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English: Telegraph 3-cent 1944 issue U.S. stamp. 100th anniversary of the first transmission of a telegraph message. Samuel F. B. Morse sent the first telegraph message—"What hath God wrought?"—from the Supreme Court chamber in the Capitol in Washington, D.C., to the B & O Railroad Depot in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 24, 1844.
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Source U.S. Postal Service; National Postal Museum: Telegraph Issue
Author Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. Note: This only applies to original works of the Federal Government and not to the work of any individual U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, county, municipality, or any other subdivision. This template also does not apply to postage stamp designs published by the United States Postal Service since 1978. (See § 313.6(C)(1) of Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices). It also does not apply to certain US coins; see The US Mint Terms of Use.
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