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Stamp of British South Africa Company 1913 stamp of British South Africa Company also inscribed "Rhodesia". In the 1890s, mail from North-Western Rhodesia was carried by runner to Bulawayo, while North-Eastern Rhodesia mail went via British Central Africa until 1895.
The letters of private individuals were obliterated by an octagonal seal and the official courier by a round seal. Each city had a specific stamp. In 1911, the "Moroccan Telegraph Company" was given the task of organizing the national post office and establishing postage stamps instead of stamps.
The 5¢ issue appeared only in "vertical coils" (i. e., the coil was a single stamp wide, each stamp was imperforate on both its left and right sides, while perforations separated the bottom of each stamp from the top of the one below it); the 1¢ and 2¢ values, however were each offered both as "vertical coils" and "horizontal coils" (stamps ...
After the full invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022, Ukrposhta issued its first postage stamp related to the war, the "Russian warship, go fuck yourself" stamp, to commemorate the moment of the Ukrainian soldiers on Snake Island issuing a defiant response to the Russian cruiser the Moskva. A total of one million stamps were issued ...
The premiere series consisted of seven stamps and five motifs: a definitive stamp series showing a fishing boat in three different colours, a commemorative stamp illustrating Åland shipping and three definitive stamps featuring a map of Åland, the Åland flag and the provincial seal.
An 1880 stamp of the Gambia. This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the Gambia. The Gambia is a country in West Africa surrounded by Senegal except for a short coastline on the Atlantic Ocean in the west. The Gambia River, from which the country takes its name, flows through it. The capital city is Banjul.
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.
The story begins in the 12th century with Henry I, who appointed messengers to carry letters for the government. It is estimated that between 1100 and 1135, 4,500 letters were carried by these messengers. [4]