As the 250th anniversary of America’s independence approaches, the president is moving to put his stamp on how the nation’s ...

No first day covers were issued. Hardly anybody bothered to use the stamps, though they bore the images of Ben Franklin and George Washington. Up north in Portland, Maine, postmaster N.

The other depicted the first U.S. president, George Washington, and cost double the amount. In the years that followed, the stamp collecting hobby emerged. By the late 19th century, a national ...