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Penny Black Stamp
A Penny Black postage stamp with a portrait of Queen Victoria (reign 1837-1901) , the first of its kind when introduced in Britain in May 1840. (Private Collection)
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Cartoon Depicting the Repeal of the Stamp Act
A political cartoon depicting the repeal of the Stamp Act in March 1766. A child's coffin, meant to represent the act, is carried by a grief-stricken George Grenville, the main proponent of the Stamp Act...
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American Revolution
The American Revolution (1765-1789) was a period of political upheaval in the Thirteen Colonies of British North America. Initially a protest over parliamentary taxes, it blossomed into a rebellion and led, ultimately, to the...
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Stamp Act Riots in Boston, August 1765
The riots in Boston, Massachusetts over the Stamp Act in August 1765. Illustration by John Cassell, from Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Volume 5, 1865.
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Proof Sheet of One Penny Stamps Issued During the Stamp Act
A proof sheet of the one penny stamps issued as part of the Stamp Act of 1765. By an unknown engraver, 1765.
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Iwo Jima on a US Postage Stamp
A United States postage stamp of 1945 showing the celebrated photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal which captured the raising of the US flag on Mt. Suribachi by US Marines during the battle of Iwo Jima in WWII's Pacific...
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Brick of Amar-Suen
This is an inscribed sun-dried brick used in temple construction. It was commissioned by the Sumerian king Amar-Suen (reigned c. 2094-2038 BCE) of the Third Dynasty of Ur. Translation of the inscription: Amar-Suen, the one...
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Stamped Mud Brick, Babylonia, Mesopotamia
This is a stamped mud brick with cuneiform inscriptions, which lies within a building's wall in ancient Babylonia (modern Babylon governorate), Mesopotamia, Iraq.
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A Stamped Mud Brick, Borsippa
Stamped mud brick from the temple and ziggurat of God Nabu. Borsippa, Mesopotamia, Iraq.
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Joseph Warren
Doctor Joseph Warren (1741-1775) was a physician from Boston, Massachusetts, who became an important political leader of the Patriot movement during the early years of the American Revolution (c. 1765-1789). Known for dispatching...