WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum has acquired from The Franklin Institute a Confederate postage-stamp printing plate that was confiscated during the Civil War. The printing plate contains 400 5-cent Jefferson Davis stamp …
National Postal Museum Acquires Rare Confederate Printing Plate
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum has acquired from The Franklin Institute a Confederate postage-stamp printing plate that was confiscated during the Civil War. The printing plate contains 400 5-cent Jefferson Davis stamp …
Winslow Homer Classic Portrait Featured in American Treasures Stamp Series
WASHINGTON (AP).- Two farm boys rest in a field, a quiet moment emblematic of 19th century rural America, brings nostalgia via a new 44-cent postage stamp being released Thursday. The stamp, the latest in the Postal Service’s American Treasures series,…
Hitting a Home Run on Stamps for Pioneering Baseball League
KANSAS CITY, MO.- The baseball league that helped spark integration of American professional sports is being honored today on a 44-cent U.S. postage stamp being issued at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. The Negro Leagues Baseball stamps pay tribute…