US #995 was the first US stamp honoring the BSA. It was issued on the opening day of the 1950 Boy Scout Jamboree.
Daniel “Uncle Dan” Beard was born on June 21, 1850, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Beard was born into a family of artists and spent his childhood exploring and sketching the woods near his home in Covington, Kentucky. There, he developed a love of nature and the outdoors that would one day lead him into writing and illustrating about the subject.
US #923 was issued on the 125th anniversary of the Savannah’s voyage.
On June 20, 1819, the SS Savannah became the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
The Savannah was original developed as a sailing packet at the New York shipyard of Fickett & Crockett in 1818. While the ship was still being constructed, Captain Moses Rogers convinced a prosperous shipping firm from Savannah, Georgia, to purchase the ship, convert it to a steamship, and gain the attention and a place in history as the first transatlantic steamship service.
US #2270 from the 1987 Special Occasions issue.
On June 19, 1910, one of the first Father’s Day celebrations was held at the YMCA in Spokane, Washington.
Another of the first recorded US Father’s Day celebrations was held on July 5, 1908, in Fairmont, West Virginia. Grace Golden Clayton organized that event.
Item #NW187 was issued on May 23, 2018, in San Diego.
On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman in space. She was the third woman overall, after Soviet cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova and Svetlana Savitskaya.
Sally Ride was born on May 26, 1951, in Encino, Los Angeles, California. The older of two children, she was interested in science from a young age and was also a nationally ranked tennis player.
US #20L7 – A Boyd’s Express stamp from 1848.
On June 17, 1844, Boyd’s City Express Post, one of the first local posts in the US, opened in New York City.
John T. Boyd created the post and the initial office was located at 45 William Street, next to Wall Street, in downtown Manhattan. When he first opened, Boyd offered two deliveries every day – one at 9 am and one at 3 pm, for 2¢ up to 26th street, 3¢ to Brooklyn, or for free if sending a letter to a newspaper.
US #3906 from the 2005 American Scientists issue.
Barbara McClintock was born Eleanor McClintock on June 16, 1902, in Hartford, Connecticut.
When McClintock was a child, her parents decided that her given name, Eleanor, was too feminine for her and renamed her Barbara instead. The third of four children, she was an independent child from an early age.
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