{| |- | US Scott Number 1 and 2 were the first two. The first was a 5 cent stamp that depicted Benjamin Franklin the first Postmaster General. The 10 cent stamp showed George Washington as the first president. |}
The first two stamps, issued at the same time, in the US had Benjamin Franklin and George Washington on them.
They were Ben Franklin on the 5 cent stamp and George Washington on the 10 cent stamp.
There were many of these notes taken to the post office to get a stamp and a first day cancel seal -- they are not rare. In a nice holder, it has a retail value of $3 to $4.
The first stamp made was the British two penny black stamp from 1840.
{| |- | Scott Number 1205. The stamp was issued for the Christman season in 1962. It pictured a wreath and some candles. There have been Seasonal issues ever since, usually one the has a religious them and one that has a holiday theme. |}
Information printed on stamps varies enormously from country to country and even within some countries. There are two things a postage stamp will have as a minimum based on the IPU requirements: 1) an indication of country of origin - this is most commonly shown by the country name appearing on the stamp but in a few cases it may be indicated some other way. For example British stamps have no country name but incorporate an image of the reigning British monarch into the design of every stamp. 2) a postal value - i.e. a figure indicating the amount of postal credit you have purchased. If there is no postal value, it is quite possible what you have is not a postage stamp at all.
The first Chistmas greeting stamp,in 1937, from Austria showed a rose The first US Christmas stamp showed two candles and a wreath with a bow.
Four cents for a one ounce First Class letter.
The first Christmas stamp was issued in 1961 according to the postal service's website, and they have continued with them ever since. http://www.usps.com/news/2002/philatelic/sr02_078.htm
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The first two men to walk on the moon were Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin.
It's a TWO cent stamp, first issued in 2004, and an unused specimen is worth exactly two cents.