FREE: Lot 1124 for 1 MINT Vending Machine 25¢ US Stamp Scott #2522 Postal History First Self-Adhesive

The listing, Lot 1124 for 1 MINT Vending Machine 25¢ US Stamp Scott #2522 Postal History First Self-Adhesive has ended.

This is for 1 MINT 25¢ Vending Machine US Stamp Scott #2522. It is a real piece of Postal History because the US Post Office began phasing out their Vending Machines as of 2009 when computer vending stamps became the "IN" thing. This stamp has printed on the reverse side, "DO NOT WET EXTRAordinary Stamp Patent Pending 1989 Self Adhesive." As far as I have been able to find out, this was an experiment in self-adhesive stamps and the first in USPS history. The stamp is made from Mylar or a very thin Mylar-like material. Unfortunately, the reverse side shows up after scanning as only a blank back. THe printing is in a very light gray.
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If anyone has any further information on this stamp, we'd love to hear from you so we can work to confirm your information and include it in our collection info. Isn't stamp collecting great good fun?
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Please keep in mind, this can be used for postage if nothing else, but it really is a nice piece of postal history and soon to be a thing of the past.

Hope you all have fun with this one and bid at least high enough I can get my 49¢ worth mailing it to you and the 25¢ face value of the stamp itself. :o)