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1928 postal stationery registered envelope uprated with stamp to pay the rate to Berlin. This is an overview of the postage stamps and postal history of Australia. encompassing some history of the Australian colonies and the main stamp issues that followed the takeover of the colonies as well as later issues and also an precis of the external territories.
Greece's first postal service was founded in 1828, at the time of Greek independence from the Ottoman Empire.This initial service continued mail delivery and, later, the issuing of postage stamps until 1970.
In 1858 the dotted pattern in the background was replaced with wavy lines, in 1863 a larger crown was used in the watermark and the stamps were rouletted. Along with postage stamps, the use of numeral cancellations was adopted, consisting of a number with several concentric circles, each number corresponding to a particular post office. "1" was ...
In 1897 a shortage of 3-aurar stamps led to the overprinting of 5-aurur stamps with þrir or þrir / 3; these are rare, and unfortunately excellent counterfeits have been produced. In 1902 the numeral stamps were officially withdrawn and declared invalid for postage, since a new set depicting King Christian IX was to be issued. [1]
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Indonesia. Indonesia is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania , consisting of 17,508 islands . With a population of nearly 280 million people, it is the world's fourth most populated country.
Keeping with the tradition of honoring the country's history on U.S. postage stamps, the U.S. Post Office began commemorating the various events with its commemorative postage stamp issues. The first U.S. Postage issue to depict a U.S. space vehicle was issued in 1948, the Fort Bliss issue.
The first stamps of France were issued on 1 January 1849. [1] They were designed by Jacques-Jean Barre.The medallion depicts the head of goddess Ceres facing left. In 1852 a new series of definitive stamps were issued, retaining the inscription "REPUB FRANC" but replacing Ceres with the head of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte.
Malta's first postage stamp, the Halfpenny Yellow, which was issued for local mail on 1 December 1860. The postal history of Malta began in the early modern period, when pre-adhesive mail was delivered to foreign destinations by privately owned ships for a fee.