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* The Lewis and Clark expedition was celebrated on May 14, 2004, the 200th anniversary of its outset depicting the two on a hilltop outlook. Two companion 37-cent stamps showed portraits of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. A special 32-page booklet accompanied the issue in eleven cities along the route taken by the Corps of Discovery. An image of the stamp can be found on Arago online at the link in the footnote.<ref>”Bicentennial Lewis & Clark Expedition Issue”, Arago: people, postage & the post, National Postal Museum online, viewed April 28, 2014. An image of the stamp can be seen at Arago online, [http://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=172055&img=1&pg=1 37c Lewis and Clark on Hill stamp].</ref>
Late American explorers included Richard Byrd. The United States maintains research facilities in [[Antarctica]] without making territorial claims there, along with other international bases there. ▼
[[File:Admiral Byrd Antarctic Expedition 1933 Issue-3c.jpg|thumb|140px|<center>[[Richard E. Byrd]], Antarctica<br>1933 issue]]
▲Late American explorers included Richard Byrd. The United States maintains research facilities in [[Antarctica]] without making territorial claims there, along with other international bases there.
[[Richard E. Byrd]]'s Byrd Antarctic Expedition II was commemorated on a 3-cent stamp the same size and shape as Special Delivery on September 22, 1933. Intended for the collectors' market alone, the 'philatelic mail' with this stamp was carried by the expedition and postmarked at the Little America post office, the expedition's base camp.<ref>Lawson, Mary H.,”Byrd Antarctic Issue”, Arago: people, postage & the post, National Postal Museum. Viewed March 22, 2014.</ref>{{clear}}
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