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Benjamin Franklin — George Washington The First U.S. Postage Stamps, issued 1847. The first stamp issues were authorized by an act of Congress and approved on March 3, 1847.[ 20] The earliest known use of the Franklin 5¢ is July 7, 1847, while the earliest known use of the Washington 10¢ is July 2, 1847.
In 1949, separate issues appeared for Fezzan (a regular series of 11 denominations from 1 to 50 francs, plus six postage due stamps ranging from 1 to 20f) and Ghadames, consisting of eight regular (4f to 25f) and two airmail (50 and 100f) stamps, featuring the Cross of Agades. [ 1][ 2][ 3] A two-value set of semi-postal stamps appeared in 1950.
A stamp of British India overprinted in 1944 for use in Oman. A surcharged British stamp issued in 1948 by the British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia. The first post office to open in the region was at Muscat on 1 May 1864. This was originally under the Bombay circle but it was transferred to the Sind ( Karachi) circle in April 1869 and then ...
Postal service was set up after the establishment of the Emirate of Transjordan, and started taking over the postal service that was run by the Ottoman Empire. [5] The first stamps for the Emirate were E.E.F. stamps overprinted with the inscription " Arab Government of the East " in Arabic. Further overprints were also made with the stamps of ...
All Dulles Area Muslim Society is a mosque in the United States, located in Sterling, VA and serving 5000 Muslim families. ADAMS offers a wide variety of services. Also known as the American Fazl Mosque. Served as the American headquarters of the Ahmaddiya movement in the United States until 1994.
A postman collecting mail for delivery. The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letters, and parcels. [ 1] A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems. Since the mid-19th century, national postal systems have generally been established as a government ...
The stamps that were specifically printed for Eastern Rumelia used design elements from the existing Ottoman postage stamps, differing from them by having the Greek inscription Ανατολική Ρωμυλία (Anatolian (i.e. Eastern) Rumelia) above the "Emp. Ottoman" and with French and Bulgarian inscriptions of the name in small letters ...
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has issued several Eid postage stamps, across several years—starting in 2001—honoring "two of the most important festivals in the Islamic calendar: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha." Eid stamps were released in 2001–2002, 2006–2009, 2011, and 2013. They are also being issued as Forever Stamps.