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A Moroccan stamp, dating to the early 20th century. The inscription in Arabic mentions the price of the stamp, 5 mouzouna, which is a subdivision of the Hassani Rial, the local Moroccan currency used in the 19th and early 20th century. A French stamp surcharged for the French Post Office in Morocco, 1891
The very first postal stationery issued was a picture postal card in 1966 showing on the left back side an etched drawing of Rinpung Dzong (Paro Dzong) while the preprinted postage stamp of 6 Chhetrum shows a drawing of Simtokha Dzong, in the same style and dark green color. This left the front side free for writing of a message.
A 1967 stamp of Japan featuring a painting of Mount Fuji. The story of Japan's postal system with its postage stamps and related postal history goes back centuries. The country's first modern postal service got started in 1871, with mail professionally travelling between Kyoto and Tokyo as well as the latter city and Osaka.
The Postage Stamps of The Straits Settlements. London: Sefi, Pemberton & Company, 1925 40p. Series Title: Series of studies in philately no. 3. Ted Proud, Postal History of British Malaya: Straits Settlements. ISBN 1872465021; Wood, F. E. Straits Settlements Postage Stamps. Kuala Lumpur: Selangor Stamp Club, (1948) reprinted 1961 136p.
A 1915 stamp of Panama. Panama was formerly a department of Colombia and used overprints of Colombian stamps from 1878 until it gained independence in 1903. However, from 1903 to 1905 sets of stamps with overprints were still used and it was only in 1906 that the first printed stamps by the Panamanian postal administration were produced with República de Panamá.
Initially, some of the same plates used to print the Penny Black were used to print the Penny Red. About 21 billion Penny Reds were printed by Messrs. Perkins, Bacon & Co. [2] The stamps were printed in sheets of 240 (20 rows of 12 stamps), so one row cost 1 shilling and a complete sheet one pound.
Black Jack or Blackjack was the 2-cent denomination United States postage stamp issued from July 1, 1863 to 1869, is generally referred to as the "Black Jack" due to the large portraiture of the United States President Andrew Jackson on its face printed in pitch black. [1] It is considered to be a key stamp in any collection of US stamps. [2]
The Penny Black, the world's first postage stamp (1 May 1840) Postage stamps have facilitated the delivery of mail since the 1840s. Before then, ink and hand-stamps (hence the word 'stamp'), usually made from wood or cork, were often used to frank the mail and confirm the payment of postage.