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1845. U.S. postage stamps were first created in 1847.
The first commemorative series honored the World Colombian Exposition, held in Chicago from May through Qctober 1893. Two billion stamps were sold. First class postage was two cents per ounce.
Rural free delivery began as an experiment in 1896 in West Virginia. Critics of the plan claimed that it was impractical and too expensive to have a postal carrier trudge over rutted roads and through forests trying to deliver mail in all kinds of weather.. But, the farmers, finally freed from isolation and the accumulation of literally thousands of miles spent trekking to and from distant post offices, were delighted
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