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by Drublic on February 8th, 2007

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What was on the first US Postage Stamp, and how much was it worth?

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  • by canadianhelper on February 8th, 2007

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    According to wiki:

    Congress finally provided for the issuance of stamps by passing an act on March 3, 1847, and the Postmaster-General immediately let a contract to the New York City firm of Rawdon, Wright, Hatch, and Edson. The first stamp issues of the U.S. were offered for sale on July 1, 1847, in NYC, with Boston receiving stamps the following year and other cities thereafter. They consisted of an engraved 5-cent red brown stamp depicting Benjamin Franklin (the first postmaster of the US.

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