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The 2019 USPS New Stamp Issues Preview!

From the Publisher's Desk by John F. Dunn

Coming off what I think was a pretty good 2018 program, the U.S. Postal Service has announced what should be much of their 2019 program, although there will be more to come. So let’s run through what has been announced.

This is my take and I will welcome yours, not only on what has been announced, but also on what subjects you feel have been omitted. (Rather than repeat the designs here, you can find them all in our 2019 USPS Program.) . . .

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The Civil War and Philately

The Civil War was costly not only in lives but in treasure and required every effort of the civilian population to sustain the armies in the field. This necessity for funds taxed the ingenuity of the Governments, both Federal and Confederate, resulting in a multitude of devices, the mementoes of which are so prized today by collectors of postage and revenue stamps, paper money and American generally. One of the fiscal features of the Civil War was an . . .

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