Issued On This Date
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Stamp History
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Issued on May 13, 1918 in which the image of the Curtis JN-4 airplane in the center of the design appears upside-down

What is the Inverted Jenny?

100
Stamps that depict trains, planes and automobiles.
What is Transportation?
100
Determined by observing or measuring the distance from the edge of the design to the nearest perforation hole on all four sides.
What is Centering?
100
The world's first stamp.
What is the "Penny Black"?
100
Forever Stamps introduced.
When was 2007?
200
Issued on September 2, 2016 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of iconic science-fiction series.
What is Star Trek Forever?
200
Project Echo, Apollo 13, Project Mercury, John Glenn, Buzz Lightyear.
What is Space Exploration?
200
Mixing of pigments, variety of shades, exceptionally rich and vivid.
What is Color?
200
In 1930 the recent stock market crash meant that few were able to afford these stamps. Less than 10 percent of 1,000,000 of each denomination issued and remainders were incinerated.
What are the Graf Zeppelin Stamps?
200
Zip Codes introduced.
When was 1963?
300
Issued on June 25, 1996 to commemorate this Legends of Hollywood also known as "Rebel without a Cause".
Who is James Dean?
300
Philatelic term for depicting images of postage stamps on postage stamps.
What are stamps on stamps?
300
Tiny skips, light bends, hinged, never hinged.
What is Gum condition?
300
400th anniversary of the landing of Christopher Columbus in the America's.
What is the World Columbian Exposition of 1893?
300
First airmail stamps used.
When was 1918?
400
Issued on April 19, 1930 these set of 3 Airmail Postage Stamps were also issued as a gesture of good will toward Germany.
What are the Graf Zeppelin stamps?
400
Andrew Jackson, Abe Lincoln, George Washington, Ronald Reagan
Who are Presidents?
400
Light, heavy, fancy.
What are cancellations?
400
The 150th anniversaries of Battles and Events that occurred during the American Revolution.
What are the "Two Cent Reds"?
400
First U.S. postage stamps issued.
When was 1847?
500
Issued on July 1, 1847 this 5 cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp honors the first postmaster general appointed under the Continental Congress.
What is the first United States general issue postage stamp?
500
Stamps that depict dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, prehistoric plants and fossils.
What is Paleontology and/or Paleoanthropology?
500
Poor, fair, very good, very fine, extremely fine, superb gem.
What is the Final Grade?
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Known as "Prexies" for short came out in 1938.
What are the presidential issues?
500
First postmaster general appointed. (Benjamin Franklin)
When was 1775?
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