Chief curator of philately at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum Daniel Piazza talks about the significance of the first ...
The United States Postal Service issued its first-ever postage stamps on this day in history, July 1, 1847. The first postage stamps produced by the United States Postal Service (USPS) were sold in ...
The practice of putting images of only deceased or allegorical people on U.S. stamps dates back to 1847. Schulte Productions/iStock via Getty Images Plus With the ascension of King Charles III to the ...