Holiday Celebrations Series
On October 22, 1996, the USPS issued its first stamp honoring Hanukkah, which was also the first stamp in the Holiday Celebrations Series.
On October 22, 1996, the USPS issued its first stamp honoring Hanukkah, which was also the first stamp in the Holiday Celebrations Series.
On October 1, 1947, the first official Airmail service flown by helicopter was inaugurated in Los Angeles.
On September 19, 1968, the American Philatelic Society (APS) introduced the World Series of Philately (WSP).
Rabbi and scholar Bernard Revel was born on September 17, 1885, in Prienai, Russia (present-day Lithuania).
On June 13, 1974, the US issued its first stamps in a diamond shape, honoring our Mineral Heritage.
On June 7, 2002, the USPS issued the Heroes of 2001 Semipostal stamp.
On April 15, 1926, Charles Lindbergh made his first airmail flight.
On March 14, 1997, the USPS issued two linerless coil stamps on a small scale to test the potentially money-saving format.
On February 3, 1990, the USPS issued the first of three stamps in the brief Mini-Scapes Series.