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12-cent stamp featuring an illustration of the S.S. Arawa
June 14, 1900

Hawaiian stamps are removed from service.

stagecoach loaded with passengers and baggage pulled by horses
June 14, 1893

Thieves stop and rob the mail stage south of Houston, Idaho. William B. Marsh is later convicted of the crime.

illustration of a fast-moving stagecoach pulled by horses
June 14, 1882

A mail stagecoach is robbed three miles from Little Lake, California.

34-cent stamp featuring a painting of Fenway Park under night lighting
June 13, 1947

The first night game is played at Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox. Stamps honoring Fenway Park and nine other baseball fields are issued in 2001.

Illustration of an inland steamer exploding
June 13, 1858

Steamboat "Pennsylvania's" boilers explode, destroying the ship and killing 159. Steamers carried mail on American waterways through the first half of the 19th century.

Letter dated June 13, 1775 from Watertown, Massachusetts, written by Joseph Warren
June 13, 1775

Joseph Warren, an American patriot, writes a letter to the Rhode Island Colony. The letter is in the museum's collections.

Newton brothers along with a few more outlaws pose for a photo
June 12, 1924

The four Newton brothers rob the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway post office train of $3 million in registered mail (which included cash and jewelry).

block of four National Postal Museum stamps
June 12, 1914

John Stanford, after serving four years for robbing a post office, robs the post office at Reeds Ferry, New Hampshire upon his release.

Raymond H. and Roger G. Weill posing for a photo
June 12, 1909

Philatelic dealer Roger G. Weill is born.

mail clerk sorting mail into boxes in a streetcar
June 12, 1894

The Brooklyn, New York postmaster contracts with the Atlantic Avenue Railroad to carry mail in special white mail streetcars from the mail post office to Union depot.

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