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37-cent stamp featuring a photo of sidewalks in a park, called "The Octopus" by Alvin Langdon Coburn

January 11, 1882

Photographer Alvin Langdon Coburn is born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was commemorated on a stamp in 2002.

6-cent stamp featuring a red Camellia flower and a Northern flicker bird, Alabama's state flower and bird

January 11, 1861

Alabama becomes 4th state to secede from the union. It was commemorated on a stamp in 1969.

22-cent Michigan Statehood stamp featuring an evergreen tree and a lake scene

January 11, 1805

The Michigan Territory is organized. It was commemorated on a stamp in 1987.

photo of Postmaster General Cave Johnson

January 11, 1793

Cave Johnson, Postmaster General (1845-1849), is born in Robertson County, Tennessee.

January 10, 1964

Mr. Zip makes an appearance on the selvedge of stamps issued commemorating Texas hero Sam Houston accompanied by the words “Use ZIP Code.”

29-cent stamp featuring a painting of Elvis Presley singing into a microphone

January 10, 1956

Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" in Nashville, Tennessee. He was commemorated on a stamp on January 8, 1993.

January 10, 1942

The Ford Motor Company signs on to make Jeeps, the new general-purpose military vehicles desperately needed by American forces in World War II. Postal jeeps were in use across the nation for decades after the war.

block of four National Postal Museum stamps

January 10, 1928

Mail carrier F.E. Brandon, 40, is shot and killed by unknown assailants in Walnut Ridge, Ohio.

15-cent stamp with illustrationf of Buffalo Bill Cody

January 10, 1917

Army scout Buffalo Bill Cody, dies. He was commemorated on a stamp in 1995.

January 10, 1887

The American Philatelic Association, now known as the American Philatelic Society, publishes the first issue of “American Philatelist.”

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