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Postage Stamp Summary
469 words, approx. 2 pages
Before the invention of the postage stamp, letters were usually paid for by the person receiving them. If the sender did prepay the postage, the letter would be marked "Paid " by hand or by a hand stamp. Sometimes, wrappers preprinted with a stamp were...
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Postage stamp Information
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A postage stamp is an adhesive paper evidence of pre-paying a fee for postal services. Usually a small paper rectangle or square that is attached to an envelope, the postage stamp signifies that the person sending the letter or package may have either...


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School Arts
Postage stamp design.
03/01/1993: 415 words, approx. 1 pages
Although the first postage stamp of the Dominion featured an industrious beaver courtesy of Sir Sandford Fleming, the vast majority of early Canadian postage stamps featured portraits of the reigning monarch and the royal family. Much of the design work was relegated to...
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The Independent - London
Licked by the Postage Stamp
07/18/1997: 874 words, approx. 3 pages
When Willie Park, the first winner of the Open Championship, took a look at Royal Troon's eighth hole he was aghast. It has "a pitching surface," he said, "skimmed down to the size of a postage stamp". The name stuck, although it is unlikely...
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AP News
New postage stamp honors James Stewart
8/16/2007: 432 words, approx. 1 pages
Lots of actors play war heroes on the screen. James Stewart was one in real life. A decorated World War II bomber pilot who returned from battle to star in "It's a Wonderful Life," Stewart will be commemorated on a new 41-cent postage stamp being...
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AP News
Gerald Ford postage stamp goes on sale
9/1/2007: 486 words, approx. 2 pages
Gerald R. Ford left his stamp on the nation. Now it can travel on letters worldwide.Simultaneous day-of-issue ceremonies were held Friday in the city where Ford grew up and near the community he later called home Friday to mark the release of a postage stamp...
 


 

Postage stamp

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