  The only fully illustrated, four-color guide to U.S. stamps, this official publication provides the most comprehensive information available about the U.S. stamp program and its vivid history. Beginning with the first stamps released in 1847,The Postal Service Guide to U.S. Stamps covers nearly 4,000 stamps issued up to the present, as well as: - Every category of U.S. stamp -- definitive, commemorative, airmail, duck stamps, stamped envelopes, and more -- all organized into easy-to-use, color-coded sections for quick access
- Detailed listings for each stamp, with color illustrations, Scott catalog numbers, dates of issue, used and unused prices, quantities issued (when known), and separate listings for design variations
- A complete guide to the new 2003 commemorative stamp program
- Advice on how to start yourown stamp collection
- A resource section, a glossary of important terms, and much more!
Excerpt
A Nation of Firsts
The United States has long been a nation of firsts. Philosophers, scientists, educators, activists, musicians, writers, jurists, and hosts of others have contributed to the ever-growing list of American breakthroughs. Political barriers have fallen as greater opportunities have become available to all Americans; doctors and scientists have dealt with terrible diseases through careful research and consummate skill; and new technologies have transformed the country and the world in ways that our predecessors never could have forseen.
Many of these firsts are chronicled on U.S. postage stamps, from the earliest American issuances to today's colorful commemoratives and definitives. In 2003, the U.S. Postal Service continued this tradition with a stamp program honoring a wide variety of firsts in American life, including the first African-American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, the first National Wildlife Refuge, and the Wright brothers' amazing first flight near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Philatelists know that key events in our nations' history are destined to be memorialized on stamps, and that older issuances can serve as important reminders of our common heritage as Americans. Decades from now, these stamps will endure not only as a record of the subjects that interested us at the dawn of the 21st century, but also as a fascinating tribute to the people and events that have made the United States a true nation of firsts.
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Excerpted from The Postal Service Guide to US Stamps 30th ed
by Gary Tigerman
Copyright © 2003 by Gary Tigerman.
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