Below you will find articles about the United States of America. Or click here to view stamps in the catalogue with the subject United States of America.
On July 4, Americans celebrate their Independence Day. For many Americans, the national holiday revolves around the fireworks displays and the waving of the flag. Pomp and circumstance. Patriotism. Yet that day also has a deeper layer. July 4 marks the period that 250 years ago...
The Black Heritage series stamp issued by the United States in 2024 features Constance Baker Motley (born September 14 1921, died September 29 2005), who was the first African-American woman to become a US federal judge - being appointed by...
PostBeeld owner Rob Smit and all of his co-workers send season's greetings to our clients worldwide and wish everyone a happy and healthy 2025. Sweden Today we present a sample of stamps issued to celebrate Christmas. "A Fairytale Christmas" is...
This article was originally published in December 2013: The United States Postal Service (USPS, which is heavily in debt) is destroying an entire run of stamps because the activities illustrated on three of the stamps in the fifteen stamp series...
In the United States in the 19th and early 20th centuries, travelling via the railway was the most comfortable and practical way of covering the often great distances between towns and cities. The first stations were built in the 1830s...
Since we last featured the topic of lighthouses in 2019 there have been many great issues for the collector. Here we've made a selection from those produced in the three years up to and including 2022. Naturally if you visit...
Australia 2002 There are many postage stamps featuring imaginary characters from children's stories and in 2002 Australia issued a stamp set showing figures from a book written for kids by Australian author John Marsden. Beginning top left we have: the...
USA 1948 The iconic stamp shown here, issued by the United States of America in 1948, features Palomar Observatory, located atop Palomar Mountain in north San Diego County, California. Conceived of nearly 100 years ago, the observatory has been in...
Estonia 2020 Estonia became independent from Russia in 1918 and first competed as a nation at the VII Olympiad, the 1920 Summer Olympic Games held in Antwerp, Belgium. In 2020 Estonia issued a special pure silver stamp to celebrate the 100th anniversary...
Sharks have featured regularly on stamps of many countries and the first example shown here graphically illustrates why one would not want to be confronted with this particular species. British Indian Ocean Territory 1994 Various British Commonwealth territories have issued...
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