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Postage values for nondenominated U.S. postage stamps

September 29, 2014 04:52 PM

For more than 30 years, the United States Postal Service issued various nondenominated stamps. Some were created in advance of rate changes, when the next letter rate still hadn’t been determined.

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The road from French protectorates to independent nations

September 22, 2014 09:28 AM

The currency of Indochina changed from French centimes and francs to cents and piasters in 1918. Stamps were initially surcharged and later reprinted to reflect the monetary change.

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Semipostal stamps pay for postage and a little something extra

September 08, 2014 10:02 AM

In 1897, the United Kingdom was celebrating the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria, who became queen 60 years earlier.