Richard D. L. Fulton Edgar Allan Poe Although Richmond is the place Poe most considered home, Baltimore defines the beginning and the end of his life. ~ “Edgar Allan Poe in Baltimore,” The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore The United States Postal Service (USPS) issued two stamps commemorating the noteworthy poet and horror writer,…

Richard D. L. Fulton St. John’s College’s 300th The United States Postal Service (USPS) issued a 20-cent postal card commemorating the 300th Anniversary of the founding of Saint John’s College, located at 60 College Avenue, in Annapolis on June 1, 1998. The postal cards were appropriately postmarked at the Annapolis Post Office and depicted McDowell…

Richard D. L. Fulton Baltimore’s Inner Harbor: 1989 The United States Postal Service (USPS) issued a 27-cent postal card commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the founding of Mount St. Mary’s University (MSMU) on April 26, 2008. The postal cards were appropriately postmarked in Emmitsburg. The postal card featured the depiction of the Terrace on the…

Richard D. L. Fulton Baltimore’s Inner Harbor: 1989 Maryland’s Appalachian Trail: 2025 The United States Postal Service (USPS) issued six 15-cent “America the Beautiful”-themed postal cards, featuring major United States attractions, one of which was dedicated to the Baltimore Inner Harbor, on October 7, 1989. The stamp depicts the 1797 frigate USS Constitution as it…

Richard D. L. Fulton Maryland’s Appalachian Trail: 2025 The United States Postal Service (USPS) issued a sheet of 15 “Forever” stamps, commemorating the Appalachian Trail, 14 of which represented the 14 states that the trail passes through, and a fifteenth stamp commemorating the “Green Tunnel” on February 28, 2025. The 14 that are stated represent…

Richard D. L. Fulton The Battle of Baltimore If I took the place, I should have been the greatest man in England. If I lost, my military character was gone forever.”  ~Colonel Arthur Brooke, British officer in command of the British advance onto Baltimore. On September 13, 2014, the United States Postal Service (USPS) issued…

Richard D. L. Fulton Point of Rocks Station: 2023 The station, located at 4000 Clay Street in Point of Rocks, Frederick County, was designed by architect Ephraim Francis Baldwin and was constructed in 1875 by the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad. According to the application fi led in 1972 to place the station on the…

Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse Richard D. L. Fulton On August 6, 2021, the United States Postal Service (USPS) issued a “forever” stamp, featuring the Maryland Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse as part of a set of stamps commemorating Mid-Atlantic lighthouses. The stamp depicts the current version of the lighthouse, along with a flock of the endemic…

Chesapeake Bay: 2006 Richard D. L. Fulton On May 27, 2006, the United States Postal Service (USPS) issued a set of 39-cent stamps commemorating Wonders of America, one of which focused on the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Stamp depicted a blue heron flying within a background of a sunset over the Chesapeake Bay and a…

Maryland’s State Bird & Flower Richard D. L. Fulton The United States Postal Service (USPS) issued a 20-cent stamp, featuring the Maryland state bird; the Baltimore Oriole; and the Maryland state flower, the Black-Eyed Susan, on April 14, 1982. The stamp was one of 50 stamps issued featuring state birds and flowers. The 1982 Maryland…

The State Flag:1976/2009 Richard D. L. Fulton On February 23, 1976, the United States Postal Service (USPS) issued a set of stamps dedicated to the state flags of the United States in conjunction with the nation’s Bicentennial, with the Maryland flag representing the appropriate state. On August 6, 2009, the flag was depicted in a…

‘President’ John Hanson:1972/1981 Richard D. L. Fulton John Hanson was born in Port Tobacco Parish, Charles County, in 1721, to parents Samuel Hanson and Elizabeth Storey Hanson, and in 1781,  arguably became the first president of the United States, eight years before the election of George Washington. On September 1, 1972, the United States Postal…

Naval Academy,1937/1995 Richard D. L. Fulton You may fire when you are ready, Gridley. — Naval Academy Admiral George Dewey, Opening of the Battle of Manila Bay, 1898. On May 16, 1937, the United States Postal Service (USPS) issued a five-cent stamp commemorating the establishment of the United States Naval Academy (USNA) at Annapolis. The…

Antietam,2012Richard D. L. Fulton Such a storm of balls I never conceived it possible for men to live through. Shot and shell shrieking and crashing, canister and bullets whistling and hissing most fiend-like through the air until you could almost see them…                                           – Lt. Col A.S. Pendleton, CSA On April 24, 2012, the United…

Richard D. L. Fulton On February 15, 1988, the United States Postal Service issued a set of 50 22-cent stamps commemorating when each of the 50 states had achieved statehood, one of which was devoted to Maryland. Each state’s stamps were featured on First Day of Issue covers (FDCs) when the stamps had been initially…

Richard D. L. Fulton Annapolis Tercentenary, 1949 On May 23, 1949, the United States Postal Service commemorated the 300th anniversary of the establishment of Annapolis as the capital of Maryland via the issuance of a three-cent stamp. First Day of Issue cancellations of the stamps were conducted at the post office in Annapolis—the first capital…

Richard D. L. Fulton Fatty Maschii Parole Femine (Strong Deeds, Gentle Words) – The motto of the State of Maryland On March 24, 1934, America celebrated the 300th anniversary of the founding of the colony of Maryland through the issuance by the United States Postal Service of a 3-cent stamp. First Day of Issue cancellations…

Richard D. L. Fulton “First Day of Issue” cover of the Francis Scott Key stamp, issued on August 9, 1948, in Frederick. “O say does that star spangled banner yet wave, O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave…” ~ Defense of Fort McHenry, September 14, Frances Scott Key Celebrated Francis…