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Traveling through space has been a fascination for not only astronauts and cosmonauts, but regular folks around the world as well. Those of us not lucky enough to have the experience of space travel have often watched in eager anticipation as the various space crafts have lifted off to reach destinations that we can only dream about. There have been many successful missions and sadly some tragic endings to these amazing adventures. Back the 1960’s there was a race between t …

Dr. Jonas Salk was born in New York to Russian immigrant parents. He was encouraged to study hard and eventually attended medical school at New York University. He initially had a particular interest in the study of influenza. Dr. Salk’s first major accomplishment came in the development of a vaccine that controlled the spread of the flu. The original vaccine that Salk created is the basis for the flu vaccine that is still used today.Dr. Salk’s second great accomplishment came w …

April 4, 2002 marked a first in United States postage stamp history. It was the first time ever that a new commemorative postage stamp was ever issued on the same day in every single state’s capital city. It was called the “ Greetings from America” stamp set, which makes the country wide release really quite apropos when you think about it. At the time, the pane of fifty postage stamps was the first to be released in 10 years and it was anticipated that, like with previous iss …

The United States Postal Service honored musical great, Henry Mancini with a 37 cent commemorative postage stamp on April 13, 2004. The stamp was originally unveiled months before at the 2003 Mancini Musicale at UCLA before a very large crowd. The postage stamp features Mancini directing with many of his famous works from film and television displayed in the background. The stamp even features a picture of the Pink Panther character, which Mancini composed the music score for. In …

Stamp collecting is fun for people of all ages. There certainly is something to spark anyone’s interest. Today is Monday fun day! I hope you enjoy these interesting postage stamp related trivia facts. 1) Did you know that captains of ships were the first mail handlers in America? - They picked up the mail from mail bags that were hung at various taverns in different towns. 2) Throughout time, various animals have been used to deliver mail. Some countries have used horses, d …