For secretary Ken Grant, Wisconsin, was elected with 4,276 votes. Eight votes were cast for others. For treasurer, Kathryn J. Johnson, Illinois, was elected with 4,268 votes. Others received 6 votes for treasurer.
Grant Wood, George Bellows, Alphonse Mucha, Max Kahn, Pablo Picasso, Eleanor Coen, Jasper Johns, David Hockney, Susan Dorothea White and Robert Rauschenberg are a few of the artists who have produced most of their prints in the medium. M.C.
Those granted the franking privilege have included presidents, first ladies, cabinet members, congressmen, postmasters, members of parliament, and (especially in time of war or while serving in combat zones) military personnel.
General Grant Expedition: inscription on local/phantom post of Auckland Islands; used to raise money to retrieve gold from sunken ship General Grant, 1866.
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When they were together in Texas, the Colonel -- a title granted to him by the governor -- had a custom Pullman railroad car embellished with Mabel's name. Soon after the two married, the Colonel gave Mabel a $50,000 diamond-studded chastity belt.
The Department of National Defence was granted a temporary reprieve due to the war effort. The design of choice was a four-hole OHMS set of initials, so-called because four holes were used to make the legs of the "H" and "M.
Granted not all collectors are country collectors, and topical collecting (that doesn't mean you should buy him a bushel of apples if his topical is fruit on stamps!) is more popular than ever.
College stamp - stamps issued by the British universities of Oxford and Cambridge, which were officially granted the right to issue their own stamps for internal messenger service in the mid-1600s.
Royal Philatelic Society, London - formerly the Philatelic Society, London, founded in 1869. In 1893 King George V, then Prince of Wales, became Hon. Vide-president, and in 1896 its President. It was granted the privileged prefix 'Royal' by ...
A cover canceled with the official first day of issue date. The cancellation process is usually done away from the first day site, except for those at the ceremony. A 30 day time extension is usually granted to get covers canceled. More details.
In addition to the system operated by the houses of Thurn and Taxis, which, incidentally, was dignified by royal grant, there were various other private postal systems that more or less flourished in parts of Europe.
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