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Castle, Wilfrid T. F. Cyprus, 1353–1986: History, Postal History & Postage Stamps. London: Christie's-Robson Lowe/Cyprus Study Circle, 1987 ISBN 0-85397-418-7 546p. Frangoudis, Hermes St. Catalogue of Cyprus Stamps and Postal History 1845–2002. Athens: The Author, 2003 ISBN 9609205003 336p. Georgallis, C. and Spencer, M. Stamp Booklets 1962 ...
Malta used postage due markings on mail throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, but only issued its first set of postage due stamps on 16 April 1925. The first set consisted of ten imperforate provisional stamps with denominations ranging from ½d to 1/6, and they were typeset at the Government Printing Office in Valletta.
Special postage stamps were issued for use with this service. [1] Domestic air mail became obsolete in 1975, and international air mail [2] in 1995, when the USPS began transporting First Class mail by air on a routine basis. [3] [4] All post-1977 United States stamp images are copyright of USPS. [5]
The "Large Dragons", China's first postage stamps, 1878, of the Chinese: 郵政局; pinyin: yóuzhèngjú post office. The history of the postage stamps and postal history of China is complicated by the gradual decay of Imperial China and the years of civil war and Japanese occupation in the 1930s and 1940s.
Bhutan Postal Runner as displayed in the Bhutan Postal Museum in Thimphu, Bhutan. In 1955 the Royal Government of Bhutan regularized the dispatch of mail from various government offices at intervals of five days, and placed it on a monetary footing because the system was being stretched thin through growing private use for personal mail.
The use of postage stamps began in April 1858 with a consignment of British stamps. These were cancelled "A05" at Nassau.The use of British stamps was brief however; in the following year the Bahamian post office became independent of London, and issued its own stamps beginning 10 June 1859.
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