pictorial stamps-1869

  10. First U.S.commemorative stamps -1893. (They depict scenes of Columbus' voyage to America)




Comments
waters
Aug 29, 2009 1:29pm
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Good information on postage stamps.

cygnetbrown
Sep 11, 2009 3:37pm
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I love learning history and learning about little known facts.

astjern
Oct 7, 2009 10:25pm
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I've got my weekly team trivia game tomorrow night. These facts may just come in handy.

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