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Explore America’s postal history from colonial times to the present. See some of the world’s most scarce and famous stamps including the British Guiana One-Cent Magenta! From stagecoach to train to ocean steamer to plane, learn how the history of transportation has fueled mail service. Create your own stamp featuring your photo. Fun activities for kids includes making a stamp collection on a screen, sorting packages like a postal worker, meeting Owney (the postal mascot dog) and a scavenger hunt. Explore touchscreen interactive links to the National Postal Museum’s online research database. Docent-led tours are free for visitors; self-guided tour maps are also available POSTALMUSEUM.SI.EDU Baseball: America’s Home Run Opening April 2020 This blockbuster exhibition will feature hundreds of U.S. and international stamps commemorating great players and historic moments as well as original artwork. The display of stamps and mail will be complemented by dozens of objects loaned by other Smithsonian Institution museums, the National Baseball Hall of Fam, law enforcement agencies and private collections. Learn more at: https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/baseball-america%E2%80%99s-home-run
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