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	National Postal Museum
		Because stamps are small, it is often difficult to see all of their minute detail with the naked eye.
		Some stamps have a very faint watermark which has been incorporated into the paper during its manufacture, and it is necessary to use a special device to detect such marks.
		Many more people collect stamps according to topic, such as animals, like birds, or fish, people on stamps, such as authors or scientists, or sport scenes, flowers, art or crafts, the list of stamp collections by topics is practically endless.
	www.postalmuseum.si.edu /stamp/5a_introduction.html (1567 words)

	Poverty in the United States Summary
		In the United States it is claimed that poverty is often understated, yet there are some who also believe it is overstated; thus the accuracy of the current poverty threshold guidelines is subject to debate and considerable concern.
		A recent NPR report states that as much as 30% of Americans have trouble making ends meet and other advocates have made supporting claims that the rate of actual poverty in the US is far higher than that created by the means of the poverty threshold.
		For instance, if food stamps and public housing were successfully raising poor people's standard of living to, the poverty line figures would not change since they do not count transfers from food stamps and public housing as a form of income.
	www.bookrags.com /Poverty_in_the_United_States (2533 words)

	US Postal Stamps
		United States adhesive postage stamps were first officially issued in 1847, picturing the inventor and statesman Benjamin Franklin (on the five-cent stamp) and first president George Washington (on the ten-cent stamp).
		Stamp subjects (with the exception of United States presidents) have to have been deceased for ten years.
		Postage stamps issued by the United States Postal Service commemorate individuals, events, and achievements that have shaped the political and social history of America.
	library.thinkquest.org /2667/USstamps.htm (384 words)

	In the Beginning. . .
		Stamp collecting began at the same time that stamps were first issued, and by 1860 included thousands of collectors and a number of local merchants catering to their desires.
		Stamp collecting is less popular a hobby today than it was in the past, but an estimated 25 million people collect stamps in the United States alone.
		Stamp collecting has clearly "grown up" from its early beginnings to one of the largest hobbies in the world, shared by all manner of people from small children to Heads of State.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/stamp_collecting/27376 (504 words)

	The Story Behind the Encyclopedia of United States Stamps and Stamp Collecting
		Shortly after Rod Juell, of Illinois, was appointed chairman of the United States Stamp Society's recruiting committee in 2000, he sought to develop tools to support the Society's recruiting efforts.
		This was Rod's effort to clarify the language of United States stamp collecting by putting all of the relevant terms and definitions in one place for easy access.
		To meet the USSS's mission of promoting the collecting of United States stamps throughout the general community, there was a desire to arrange for mass distribution of "the book." In order to accomplish this we realized we needed to partner with a recognized publishing house that could bring the book to the non-philatelic community.
	www.usstamps.org /encyclopedia-story.html (1209 words)

	Oceanview Stamp Company - Buying & Selling Quality Stamps Since 1985.
		Many people receive stamp collections through inheritance or some type of estate transfer, while some collectors have little knowledge of how to value their stamp holding.
		Perhaps the easiest way to tell if a stamp collection has value is if the collector spent at lease a moderate amount of money on stamps, and if the money was used to purchase better items as opposed to spending money on large quantities of common material.
		Here are some stamp albums that contain spaces for better stamps; if you have these albums and there is a fair degree of completion you probably have an appraisable collection.
	www.oceanviewstamps.com /purchase.html (885 words)

	The Encyclopedia of United States Stamp Collecting
		Many people are contributing financially to help subsidize the cost of publishing this monumental work.
		Good progress is being made on The Encyclopedia of United States Stamp Collecting, and we are looking forward to the successful completion of this effort with its publication in 2006.
		All writers for the Encyclopedia, potential writers and any other interested people are invited to gather at 2PM on Saturday, May 29, during our Annual Meeting, for an update and discussion of the project.
	www.usstamps.org /encyclopedia_archive.html (1019 words)

	United States Postage stamps. History
		As provided by law, these stamps were designed to be issued to postmasters on account, for sale to the public, thereby providing an accurate and automatic check on the postage revenues, in lieu of the less uniform and more uncertain methods that had prevailed in the past.
		After the introduction of postage stamps, these various methods of mailing without stamps affixed continued to be legal until the prepayment of postage, by means of stamps of governmental issue was made obligatory by law, effective January 1, 1856.
		Subsequent contracts for postage stamps continued to be awarded to private manufacturers until July 1, 1894, on which date the printing of stamps was transferred to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Treasury Department, where all postage stamps have since been produced, with the exception of those few issues specifically noted.
	www.junior-philatelists.com /USStampsHistory.shtml (573 words)

	American Philatelic Society -- 10 Low Cost Ways to Start Collecting Stamps
		Many people will remember to ask for commemorative stamps at the post office when mailing letters to you or your family if you let them know you are a stamp collector.
		Always be on the lookout for potentially good stamp contacts, and don't be afraid to ask them to go through their mail for you before they throw away all the envelopes.
		When taking stamps off envelopes, always tear off the corner so that there is paper all around the stamp, and the stamp and all its perforations are undamaged.
	stamps.org /kids/kid_tenways.htm (1426 words)

	United States Constitution
		All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
		No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
		The people who doubt the 16th Amendment was ratified often also believe a host of even loonier things, like the idea that the American government is controlled by a Jewish cabal and that shadowy government operatives are hiding extraterrestial life and/or technology in secret military bases in America's desert southwest.
	c2.com /cgi/wiki?UnitedStatesConstitution (1997 words)

	The history of stamp collecting
		For most worldwide stamp albums, stamps are arranged according to the issuing country, and then usually chronologically, for either all of the stamps issued, or for each group by type, within each country.
		People who collect stamps representing a single theme or function are called "topical collectors", and their theme is referred to as a "topic".
		Others collect stamps that reflect a single topic or group of topics, and either arrange the stamps according to the album they own, or they create their own album pages and arrange the stamps on them to please themselves.
	nmnm.essortment.com /stampcollecting_rtgu.htm (759 words)

	One Radical Opinion \| Medical Marijuana and States Rights
		The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
		Originally, the idea was that the states could regulate the buying and selling within their own borders, but once the buying and selling occurred between two different states, then the Federal government had jurisdiction.
		State initiatives and laws sprung up to regulate the prescription, possession, and use of marijuana, but they stood in direct opposition to the federal laws declaring marijuana completely illegal.
	www.oregonherald.com /n/radicalruss/20041201_states-rights-marijuana.html (1932 words)

	Arts Issues from the United Nations
		The stamps of the United Nations often feature designs that promote the world causes of peace and justice, international cooperation, environmental and health issues, assistance for developing countries, and similar concerns.
		The stamps of the United Nations cannot be used outside of UN-offices.
		Mail bearing a stamp from the New York UN-office must be deposited into the mail stream at UN-Headquarters on Manhattan's East Side, not in a US-mailbox or a US-post office elsewhere in New York.
	www.artonstamps.org /News-CH-FL-UNO/recent-uno-en.htm (335 words)

	Technology, Guest Columnist
		People rarely see one another when they are in different places, spread out around the world, or even housed in different parts of the same city.
		People do not make accommodation for how different it really is when they and their colleagues no longer work face to face.
		Thus, time becomes a problem when people who are not in the same place need some of their activities to be in sync.
	www.effectivemeetings.com /technology/virtualteam/lipnackstamps.asp (1093 words)

	Stamp collecting has been one of the world
		Stamp collecting has been one of the world's most popular hobbies for well over 150 years because of one essential reason: the depth and diversity of the world's postage stamps allow the philatelist to collect in so many ways of one's own choice that they are simply too numerous to count!
		Stamps are also collected "on cover", i.e., stamps that are still on the original envelope or mailing wrapper used when they were sent through the mails.
		Stamps that have never been used (called either Mint---which means never having been hinged---or unused, meaning never having been used, but have been previously mounted in an album) are almost always more valuable than used stamps (ones that have been used on mail).
	www.stamps.net /how.htm (1377 words)

	Artists of stamps of the United States
		This article lists people whose artwork has been featured on stamps of the United States.
		Thus the "Geophysical Year" stamp of 1958 is considered to feature the work of Michelangelo because it shows two hands from his Creation of Adam.
		The United States Post Office issued its first stamp in 1847, but several cities had previously issued their own provisional stamps.
	www.fastload.org /ar/Artists_of_stamps_of_the_United_States.html (156 words)

	USPS - 2006 Commemorative Stamps
		The "Judy Garland" stamp image is based on a publicity photo from A Star is Born, and the side of the stamp sheet depicts her as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz.
		The stamp pane, "Nature of America: Southern Florida Wetland," is the eighth in an educational series designed to promote appreciation of major plant and animal communities in the United States.
		The stamp pane featuring a southern Florida wetland is the eighth in an educational series designed to promote appreciation of major plant and animal communities in the United States.
	www.usps.com /communications/news/stamps/2005/sr05_054.htm?from=bannercommunications&page=comstamps (14660 words)

	CNN.com - 50 stamps for 50 states - April 4, 2002
		The stamps were inspired by old postcards and include images of state landmarks and state flowers.
		The main stamp unveiling took place at the Postage Mega Stamp Event, a stamp show at Pier 88 in Manhattan.
		Also on display at the stamp show was the 1-cent Z Grill stamp, an 1868 one-cent stamp valued at $2.5 million.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/US/04/04/new.stamps/index.html (164 words)

	Poverty in the United States, by Isabel V. Sawhill: The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics: Library of Economics and ...
		The United States produces more per capita than any other industrialized country, and in recent years has devoted more than $500 billion per year, or about 12 percent of its gross national product, to public assistance and social insurance programs like Social Security, Medicare, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), food stamps, and Medicaid.
		These official figures represent the number of people whose annual family income is less than an absolute "poverty line" developed by the federal government in the midsixties.
		To the extent that some people have willingly sacrificed their access to the economic resources of parents, spouses, or adult children, some of the increase in poverty may actually represent an improvement in well-being.
	www.econlib.org /library/Enc/PovertyintheUnitedStates.html (2680 words)

	List of people on stamps of the United States - Everything on List of people on stamps of the United States ...
		Since the United States Post Office issued its first stamp in 1847, over 4,000 stamps have been issued and over 800 people featured.
		Many of these people (especially the earlier Presidents) have been featured on multiple stamps.
		People who have neither their likeness or name on a stamp, but are documented by the United States Postal Service as being the subject of a stamp (see reference).
	www.spiritus-temporis.com /list-of-people-on-stamps-of-the-united-states (249 words)

	Just for Kids - Stamps Through the Years
		The first use in the United States was on December 10, 1920, at Stamford, Connecticut.
		The first number designates the state or area; the next two numbers, the area within that state or area; and the last two digits, the office itself.
		Four different stamps featuring holly, mistletoe, poinsettia and a sprig of conifer were issued in panes of 100 stamps, each pane containing 25 blocks of the four different stamps.
	www.stamps.org /kids/January/stamp_overview.htm (595 words)

	Amazon.com: Encyclopedia of United States Stamps and Stamp Collecting: Books: Rodney A. Juell,Steven J. Rod (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Every collector of United States stamps should have this reference on his or her bookself.
		Encyclopedia of United States Stamps and Stamp Collecting is not intended to replace the requisite catalogue, but meant to supplement it.
		"Stamps of the United States" spans thirty-one chapters and covers definitives, commemoratives, special purpose stamps, and postal stationary.
	www.amazon.com /Encyclopedia-United-States-Stamps-Collecting/dp/1886513988 (1188 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Stamps issued for Year of the Rooster
		The State Postal Bureau of China issued the third set of stamps for the Year of the Rooster on Jan. 5, 2005.
		The stamps are the sixth set of the third Lunar-Zodiac stamp series Hong Kong ever issued.
		The United States issued a souvenir sheet of the commemorative Lunar-Zodiac stamp series on Jan. 8, 2005.
	english.people.com.cn /200502/03/eng20050203_172888.html (295 words)

	Stamp Collecting: Fun Facts about Stamps
		People used their own glue or paste or figured out other ways to keep the stamp on the envelope.
		It was a 1993 stamp of rock singer Elvis Presley.
		In 1918 a number of stamps of an airplane were accidentally printed upside down.
	www.ducksters.com /hobbies/funstampfacts.php (170 words)

	Artists of stamps of the United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Thus the "Geophysical Year" stamp of is considered to feature the work of Michelangelo because it shows two hands from Creation of Adam.
		The United States Post Office issued its stamp in 1847 but several cities had issued their own provisional stamps.
		Many children (and their parents) are discovering stamps in the mid-to-late elementary years, and the beautiful dinosaur stamp releases of...
	www.freeglossary.com /Artists_of_stamps_of_the_United_States (355 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Love, love they do: Beatles stamps are a hit, too
		Demand from countries including Japan, the United States and Canada has already put the six-stamp issue on target to become its biggest seller apart from collections related to occasions like royal weddings.
		In Canada, demand is so strong that Canada Post is offering the stamps for sale through its own branches the first time another country's postal service has done so with a Royal Mail issue.
		The Beatles issue includes both standard-sized stamps and a miniatures set, a first for the Royal Mail, allowing both collectors and members of the public to celebrate the band's legacy on the different formats.
	english.people.com.cn /200701/11/eng20070111_340219.html (382 words)

	United States Presidents on Stamps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		George Washington has appeared on more stamps than anyone else in history, but many people do not realize that every deceased President of the United States has had his place in the sun.
		The first, back in 1938, and commonly called the "Prexies," consists of engravings of the Presidents from Washington to Coolidge, with the early Presidents all having a "Face Value" (Postage Value) the same as the order of their Presidency.
		In 1986, a series of sheetlets, each with nine stamps, was issued by the USPS, and ©USPS.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/collect/stamps/uspres.html (186 words)

	Post Office Hopes Idea Of 'Forever Stamp' Sticks
		The forever stamp, which would cost the same as a first-class stamp, would provide a hedge against future postal rate increases and end the search for 2- or 3-cent stamps that usually follows a price increase.
		The stamps could pose unusual challenges for the Postal Service, however, and officials say many details still have to be worked out.
		For one thing, strong early sales of the stamps could lead to sagging revenue down the road, especially if consumers buy the stamps in large numbers to avoid higher postal rates in later years.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/03/AR2006050301039.html (876 words)

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