Commemorative stamp
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A commemorative stamp is a postage stamp, often issued on a significant date such as an anniversary, to honor or commemorate a place, event, person, or object. The subject of the commemorative stamp i
Alexander Graham Bell commemorative issue of 1947
First Peru commemorative stamp issue, 1870
The $1 stamp included in the US issue of commemoratives, introduced on January 2, 1893
New South Wales first commemorative stamp, 1888
Definitive stamp
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A definitive stamp is a postage stamp that is part of the regular issue of a country's stamps, available for sale by the post office for an extended period of time and designed to serve the everyday p
Commemorative stamp
…anniversary, to honor or commemorate a place, event, person, or object. The subject of the commemorative stamp is usually spelled out in print, unlike definitive stamps which normally depict the subject along with the denomination and country name only. Many postal services issue several commemorative stamps each year…
This UK definitive stamp showing King George VI of the United Kingdom was first issued in 1937.
Nathan Hale appeared on US postage stamps issued in 1925 and 1929. Hale's likeness is from a statue by Bela Lyon Pratt.
This Prominent Americans series stamp of the United States from 1968 features Oliver Wendell Holmes.