The first postage stamp was released in 1840 in Britain, the Penny Black, which pictured the young Queen Victoria. The first U.S. issued stamps were a 5 cent red-brown Benjamin Franklin stamp and a 10 cent black George Washington stamp in 1847. A stamp expert is called a Philatelic. Stamps are still collected and valued by people all around the world. Commemorative stamps have been produced in many sizes and shapes, with the first triangular postage stamp issued in 1997 and the first round stamp in 2000. In 1902, the first commemorative stamp to honor women featured Martha Washington and was valued at 8 cents. In 1993, America voted for the first Elvis Presley commemorative stamp, valued at 29 cents.
Visit Arago, the National Postal Museum at http://arago.si.edu