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U.S. Postage Stamps of 1959: A View from 50 Years Later

December 30, 2009

What We Commemorate Commemorative stamps memorialize recently-deceased presidents, mark important anniversaries, acknowledge national institutions, boast of engineering, scientific and artistic achievements and celebrate victory in war and in peace.  Historically, U.S. stamps have portrayed the country as we like to imagine it is, or was. If history is written by the victors, then that portion [...]

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Happy Labor Day

September 3, 2006

Here you have Scott #1082, with a first day issue of exactly 50 years ago, September 3rd, 1956. The design is by Victor S. McCloskey, Jr. of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing based on a a small portion of a much larger mosaic, “Labor is Life” (also shown below) by the American artist Lumen [...]

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