U.S. gas rationing stamps 1974

First printing of food stamps. Washington, D.C., April 20. Food stamps, the latest in the administration's plans to reduce the farm surplus, came off the presses today at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Of yellow and blue, the stamps will be issued to persons on relief who will be able to cash

First-Printing-US-Food-Stamps-1939

First food stamp. Washington, D.C., April 20. The first of the new surplus food stamps came of the presses at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing today. Latest of the administration's plans to reduce the farm surplus, the stamps, of yellow and blue, will be issued to persons on relief who in turn c

Line at a gas station, June 15, 1979

First off the press. Washington D.C., Sept. 10. The first printing of the new three-cent stamp which will be issued to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution, came off the press today at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. The first sale of the stamp will be at Phila

New perforating machine used by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing for perforating postage stamps. / National Photo.

Christmas 'spirits' rush hits Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Washington, D.C., Nov. 8. In anticipation of an unusual Christmas 'spirits' rush, the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing is now turning out 9,870,000 liquor stamps every day. Miss Florence Benland, Bureau employee, is pictured with t

Bureau of Engraving. Room where the sheets are aged for several days. After sufficient time the sheets are taken from here, counted, and sent to have the faces printed on, Feb. 1940