Bottom: Postal card featuring an image of President Grover Cleveland and the Government Building, which housed the exposition's post office and its exhibits. Charles W. Goldsmith, representative for the American Lithograph Company, printed the postal cards under a contract with the World's Columbian Exposition Corporation.
Patrons purchased the cards at vending machines on exposition grounds. Among the very earliest souvenir or "picture" postal cards, they proved very popular with the public and initiated widespread use of postal cards in the United States. Postcard printed by Charles W. Postmaster General John Wanamaker.
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What responsibilities do I have when using this report? The denominations of postage stamps shall be in consonance with domestic and International postal tariffs.
Stamps on a particular subject shall issue only once, except thematic subjects such as wildlife, environment, transport, flora fauna etc.
No stamp will be issued on a living personality. The personalities on whom commemorative postage stamp may be issued should be of national or international importance. Exception in this regard will however be considered to be made for personality from the field of Art, Culture and Music.
A stamp on the building, monument etc. In , a ten-cent stamp commemorating Booker T. Washington became the first to honor an African American. Other firsts include the cent stamp featuring Elvis Presley. Youth triumphed, and this has become the best-selling U. Booklets Stamp booklets were first issued April 16, They contained 12, 24, or 48 two-cent stamps.
Parafinned paper was placed between sheets of stamps to keep them from sticking together. The books, which carried a one-cent premium until , had light cardboard covers printed with information about postage rates. Stamp booklets remain a staple and are enjoying a resurgence in popularity because of their availability at a wide range of non-postal retail outlets.
Coils and Vending The first coil roll stamps were issued on February 18, , in response to business requests. Coils were also used in stamp vending equipment. The Department hoped to place vending machines in Post Office lobbies to provide round-the-clock service without extra workhours. Machines were also planned for hotels, train stations, newsstands, and stores.
Twenty-five different vending machines were tested, with six chosen for tests in the Baltimore, Minneapolis, New York, Washington, D. Both coil stamps and imperforate sheets were produced for vending machines, with the latter receiving a variety of distinctive perforations and separations. Nondenominated Stamps The first nondenominated stamps stamps without a printed value in the United States were two Christmas stamps issued October 14, The Postal Service had requested a rate change from 10 to 13 cents and was unsure when the Postal Rate Commission would issue a recommended decision in the case.
When the rate change was delayed, the stamps were sold for 10 cents. A similar situation led the Postal Service to issue nondenominated stamps on May 22,
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