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A stamp catalog (or stamp catalogue) is a catalog of postage stamp types with descriptions and prices. The stamp catalog is an essential tool of philately and stamp collecting. Stamp catalogs are part of philatelic literature. Similar catalogs of other collectible objects. such as matchboxes and postcards , have also been issued
These Muslims were settled on land given by the Sinhalese King Senarat of Kandy after the Muslims were persecuted by the Portuguese. [6] East coast Sri Lankan Moors are primarily farmers, fishermen, and traders. According to the controversial census of 2007, the Moors are 5% (only Moors, not the entire Muslim population of the eastern province).
Postal service in the United States began with the delivery of stampless letters whose cost was borne by the receiving person, later encompassed pre-paid letters carried by private mail carriers and provisional post offices, and culminated in a system of universal prepayment that required all letters to bear nationally issued adhesive postage stamps.
As of 2014, the industry was worth ₦853.9 billion (US$5.1 billion), making it the third most valuable film industry in the world behind the United States and India. It contributed about 1.4% to Nigeria's economy; this was attributed to the increase in the number of quality films produced and more formal distribution methods.
Kenya used stamps of British East Africa Company (1890–1895), British East Africa (1895–1903), East Africa and Uganda Protectorates (1903–1922), Kenya and Uganda (1922–1935) and Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika/Tanzania (1935–1976).
The first postage stamp (designed by Sandford Fleming) went into circulation in Canada that same year. It was in 1867 that the newly formed Dominion of Canada created the Post Office Department as a federal government department (The Act for the Regulation of the Postal Service) headed by a Cabinet minister, the Postmaster General of Canada.
World Population Year 25 p 14 24 August 1974 Varahagiri Venkata Giri: 25 p * Centenary of Universal Postal Union, (Set of 3 Stamps) 15 3 October 1974 U.P.U. Emblem 25 p 16 3 October 1974 'Birds & Nest' (Madhubani Style) & U.P.U. Emblem 1 R 17 3 October 1974 Arrows Encircling Globe 2 Rs 18 9 October 1974 Centenary of Mathura museum (Se-Tenant ...
These overprints, in three different colors (black, red and carmine), were applied to the 1911 "Engraved" definitives, the 20 lepta Flying Mercury stamp, the 1902 postage due stamps and some of the 1913 "Lithographic" definitives. This issue went through several printings, initially by Aspiotis Bros. and later by the Aquarone printing house of ...