The first definitive series of U.S. postage stamps offered iconic American
pictorial images other than portraits of statesmen (above). The scenes
included the Statue of Liberty, the Lincoln Memorial and even an image
of an American Buffalo. At first the general public disapproved of the
stamps, complaining that the scenes were no substitute for images of
presidents.

A later issue of the stamps presented pictorial images only on the higher-
value stamps, the more commonly used dominations of 12 cents and
lower, along with the traditional portraits. 

This stamp was issued in 2006 as part of a set of four commemorating the
300th anniversary of Franklin’s birth.

The United States Post Office (USPO) was created in Philadelphia under Benjamin
Franklin by decree of the Second Continental Congress.Today Franklin is referred
to as the “Father of the United States Postal System”.

The Franklin Post Office on 316 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA is
still open for business.

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