A Tribute to US Postal Service Employees #1489/1493 // April 30, 1973 // Washington, DC (ex se-tenant horizontal strip of 10, first 5 stamps are shown here)

Each of these ten stamps depicts a service performed by "Postal People". Stamp designs by Edward Bebell of Westport, CT.

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Stamp Counter - Mail Collection - Letter Facing on Conveyor Belt - Parcel Post Sorting - Mail Cancelling

Each stamp in top or bottom row has a tab with blue inscription enumerating various jobs in postal service.

Emerald inscription on back of the stamps printed beneath gum in water-soluble ink. Statements, differing for each of the ten stamps, about some aspects of postal service.

For the first time in US postal history the stamps have printed matter on the reverse side under the adhesive. The stamps were first printed on ungummed paper by the gravure process on the Andreotti press. Then the printed paper rolls were transferred to the Cottrell press where the adhesive was applied.

     

US Postal Codes of the Federal States
AL	Alabama	LA	Lousiana	OH	Ohio
AK	Alaska	ME	Maine	OK	Oklahoma
AZ	Arizona	MD	Maryland	OR	Oregon
AR	Arkansas	MA	Massachusetts	PA	Pennsylvania
CA	California	MI	Michigan	RI	Rhode Island
CO	Colorado	MN	Minnesota	SC	South Carolina
CT	Connecticut	MS	Mississippi	SD	South Dakota
DE	Delaware	MO	Missouri	TN	Tennessee
FL	Florida	MT	Montana	TX	Texas
GA	Georgia	NE	Nebraska	UT	Utah
HI	Hawai'i	NV	Nevada	VT	Vermont
ID	Idaho	NH	New Hampshire	VA	Virginia
IL	Illinois	NJ	New Jersey	WA	Washington
IN	Indiana	NM	New Mexiko	WV	West Virginia
IA	Iowa	NY	New York	WI	Wisconsin
KS	Kansas	NC	North Carolina	WY	Wyoming
KY	Kentucky	ND	North Dakota	DC	District of Columbia

Postal codes of US Territories and Associated States (not shown on map)
PR	Puerto Rico	MH	Republic of the Marshall Islands
VI	US Virgin Islands	FM	Federate States of Micronesia
MP	Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	PW	Republic of Palau
GU	Guam
AS	American Samoa

     

A Tribute to US Postal Service Employees #1489/1493 // April 30, 1973 // Washington, DC (ex se-tenant horizontal strip of 10, second 5 stamps are shown here)

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Manual Letter Routing - Electronic Letter Routing -Loading Mail on Truck - Mailmann - Rural Mail Delivery

Each stamp in top or bottom row has a tab with blue inscription enumerating various jobs in postal service.

Emerald inscription on back of the stamps printed beneath gum in water-soluble ink. Statements, differing for each of the ten stamps, about some aspects of postal service.