Since no one has yet commented on the anniversary, how many remembered that July 1 represents the beginning of the First US Postage Stamps issued in 1847?
That's 167 years ago today!
Quote:
Although the first stamps were supposed to be made available to the public by July 1, only the New York City Post Office received any stamps by that day, followed by Boston a day later, on July 2.
The rest of the story is found here:
http://www.1847usa.com/ByYear/1847.htm
Posted 07/01/2014 5:34 pm
