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…

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…

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…