National Defense Issue
On October 16, 1940, the US Post Office Department issued a set of three stamps to raise support for a strong national defense.
On October 16, 1940, the US Post Office Department issued a set of three stamps to raise support for a strong national defense.
On October 1, 1981, the USPS began its very first National Stamp Collecting Month, a celebration that continues to this day.
On September 21, 1866, the 9th and 10th Cavalry units and the 38th, 39th, 40th, and 41st Infantry units (later consolidated as the 24th and 25th Infantry) were formed. The units were comprised entirely of black soldiers – the first to serve in a peacetime army. They would come to be known as Buffalo Soldiers.
On September 20, 2011, the USPS issued its fourth semi-postal stamp, to raise money wildlife conservation.
On September 15, 1956, six nations came together to issue the first EUROPA stamps, a tradition that continues to this day.
On August 20, 1992, Computer Vended Postage stamps were first made available for sale in five test cities.
On August 12, 1862, John Gault received a patent for a design to encase postage stamps to use as currency after coins became scarce during the Civil War.
On July 19, 1980, the Summer Olympic Games opened in Moscow, Soviet Union. They were the first Olympics to be held in Eastern Europe.
Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin was born on July 8, 1838, in Konstanz, Grand Duchy of Baden (present-day Baden-Württemberg), Germany.