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Steamer “Washington" departs to Bremerhaven, Germany. She is the first steamship to carry mail in regularly scheduled transatlantic service.

Anno Regni Anne Regine Post Office Act with a royal crest

June 1, 1711

Queen Anne's Act establishes new postage rates in the North American colonies. Postage between New York and Philadelphia cost nine pence.

block of four National Postal Museum stamps

June 1, 1693

Pennsylvania's legislature establishes a postal service.

34-cent stamp with illustration of Forbes Field baseball stadium

June 30, 1909

Forbes Field opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Stamps honoring Forbes and nine other baseball fields are issued in 2001.

60-cent stamp featuring a painting of aviation pioneer Eddie Rickenbacker. There is an airplane in flight, in the background.

July 9, 1995

US international postage rates rise to 60 cents per ounce.

37-cent stamp featuring the "Bristol, Vermont" photograph of a tire track in snow by Minor White

July 9, 1908

Photographer Minor White is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was commemorated on a stamp in 2002.

5-cent stamp with illustration of Zachary Taylor

July 9, 1850

Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the US, dies in Washington, DC. He was commemorated on a stamp in 1875.

portrait of Postmaster General William F. Vilas

July 9, 1840

William F. Vilas, Postmaster General (1885-1888), is born in Chelsea, Vermont.

32-cent stamp with painting of Louis Armstrong playing trumpet

July 8, 1922

Jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong leaves New Orleans for Chicago. He was commemorated on a stamp in 1995.

25-cent stamp featuring a painting of Ernest Hemingway with antelope on an African landscape in the background

July 8, 1918

Author Ernest Hemingway is severely wounded while carrying a companion to safety on the Austro-Italian front during World War I. He was commemorated on a stamp in 1989.

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