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A 1933 stamp from the first issue of Basutoland. Stamps of the Cape of Good Hope were used in Basutoland in 1880, then those of South Africa in 1910. The first stamps of Basutoland were definitive stamps issued in 1933 [1] and were a set of ten stamps all of the same design depicting King George V and the Nile Crocodile against a background of ...
A 1950 stamp from Iran 1950s era Iranian postage stamp illustrating the Iranian warship Palang (Leopard) sunk while moored at an Abadan pier, by the Royal Navy during a surprise attack on Iran, August 1941. This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Iran.
After British forces occupied Eritrea and the other Italian colonies during World War II, British postage stamps overprinted M.E.F. (Middle East Forces) were used. These were replaced by issues overprinted B.M.A. ERITREA or later B.A. ERITREA to reflect the change from British military to British civil administration.
A 1938 4d stamp of Jamaica. In 1900, Jamaica's first pictorial stamp featured a view of Llandovery Falls. Originally intended as a commemorative stamp marking the adoption of Imperial Penny Postage in 1889, it was too long delayed, and is considered a regular stamp. Originally issued in red, it was redesigned and issued in red and black the ...
The African territories of Ruanda and Urundi came under Belgian control as Ruanda-Urundi after they were seized from Germany during World War I in 1916. They had previously formed part of German East Africa. Stamp overprinted for the Belgian Occupied German East Africa Territories, 1916 Belgian Congo stamp overprinted "Ruanda Urundi" , 1924
The first issued stamp of Åland. This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Åland. Åland forms an archipelago in the Baltic Sea that is an autonomous, Swedish-language-speaking region of Finland.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the Cook Islands. The Cook Islands are named after Captain James Cook , who visited the islands in 1773 and 1777. They became a British protectorate in 1888 and in 1900 administrative control was transferred to New Zealand .
There was often a very small quantity of stamps printed, only 258 of some and no more than 1,000 of others. Covers of that period are even scarcer than the classic Colombian covers that are recorded. Only very few hand stamps (postal markings) were used, and most stamps were cancelled in manuscript with the name of the town of origin. [1]