Pre-First Day Usage:Linn’s Stamp Newsfound that a “P-51s escort B-17s” stamp was used on cover postmarked Rock Hill, New York, on June 3rd, three days before the stamps were officially issued. This was the earliest known usage of the one of the World War II stamps. ...
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US Stamps Sheets -- 1. 1995 Endangered Species full sheet of 15 Mint 32-cent stamps: 5 full sheets of 75 stamps; 2. 1996 Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games full sheet of 20 Mint 32-cent stamps: 1 full sheet of 20 stamps; 3. 1996 The World of Dinosaurs Limited Edition Collectable Sheet...
In the course of her career during World War II,Gilbert Islandsreceived three battle stars. Cold War recall With the Korean War kicking off in June 1950, following a round of inspection among the mothballed CVEs,Gilbert Islandswas selected and recommissioned on 7 September 1951 at Philadelphia....
As an example, there are many stamps in the U.S. stamp inventory which contain the image of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also affectionately known as FDR. He led the United States through and out of, not only the Great Depression, but also World War II. These stamps sparked my curiosity ab...
Series E bonds, referred to as Defensive Bonds, were a major source of financing in the period just before U.S. entry intoWorld War II. On April 30, 1941, Roosevelt purchased the first Series E bond from Treasury SecretaryHenry Morgenthau, Jr.; the next day, they were made available to...
DuringWorld War II, the post office helped Americans stay connected to their loved ones fighting abroad (without transporting tons of letters via airmail) with Victory Mail or V-Mail, based on atechniqueoriginally developed by Eastman Kodak to process bank records. Written on special lightweight ...
Women participate in war efforts during World Wars I and II in the US and the UK 00:14 1957 MONTAGE Postal workers sorting mail / United States 00:43 Electric Mail Sorting Machines Automate the Postal Service Operations at the Post Office ...
I was eight years old, in Germany, as a German, at the end of World War II, survived Hitler, came to the US as a thirteen year old hardly speaking any English - then in my dodage years comes this damn fraudulent BEAVER DAM MESS upon me! My coming Book - a little bit about Germa...
Truman, circa October 30, 1945. In the speech, Truman laid out his position on “reconversion” - the transition from a wartime economy to a peacetime one. Truman urged Americans to harness the spirit of collaboration formed during World War II to addr...