The first postage stamps issued by the United States Postal Service made their debut on this day in history, July 1, 1847. The stamps sold for five and 10 cents each.
Stamps were not sold in book form as they are in modern times, noted the USPS website. In the 19th century, workers at the post office would have to cut stamps individually using a pair of scissors, and the sheets of stamps were not perforated. The first two stamps printed by the U.S. Postal Service featured Benjamin Franklin and George Washington.
British teacher and inventor Sir Rowland Hill had the then-revolutionary idea of having uniform postage rates for mail sent within theThree years later, in 1840, consumers in the United Kingdom were able to buy and use postage stamps. The first stamps, the Penny Black and the Two Penny Blue, were sold for the mailing of half-ounce and full-ounce letters, respectively, said the USPS.
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