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The United StatesAccomplishments in Space Commemorative Issue of 1967

Philately is the study ofrevenue orpostage stamps. This includes the design, production, and uses of stamps after they are issued. A postage stamp is evidence of pre-paying a fee forpostal services.Postal history is the study of postal systems of the past. It includes the study of rates charged, routes followed, and special handling of letters.

Stamp collecting is thecollecting ofpostage stamps and related objects, such ascovers (envelopes,postcards orparcels with stamps affixed). It is one of the world's most popularhobbies, with estimates of the number of collectors ranging up to 20 million in theUnited States alone.

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Bristol Customshouse and Post Office in 2013

Bristol Customshouse and Post Office is a historic two-story rectangular Italian palazzo style brick building that was used as apost office andcustomshouse inBristol, Rhode Island, United States. The land for the site was acquired for $4,400. The building was designed byAmmi B. Young and completed in 1858 for a cost of $22,135.75. The building roughly measures 46 feet (14 m) by 32 feet (9.8 m) and is constructed of deep red brick and has three arched openings on each of its sides and stories that are lined with sandstone moldings. The archways protrude from the side of the building and the center archway serves as the first floor with the adjacent archways housing large windows that are barred with iron. As it typical of the style, the second floor is more elaborate with a shallow balcony of iron supported by iron brackets and the paneling of the upper facade's surmounting entablature is elaborately decorative. The sides and rear are similar to the front facade, but include blind recesses and the molding is of a browner sandstone.

The building was abandoned in 1962 and acquired by theYoung Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in 1964. The YMCA has an adjacent structure and used the building as an ante-space until 1990. Currently, the building is used as offices. The Bristol Customshouse and Post Office is historically significant as it is an example of the Italianpalazzo mode of architecture. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. (Full article...)

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Edward Benjamin Evans (3 November 1846 – 21 March 1922), a British army officer also known as "Major Evans", was a distinguishedphilatelist, stamp collector, and philatelic journalist. His philatelic specialization includedMauritius, theConfederate States of America, theMulready envelopes, and theIndian feudatory states. (Full article...)

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Image 1A fawn coloredUPSS size 7stamped envelope,watermark 6,laid paper, US postal stationery envelope from the Plimpton series of 1883.
Image 2A 1910Italian stamp commemorating the 50th anniversary of theExpedition of the Thousand
Image 3Apostal stationery envelope used fromLondon toDüsseldorf in 1900, with additionalpostage stamp perfinned "C & S" identifying the user as "Churchill & Sim" per the seal on the reverse shown on inset. Aperfin, the contraction of 'PERForated INitials', is a pattern of tiny holes punched through a postage stamp. Organizations used perforating machines to make perforations forming letters or designs in postage stamps with the purpose of preventing pilferage. It is often difficult to identify the originating uses of individual perfins because there are often no identifying features but when a perfin is affixed to acover that has some user identifying feature, like a company name, address, or even apostmark orcancellation of a known town where the company had offices, this enhances the perfin.
Image 4Advertising for thestamp dealerCharles Nissen on a booklet pane from the 1929 PUC stamps of Great Britain.
Image 5Acrash cover is any type ofcover, (includingair accident cover,interrupted flight cover,wreck cover) meaning any piece ofmail that has been recovered from afixed-wing aircraft,airship oraeroplane crash, train wreck,shipwreck or other postal transportation accident during its journey from sender to recipient. In many cases it was possible to recover some or even all of the mail being carried and thepostal authorities typically apply apostal marking (cachet), label, or mimeograph that gets affixed to the cover explaining the delay and damage to the recipient, and possibly enclose the letter in an "ambulance cover" or "body bag" if it was badly damaged and forwarded to its intended destination.
Image 6Ross Dependency 1957 issue (3 of 4 stamps)
Image 7This is a very scarce use of the world's first postage stamp, thePenny Black, used on first day of valid use, May 6, 1840, tied by redMaltese Cross cancellation on foldedcover to Warwickshire, brown "C MY-6 1840" first day datestamp on backflap verifies date of use. This was sold as lot 1018 at Robert Siegal's 2006 Rarities of the World auction for $45,000.
Image 8Amilitary stamp used by the British forces in Egypt around 1935
Image 9Unissued1956 £1 Jamaican chocolate and violet, the first stamp designed for Queen Elizabeth II. Held in the British Library Crown Agents Collection.^[1]
Image 10A 1956 half penny stamp of theBritish Solomon Islands
Image 11Amagnifying glass is aconvex lens which is used to produce amagnified image of an object. Thelens is usually mounted in a frame with a handle though other designs are produced. A magnifying glass works by creating a magnifiedvirtual image of an object behind the lens.Stamp collectors frequently use magnifying glasses to inspect theirstamps. This photograph shows the magnified image of theDeutsche Post 1Reichsmark stamp issued on May 12 1946.
Image 12Cover sent byZeppelin fromGibraltar on 20 November 1934 toRio de Janeiro,Brazil via London and Berlin for the Christmas flight (12th South American flight) of 1934 that took place between the 8th and 19th. The two red "MIT LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN" and green circular marking were applied by the post office. This is aprinted matter item that has been registered.
Image 13United Statesnewspaper and periodicals stamps of 1875
Image 14Widespread hoarding of coins during theAmerican Civil War created a shortage, prompting the use of stamps for currency. To be sure, the fragility of stamps made them unsuitable for hand-to-hand circulation, and to solve this problem,John Gault invented theencased postage stamp in 1862. A normal U. S. stamp was wrapped around a circular cardboard disc and then placed inside a coin-like circular brass jacket.

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... thatAmrita Sher-Gil's paintingHill Women appeared on a 1978 Indian postage stamp?
... that after Irish post office clerkMaureen Flavin Sweeney reported worsening weather conditions,Dwight D. Eisenhower agreed to postpone D-Day by 24 hours?
... thatSophie Rain went from living onfood stamps to making US$43 million in a year on OnlyFans?
... that working at a post office was howDerrick Harden became an NFL player?

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Image 1Bavarianpostal stationery postcard used fromNuremberg toMunich in 1895 (fromPostal history)
Image 2Le Philatéliste byFrançois Barraud (1929) (fromPostage stamp)
Image 3First flight cover forNassau toMiami airmail route in 1929 (fromPostal history)
Image 41834pre-adhesive mail withWittingen straight-line town handstamp toEbsdorf (fromPostal history)
Image 5Postal censorship of 1940 civil cover fromMadrid toParis opened by both Spanish and French (Vichy) authorities (fromPostal history)
Image 6Pre-stamp 1628lettersheet opened up showing folds, address and seal, with letter being written on the obverse (fromPostal history)
Image 7The main components of a stamp:
1.Image
2.Perforations
3.Denomination
4.Country name (fromPostage stamp)
Image 8Lovrenc Košir, 1870s (fromPostage stamp)
Image 9The first officiallyperforated United States stamp (1857) (fromPostage stamp)
Image 10A busy United Nations Post Office at theUnited Nations Headquarters, New York City (fromUnited Nations Postal Administration)
Image 11Zeppelin mail fromGibraltar toRio de Janeiro, Brazil via Berlin on the Christmas flight (12th South American flight) of 1934 (fromPostal history)
Image 12A philatelicFirst Day Cover fromAbu Dhabi (fromPostage stamp)
Image 13The first United Nations stamp issued in 1951. (fromUnited Nations Postal Administration)
Image 14A Costa RicaAirmail stamp of 1937 (fromPostage stamp)
Image 15With the growth of urban centres across the Western hemisphere in the 19th century Post Offices were located on main arterial routes (fromPostal history)
Image 16The controversial 1981 United Nations stamp focusing on the "Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People". (fromUnited Nations Postal Administration)
Image 17Rowland Hill (fromPostage stamp)
Image 18The 1985 postage stamp for the 115th birth anniversary ofVladimir Lenin. Portrait of Lenin (based on a 1900 photography of Y. Mebius inMoscow) with theTampere Lenin Museum. (fromPostage stamp)
Image 19TheRed Mercury, a rare 1856newspaper stamp ofAustria (fromPostage stamp)
Image 20The US Mail postage stamp ofMarshal C. G. E. Mannerheim from 1961 (fromPostage stamp)
Image 21A 1979 stamp issued for theUnited Nations Geneva office, denominated inSwiss francs. (fromUnited Nations Postal Administration)
Image 22ThePenny Red, 1854 issue, the first officially perforated postage stamp (fromPostage stamp)
Image 23TheBasel Dove stamp (fromPostage stamp)
Image 24ThePenny Black, the world's first postage stamp (1 May 1840) (fromPostage stamp)
Image 25Rows of perforations in a sheet of 1940 postage stamps (fromPostage stamp)
Image 26A 1987Faroe Islands miniature sheet, in which the stamps form a part of a larger image (fromPostage stamp)

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1851Chalon head stamp ofQueen Victoria issued by Canada

TheChalon Head is the name of a number ofpostage stamp series whose illustration was inspired by a portrait ofQueen Victoria byAlfred Edward Chalon (1780–1860).

These stamps, printed inNew York City for the Canadian colonies, and byPerkins, Bacon and Company inLondon, were issued in many British colonies from the 1850s until 1912 in Queensland. In chronological order, they were released in theProvince of Canada in 1851,Nova Scotia in 1853,Tasmania andNew Zealand in 1855,The Bahamas andNatal in 1859,Grenada,New Brunswick andQueensland in 1860, and in 1870 inPrince Edward Island. (Full article...)

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Williams, Louis N., & Williams, Maurice (1990).Fundamentals of Philately {revised ed.).American Philatelic Society.ISBN 0-9335-8013-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Hornung, Otto (1970).The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Stamp Collecting.Hamlyn.ISBN 0-600-01797-4.
Stuart Rossiter & John Fowler (1991).World History Stamp Atlas (reprint ed.). pub: Black Cat.ISBN 0-7481-0309-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)