The Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) “Women in Armed Forces,” which was founded on May 15, 1942, is the focus of today’s #stampoftheday: a 3-cent stamp issued in 1952 honoring “Women in Our Armed Services.”. Before World War II, women were generally only allowed on the battlefield as nurses or as volunteers as communications specialists […]
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Three #stampoftheday offerings today. The first two – a 2 cent stamp featuring Andrew Jackson and a 10-cent stamp featuring Thomas Jefferson – are from a series of stamps issued in 1870 to replace an series issued in 1869 that apparently was unpopular because the stamps were too small, unattractive, and of inferior quality. The
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Today’s #stampoftheday is a 7-cent stamp issued in 1871 that depicts Edwin Stanton (and his extensive beard which is partially obscured by the postmark on the stamp in my dad’s collection). Stanton was a well-known lawyer from Pennsylvania who argued several notable cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. Recognized as a rising star in Washington
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Two offerings for today’s #stampoftheday which, as seems increasingly be the case, will take on digressions that will include 26,000 lightbulbs, the Grateful Dead, an unsuccessful effort to monopolize the American organ industry, 10,000 pairs of left shoes, and a flag blowing the wrong way in the wind, and “if only he were around,” a
The “ruptured duck” on May 9th’s #stampoftheday spurs a narrative that goes from honoring soldiers, to a mid-20th century film star, to Bluetooth and finally to Mel Brooks. Here goes…the stamp is a 3-cent stamp issued in 1946 “Honoring All Those Who Served” in World War II. It pictures the Honorable Discharge Emblem, surrounded by
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I was struggling to find a good #stampoftheday for today when I realized that May 8 is the 75th anniversary of V-E Day, the end of WW 2 in Europe. My father’s collection doesn’t include any of the stamps marking this, mainly because most of those stamps were issued after he stopped being an active
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The #stampoftheday for May 7 is a 3-cent stamp from 1954 commemorates the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Nebraska Territory. The image is based on the “The Sower,” a sculpture on top of the Nebraska State Capitol building. Created by sculptor Lee Lawrie, who worked with Nebraska philosophy professor Hartley Burr Alexander to
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The 1840 Penny Black, the world’s first adhesive postage stamp used in a public postal system, is today’s #stampoftheday. The stamp, which features a profile of Queen Victoria, was issued in Great Britain on May 1, 1840, but it was not valid for use until May 6, 1840. Before the stamp was issued, recipients, not
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Several #stampoftheday offerings for the May 3, most notably a series of 3 stamps marking the 300th anniversary of the Jamestown colony, the first permanent English settlement in America, which was founded on May 13, 1607. The 2-cent stamp is an image of the group coming ashore. The 1-cent stamp honors John Smith who led
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And now for something completely different! The #stampoftheday for April 29 is 1950’s 3-cent stamp commemorating the role of railroad engineers in building America. The stamp pictures folk hero John Luther “Casey” Jones, who was killed in a train wreck near Vaughn, Mississippi. The stamp was issued in Jackson, Mississippi, on the 50th anniversary of
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