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"read" it, merely placed the record in a phonograph andlistened. The means of delivering the mail are being constantlyimproved, from foot runners to modern airplanes, andeven rockets. Indeed all of these methods are in contem-porary use at various places. Whatever the means, how-ever distant, the greatest and the smallest are at thecommand of the postage stamp you purchase for afew cents. THE FIRST TEN YEARS Following the appearance of the world's first postagestamp on May 6, 1840, the next ten years saw the post-age stamp idea spread throughout the world. Stamp andstamped envelope issuing countries of this period arelisted below by year. |
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