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37-cent stamp with "Hands and Thimble" photo of two hands by Alfred Stieglitz

Photographer Alfred Stieglitz is born in Hoboken, New Jersey. He was commemorated on a stamp in 2002.

Illustration of a Panama Railroad locomotive

Although not yet completed the Panamanian railroad contracts to carry US mail across the Isthmus of Panama.

20-cent stamp featuring a painting of Douglas Fairbanks dressed as Zorro

April 8, 1918

Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds in New York City's financial district on this day in 1918. Later that year, Fairbanks promoted bonds while also promoting America's new Airmail Service.

block of four National Postal Museum stamps

April 5, 1909

Thomas Teehan robs the post office at Woods Hill, Massachusetts.

April 2, 1914

T.A. Conway robs the post office at Silver City, North Carolina. He was sentenced to five years in prison.

April 10, 1912

Pilot George Mestach flies the mail 90 miles from New Orleans to Baton Rouge in 91 minutes.

32-cent Prohibition Enforced stamp with painting of three men pouring a barrell of red wine into a sewer.

October 28, 1919

Congress passes the Volstead (Prohibition) Act. It was commemorated on a stamp in 1998.

3-cent stamp with illustration of the Statue of Liberty

October 28, 1886

The Statue of Liberty dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland. It was commemorated on a stamp in 1954.

29-cent stamp with illustration of Marines landing on Guadalcanal shore

August 7, 1942

The US 1st Marine Division begins Operation Watchtower, the first US offensive of the war, by landing on Guadalcanal. The battle of Guadalcanal was commemorated on a stamp in 1992.

August 7, 1912

A rural carrier in Bennington County, Vermont, uses an automobile to carry mail on his route. It's the first use of a car to deliver mail on a rural route.

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