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A 1953 stamp of Nigeria. The first stamps for Nigeria were issued on 1 June 1914 following the amalgamation of all of the British colonies in the area ( Northern Nigeria Protectorate and Southern Nigeria Protectorate ). [1] [2] The first stamps were the standard King George V Empire keytype, which was also previously used for the issues of ...
Although postal service in China goes back some 2,500 years, modern postal services were not established until 1877 by the Qing government. This 1-candareen stamp of 1885 has an unidentified seal cancellation and a postmark from the French post office in Shanghai. A 1/2-cent value of the 1897 issue, lithographed in Japan.
The 5-cent Franklin and the 10-cent Washington postage stamps issued in 1847 were the first postage stamps issued and authorized for nationwide postal duty by the U.S. Post Office. The firm of Rawdon, Wright, Hatch, and Edson of New York City were given a four-year contract to print the first U.S. postage stamps in 1847.
The first stamps of independent Kenya were issued on 12 December 1963. The stamps of Kenya were also valid in Uganda and Tanzania until 1976. See also. Postage stamps and postal history of British East Africa; Postage stamps and postal history of East Africa and Uganda Protectorates; Postage stamps and postal history of Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika
Postage stamps and postal history of Poland. Poczta Polska, the Polish postal service, was founded in 1558 and postal markings were first introduced in 1764. The three partitions of Poland in 1772, 1793 and 1795 saw the independent nation of Poland disappear. The postal services in the areas occupied by Germany and Austria were absorbed into ...
Ukrainian People's Republic. In 1918 an independent Ukrainian People's Republic was established and a series of five definitive stamps were issued. They were printed imperforate on thin paper and then on thicker paper with perforations. [2] The 10 and 20-shah stamps were designed by the artist Anton Sereda and the 30, 40, and 50-shah stamps by ...
The Hradčany Castle series, issued in 1918 Hradčany Castle was the inspiration for the first stamp issues. This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakia was a country in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992.
Hongkong Post is a government department of Hong Kong responsible for postal services, though operated as a trading fund. Founded in 1841, it was known as Postal Department or Post Office [2] ( Chinese: 郵政署) before the handover of Hong Kong in 1997. It has been a sub-member of the Universal Postal Union since 1877, and is a separate ...