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2-cent Sesquicentennial Exposition featuring the Liberty Bell

In Philadelphia, the Liberty Bell summons citizens to the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence. The Liberty Bell has appeared on several US stamps.

33-cent stamp featuring Satchel Paige wearing a baseball uniform and glove

July 7, 1906

Baseball legend Leroy Robert “Satchel" Paige is born in Mobile, Alabama. Paige was commemorated on a stamp in 2000.

Guam overprint on 50-cent stamp of the United States

July 7, 1899

US stamps overprinted “GUAM" are sold for use on the island.

July 7, 1893

Thomas J. Lyon, a city distributor for the Chicago post office is killed near Stewart Avenue bridge in Chicago after falling from a train car.

Illustration of the Hannibal and St. Joseph, MO railway mail train car used by Davis for the experimental railway mail service.

July 7, 1862

The first railway post office (where mail is not merely carried, but sorted en route) is tested on the Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad in Missouri.

July 7, 1838

All railroads in the US are now designated as post routes, allowing the Postmaster General to contract with railway companies to carry the mail at standardized rates.

Postmaster General Marvin Runyon posing for a photo

July 6, 1992

Marvin T. Runyon is appointed Postmaster General of the US.

An autogiro taking off on a mail run from the roof of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Post Office.

July 6, 1939

Autogiro mail service begins between the Camden, New Jersey airport and the roof of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania post office.

3-cent stamp showing a runner on his mark awaiting the starting signal for a race.

July 6, 1932

First class postage is raised from 2 to 3 cents.

34-cent stamp with painting of Frida Kahlo

July 6, 1907

Artist Frida Kahlo is born Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderon in Coyoacan, Mexico. She was commemorated on a stamp in 2001.

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