10 Facts About Postage Stamps
The following are 10 little known fun facts about Postage stamps.
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Birth date of World's first stamp:
May 6, 18 40 -
Name of first Stamp-Penny Black (first stamps were all imperforate)
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What was on first postage stamps?-Queen
Victoria -
What was size of the first stamp? - (3/4 by 7/8 inches). -
Second nation to have postage stamps:
Brazil -
In 1847
US -
In 1855-Prepayment of postage required in
United States -
First perforated stamps -
Great Britain United States -
First
U.S. -
First
U.S. Columbus America
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Comments
Good information on postage stamps.
I love learning history and learning about little known facts.
I've got my weekly team trivia game tomorrow night. These facts may just come in handy.
Nice postage trivia. I knew about the Penny Black. Postage is good proof of real inflation.
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