The Steamboat - First Day of Issue November 19, 1989 25c

Front:
PACKET PACKE 25 20"UNiversai rostal Congress NOV 19 1989 FIRST DAY OF ISSUE 20066 DC

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In the 19th century, the steamboat was used to transport mail to river towns along inland waterways. Steamboats transformed uncharted waterways into America's first superhighways and helped impart, for the first time, a "national” feeling, even among settlers in the country's most distant outposts. The stamp was designed by Mark Hess. POSTAL SERVICE“ Item 8847-3 © 1989 U.S. Postal Service. All rights reserved.