High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! This is a general historical outline of postage stamps and postal history of the United States of America. The page rarely covers the subjects or topical aspects of individual Postage stamps issues at any length, and only when it is relevant to the issuance of the postage, as some events are solely responsible for the stamp being issued, as is the case with the first Lincoln stamp of 1866, issued on the anniversary of Lincoln`s death one year later. This was not a regular issue. The issue was prompted by an event (subject) and only to that extent will the stamp`s subject be addressed here.