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A profile bust of Queen Victoria was pictured on the first postage stamp.
Great Britain issued the first stamps in May of 1840. They pictured Queen Victoria on them.
Martha Washington.
George Washington was pictured on the first ten cent stamp. Benjamin Franklin was on the five cent.
who was the first african american to behonored on a us postage camp
In 1939 the US Issued a stamp picturing kids playing baseball on a sandlot. Thirty years later a batter was pictured on a stamp honoring professional baseball. In 1982, Jackie Robinson was pictured and named on a postage stamp.
In the United States it is US Scott Number 873. It was a ten cent value that was part of the Famous Americans Series. Booker T. Washington was the first black American to be honored on a U.S. postage stamp issue. His boyhood home was later pictured on a stamp as well.
Scott Number 306 - Martha Washington was pictured on a stamp in 1902.
The first postage stamp was issued by Great Britain. It pictured the head of Queen Victoria. Since that time, the head of the current King or Queen of Great Britain has appeared on every stamp.
The very first postage stamp in the world pictured a woman, namely Queen Victoria in 1840. Except for some allegorical figures and namely Indian women, Queen Isabella of Spain was the first woman to be seen on US stamps.
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