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The 12 cent stamp shows as 1857 issue is wrong. That is the 1861 design. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.211.82.15 ( talk) 21:23, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
I don't find the "major cleanup" of images to be an improvement here - the "waterfall" style of alternating placement leads the eye on in a useful way, and lets the text flow around as needed, while the side-by-side squishes the text excessively, especially if the window is made narrower. (People do read these articles on PDAs, so not hypothetical concern). Stan 14:47, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
I have added a link to a site that shows the stamps issued that do not show their value, for example a 2002 stamp that of an antique toy. The site shows stamps from a time before the A rate stamp was issued. Until a suitable substitute can be found, I think this will help those who can not identify the value of a stamp - such as myself just now.
Hello. I remember that US stamps are used in some overseas US territories or associated states. Do some of you have the list of these states and the date of use ? It can be add in this article and link it to other's contries Ps&ph pages. Sebjarod 18:05, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
could some helpful philatelist please donate 5 minutes to write 2 sentences about the prehistory of stamps? was it weighed & paid for at the post office? based on distance? were there postal carriers? or no post at all? -- lquilter 15:18, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
OK, I can't let this slide anymore - this article is supposed to be a narrative overview, not a stamp gallery, not a topical collectors guide. In general, there should be about 1 or 2 images visible on screen at any one time, their purpose generally being to support and illustrate the factual information being presented in the text. We certainly don't need advice about image viewing at the top of the article; WP has help pages for that very purpose, and there is nothing special about this article that requires additional instructions. It would be perfectly fine to split the topical areas into separate articles (keeping in mind the rules for notability and sourcing), and we already have separate articles for issues of particular interest, so material here should be basic and refer the reader to the separate articles. Stan ( talk) 20:45, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
(outdent) As an encyclopaedia, the use of images is supposed to supplement the prose instead of bring a collection of random images. Virtually every guideline in WP:IG are being broken by the excessive use of images right now and many, if not all, image sizes are also being forced contrary to MOS:IMAGES. The images alone needs cleanup asap though the whole article is seriously lacking references. ww2censor ( talk) 03:19, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
The Stamp of Jefferson labeled 1856 is in actuality an 1857 stamp. Perforated stamps were not introduced until 1857. If it is not corrected I will remove the stamp from the page. This "error" has already started enough problems as people have made claims of a "rare perforated 1856 stamp as can be found on Wikipedia" including a link that leads here. I have already explained to the seller that Wikipedia is by no means to be considered accurate for anything, let alone the identification of a "rare" stamp. None the less, the error needs correction or deletion.-- 75.17.214.225 ( talk) 23:03, 3 May 2011 (UTC) Mark Leon
Wrong image for the 12 cent 1857 stamp. This shows the 12 cent 1862 stamp. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:204:D401:F710:91FD:1AB0:E259:B094 ( talk) 14:09, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
Possible addition to the article: I think only three U.S. stamps commemorated living people, all by error. One showed soldiers walking after winning a war; I think their identities were known but I'm not sure. One showed military members raising a flag at Iwo Jima; the survivors were identified. And one from 1995 showed women marching in the context of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, on women's suffrage. The last was a photo montage and probably it was assumed that the women pictured were from around 1920, thus dead 75 years later, but close examination of a picture on the stamp suggests that it was of a 1960s or later demonstration, and demos of the kind were usually attended by younger women, so it's likelier that the demonstrators on the stamp were still alive in 1995. (At some demos, women were asked to wear white and probably some wore clothing in old styles in order to support political issues, so the oldness in the stamp imagery is likely deceptive in context.) Does anyone know who they are? Nick Levinson ( talk) 20:41, 23 October 2010 (UTC) (Clarified a clause: 20:50, 23 October 2010 (UTC))
The New Stamps sections says that there are 12 criteria for new stamps. The current criteria list is only 11. https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/csac/criteria.htm And while they did say they were going to drop the "no living person" rule in 2011. ( http://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2011/pr11_109.htm ) The current criteria still includes that rule. Or possibly includes that rule again. I came here looking for answers to that question. But this page is not up to date. Sheherazahde ( talk) 22:58, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
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Since this 'visual' is about a specific theme I've moved it to the 'Post offices and postmarks' section. IMO it belongs in the Topical stamp collecting page. For your info' this 'visual' will not play on Internet Explorer, which means it will not play on most public library computers which as a rule all use the IE browser. At least so here in California. -- Gwillhickers ( talk) 18:04, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
It has been suggested that the entry A Gallery of U. S. Postmasters' Provisional Stamps, 1845-47 be merged into "Postage stamps and postal history of the United States." The purpose of the provisionals entry, however, was to allow Wikipedia users to see all of those early provisionals together, while merging it into the Postage Stamps article would require cutting out most of the images, given that the approach here is to employ selective rather than all-inclusive illustration. A link, of course would be appropriate. BFolkman ( talk) 20:14, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
If anyone wants to work on this, I think there should be an addition of a section having to do with the security features of stamps and how such has progressed over time.
Stamps, like currency, have incorporated more complex security measures as they have been developed. I added a brief excerpt related to the incorporation of microprinting in 1992. David Condrey log talk 05:23, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
I was curious about the Black Heritage Stamp Series of the US Postal Service. I went to Wikipedia but was rather surprised not to find a suitable article. I could find an article on Distinguished Americans series, and there is this useful list, but I think something about the Black Heritage series should be findable. Possibly it might be a portion of an article on the somewhat broader topic of depictions of black Americans on US stamps, which would include issues like the Booker T. Washington stamp of 1940. I don't know enough about stamps to write such an article, but I think some Wikipedian could do it. One of the references or starting points could be this page on the USPS website. Oaklandguy ( talk) 01:47, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
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