Friendship Airport Dedication Richard D. L. Fulton A special cover was issued, commemorating the dedication in recognition of the opening of the Friendship International Airport, which had been located nine miles south of Baltimore in Anne Arundel County, on June 24, 1950. Celebratory covers, such as the Friendship International Airport cover, were not printed by…

Richard D. L. Fulton Frederick Douglass “A man’s rights rest in three boxes. The ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.”   ~Frederick Douglass The United States Postal Service (USPS) issued a 25-cent stamp on February 14, 1967, and a 32-cent stamp on June 29, 1995, commemorating Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, better known as…

First Flight Baltimore/Bermuda Richard D. L. Fulton A special cover was issued to commemorate the first transatlantic airmail flight from Baltimore, Maryland to Bermuda on March 16, 1938. United States stamps used on these covers were variable. On the example provided with this article, the sender posted an eight-cent, winged globe airmail stamp with a…

Richard D. L. Fulton “If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.”   ~Babe Ruth The United States Postal Service (USPS) issued a 20-cent stamp on July 6, 1983, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first All-Star Game, and honoring the legendary Baltimorean baseball player, George “Babe” Herman Ruth, Jr.…

Richard D. L. Fulton Charles Carroll, III: 1985 “…to defend the liberties of my country, or die with them.”           –Charles Carroll. upon signing the Declaration of Independence The United States Postal System (USPS) issued a 14-cent, stamped postal card commemorating Charles Carroll, III, one of four Marylanders to sign the Declaration of Independence, on…