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No. The first non-denominated stamp was Scott #1736, an orange definitive with an eagle and the letter "A". It was issued May 22, 1978 and valued at 15c. Then came a purple stamp of the same design with the letter being "B". It was issued March 15, 1981 and valued at 18c. Then came the Brown stamp with the letter "C". It was issued October 11, 1981 and valued at 20c. Then 17 days after the "C" definitive stamp came out the 2 non-denominated Christmas issues on October, 28, 1981 and valued at 20c. The Christmas issues were a small definitive sized Madonna stamp (#1939) and your "Felt Bear on a Sled" commemorative stamp (#1940), the second Christmas stamp. Sorry I don't have scans of the earlier non-denominated stamps.
You will notice that we had 2 stamp price increases in 1981.That was a greedy year for the pPostal Service.
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I believe it was US Scott 1580, the 1975 Christmas stamp. It had no denomination in letters or numerals, just the term "US Postage". It paid the 10 cent first class postage rate of the time.
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I stand corrected.
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Antonio is only one-third correct.
According to Linn's, there were three stamps designed for first class use issued by the US post office on October 14, 1975, that did not have denominations.
They were:
Scott #1580 and #1580B (both have the same design as shown by Antonio.
The other is Scott #1579, also a Christmas stamp
http://www.bardostamps.com/kart-A/1970/1975/A1579.htm
If you go by the catalog numbering, you could say that the 1579 is the first such stamp, or at least, the first such stamp listed.
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Thank you all for your input,as I do not collect US stamps ,it got me wondering about if it was the first NVI stamp issued by the USPO .I now know it wasn't .
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Brian
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From the BoB arena, Scott UO14 from 1877:
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And if you would like to see - in album format - a list of US NVI stamps
(at least up to approx. the year 2007)
here is a link to the free PDF download of the American Philatelic Society's
album called "NONDENOMINATED POSTAGE STAMPS OF THE UNITED STATES"
https://stamps.org/userfiles/file/albums/Nondenominated.pdf
They make some very nice pages and they have many other subjects to choose from as well.
Just an FYI 
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And, by the way, all the album pages offered on the American Philatelic Society's web site are free to everyone. You do not have to be a member of the APS to download them or many other things that are available for all collectors.
Here is a link to all the album pages:
https://stamps.org/Free-Album-Pages
Of course supporting the APS also supports the hobby! 
Michael, APS member since 1985
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re: Which US stamp was the first issued with no value on it ?
No. The first non-denominated stamp was Scott #1736, an orange definitive with an eagle and the letter "A". It was issued May 22, 1978 and valued at 15c. Then came a purple stamp of the same design with the letter being "B". It was issued March 15, 1981 and valued at 18c. Then came the Brown stamp with the letter "C". It was issued October 11, 1981 and valued at 20c. Then 17 days after the "C" definitive stamp came out the 2 non-denominated Christmas issues on October, 28, 1981 and valued at 20c. The Christmas issues were a small definitive sized Madonna stamp (#1939) and your "Felt Bear on a Sled" commemorative stamp (#1940), the second Christmas stamp. Sorry I don't have scans of the earlier non-denominated stamps.
You will notice that we had 2 stamp price increases in 1981.That was a greedy year for the pPostal Service.
Jim
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re: Which US stamp was the first issued with no value on it ?
I believe it was US Scott 1580, the 1975 Christmas stamp. It had no denomination in letters or numerals, just the term "US Postage". It paid the 10 cent first class postage rate of the time.
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I stand corrected.
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re: Which US stamp was the first issued with no value on it ?
Antonio is only one-third correct.
According to Linn's, there were three stamps designed for first class use issued by the US post office on October 14, 1975, that did not have denominations.
They were:
Scott #1580 and #1580B (both have the same design as shown by Antonio.
The other is Scott #1579, also a Christmas stamp
http://www.bardostamps.com/kart-A/1970/1975/A1579.htm
If you go by the catalog numbering, you could say that the 1579 is the first such stamp, or at least, the first such stamp listed.
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re: Which US stamp was the first issued with no value on it ?
From the BoB arena, Scott UO14 from 1877:
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re: Which US stamp was the first issued with no value on it ?
And if you would like to see - in album format - a list of US NVI stamps
(at least up to approx. the year 2007)
here is a link to the free PDF download of the American Philatelic Society's
album called "NONDENOMINATED POSTAGE STAMPS OF THE UNITED STATES"
https://stamps.org/userfiles/file/albums/Nondenominated.pdf
They make some very nice pages and they have many other subjects to choose from as well.
Just an FYI
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re: Which US stamp was the first issued with no value on it ?
And, by the way, all the album pages offered on the American Philatelic Society's web site are free to everyone. You do not have to be a member of the APS to download them or many other things that are available for all collectors.
Here is a link to all the album pages:
https://stamps.org/Free-Album-Pages
Of course supporting the APS also supports the hobby!
Michael, APS member since 1985
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