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| Cat stamps |
This won’t surprise you: there were official U.S. stamps featuring dogs before there were any honoring cats. Cat fans complained, and the Postal Service responded in 1988 with a set of four cat stamps, each featuring two breeds of cats, including (of course) an American shorthair and a Maine coon.
The stamps were given their public premiere at an appropriate place: New York’s Winter Garden Theatre, which at the time housed the long-running musical Cats. The stamps sold for twenty-two cents, by the way.
