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  2. Women on US stamps - Wikipedia

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    Women on US stamps. The first Martha Washington postage stamp, issue 1902. The history of women on US stamps begins in 1893, when Queen Isabella became the first woman on a US stamp. [1] Queen Isabella helped support Christopher Columbus 's 1492 voyage, and 1893 marked the end of a year-long celebration of the 400th anniversary of that voyage.

  3. Prominent Americans series - Wikipedia

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    Prominent Americans series. The Prominent Americans series is a set of definitive stamps issued by the United States Post Office Department (and later the United States Postal Service) between 1965 and 1978. It superseded the Liberty Issue of 1954, which by the mid-1960s had become somewhat dated, especially in its focus on political figures.

  4. Elisabeth von Janota-Bzowski - Wikipedia

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    Elisabeth von Janota-Bzowski (23 November 1912 – 15 August 2012) was a German graphic artist known for her postage stamps and magazine designs. Born in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein Province, in 1912, Von Janota-Bzowski sold her first art as a teenager. She began designing stamps later in her career.

  5. We Can Do It! - Wikipedia

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    poster from 1943. " We Can Do It! " is an American World War II wartime poster produced by J. Howard Miller in 1943 for Westinghouse Electric as an inspirational image to boost female worker morale. The poster was little seen during World War II. It was rediscovered in the early 1980s and widely reproduced in many forms, often called "We Can Do ...

  6. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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    Benjamin Franklin — George Washington The First U.S. Postage Stamps, issued 1847. The first stamp issues were authorized by an act of Congress and approved on March 3, 1847. [20] The earliest known use of the Franklin 5¢ is July 7, 1847, while the earliest known use of the Washington 10¢ is July 2, 1847.

  7. Postage stamp design - Wikipedia

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    The usual shape of a postage stamp is a rectangle, this being an efficient way to pack stamps on a sheet. A rectangle wider than tall is called a "horizontal design", while taller than wide is a "vertical design". A number of additional shapes have been used, including triangles, rhombuses, octagons, circles, and various freeform shapes ...

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