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The “Cheap Postage Movement” and the Advent of the First U.S. Postage Stamp
The 1844 U.S. presidential election between Democrat James Polk and Whig Henry Clay was a nailbiter. Marked by controversies over slavery...
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One-Page Exhibits
Some stamp societies invite collectors to submit one-page exhibits that are then displayed on their websites. These are noncompetitive...
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Two Letters to Charles Earl Carpenter, Ice Baron, 1844 and Circa 1863
We take ice for granted. As Amy Brady writes in Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks - A Cool History of a Hot Commodity, "Ice is...
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