Sheet of Six Classic Forever Stamps | 6 Different DesignsIssued: June 1, 2016Scott Catalog #5079Sheet of 6 Mint, unused postage stamps with original gum as issued by the Post Office. These stamps are genuine and valid to use as postage for current mailing. Be sure to use enough total postage to meet the current postal rate for the item you are mailing. Also good to use for scrapbooking or displaying in a small picture frame. It's a miniature work of art. About this stamp:For those occasions when you are mailing something that requires a larger than usual amount of postage and still want to use vintage looking postage. The first U.S. Post Office was created with Benjamin Franklin as postmaster. Still, recipients paid the mail fee when it was delivered, not before. When Britain introduced prepaid postage in 1840, the U.S. paid close attention to its success. By mid-1847, the U.S. had its own prepaid postage system with standardized rates. Soon, national postage stamps with the likenesses of the Founding Fathers could be found on mail going from coast to coast.
