On July 1, we say thank you to people who bring us our mail.
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This stamp was made in 1954. You must buy a stamp to send mail. Great Britain had the first stamps in 1840. The first stamps in the United States were in 1847. One stamp had a picture of George Washington. It cost ten cents.
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