SHIELD, EAGLE AND FLAGS, 1869

SHIELD, EAGLE AND FLAGS, 1869

The Shield, Eagle and Flags stamp belongs to the 1869 pictorial issue that included ten stamps worth between 1 and 90 cents. The series was the first to…

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Z-grill,1867

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, 1867

Another popular stamp associated with the Civil War issue contains the portrait Benjamin Franklin, a famous political theorist, diplomat, author, scientist and the president of Pennsylvania. Dubbed “the…

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 1867

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 1867

I n the heat of the Civil War, the US government annulled the existing stamps and adopted revamped designs. The ‘60s issue added two new political leaders –…

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Graf Zeppelin

The 1930 Graf Zeppelin stamps were a set of three airmail postage stamps, each depicting the image of the Graf Zeppelin airship, exclusively issued by the United States…

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Inverted Jenny

The Inverted Jenny (also known as an Upside Down Jenny, Jenny Invert) is a United States postage stamp first issued on May 10, 1918 in which the image…