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Postal rates to 1847. Initial United States postage rates were set by Congress as part of the Postal Service Act signed into law by President George Washington on February 20, 1792. The postal rate varied according to "distance zone", the distance a letter was to be carried from the post office where it entered the mail to its final destination.
Stamp Anniversaries (1943) Stamps for All (1943) Stamp Collecting for Boys & Girls (1949) Stamps of Fame. London: Blandford Press, 1949. 1950s. Stamps Day by Day (1950) Postage Stamps (1950, Penguin) - a "Puffin Picture Book" Handbook of the Private Local Posts (1950 – essentially a revision of Priced Catalogue of Local Postage Stamps). Vol.
An 1866 stamp of Egypt. Carlo Meratti, an Italian, set up the first postal system in Egypt in 1821. This was a private enterprise which in 1842 was named "POSTA EUROPEA". The Egyptian Government, in 1857, sanctioned it to carry on all inland postal services. This concession was purchased by the Egyptian Government and on 1 January 1865 it took ...
The design of this Rs.2 commemorative stamp was provided by the Ministry of Interior of Pakistan. The Conference. Muslim kings and heads of state of different countries participated in the conference. It served as a platform for these leaders to discuss and resolve issues related to the Muslim world.
Islamic world contributions to Medieval Europe. A Christian and a Muslim playing chess, illustration from the Book of Games of Alfonso X (c. 1285). [ 1] During the High Middle Ages, the Islamic world was at its cultural peak, supplying information and ideas to Europe, via Al-Andalus, Sicily and the Crusader kingdoms in the Levant.
The Stamp Collector's Record, 1864 to 1876; The Stamp-Collector's Review and Monthly Advertiser, 1862; Austria The journal of the Austrian Philatelic Society - quarterly; Stamp News Australasia www.stampnews.net.au incorporates The Australian Stamp Monthly, est. 1930. The only monthly magazine in the Southern Hemisphere, available in print or ...
After increasing the price of a first-class postage stamp to 68 cents in January, the U.S. Postal Service is planning to increase the cost again in the coming days.. The USPS will bump the cost of ...
A 5-shilling (abbreviated as 5/- or 5s) (£0.25) stamp first appeared in 1867, followed by 10 shilling (£0.50) and £1 values in 1878, culminating in a £5 stamp in 1882. Meanwhile, the age of the Penny Reds had come to an end along with the Perkins Bacon printing contract.