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The first issued stamp of Åland. This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Åland. Åland forms an archipelago in the Baltic Sea that is an autonomous, Swedish-language-speaking region of Finland.
British stamps overprinted M.E.F. (Middle East Forces) were used from 1943 to 1948 after the area was captured by the British during World War II. From 1 July 1948 stamps overprinted B.M.A. TRIPOLATANIA were used. From 6 February 1950 to December 1951 the stamps were overprinted B.A. TRIPOLITANIA. [2]
A 1933 stamp from the first issue of Basutoland. Stamps of the Cape of Good Hope were used in Basutoland in 1880, then those of South Africa in 1910. The first stamps of Basutoland were definitive stamps issued in 1933 [1] and were a set of ten stamps all of the same design depicting King George V and the Nile Crocodile against a background of ...
A modern stamp of Slovakia. This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Slovakia. Slovakia is a landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million and an area of about 49,000 square kilometres (19,000 sq mi).
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Slovenia. Slovenia is a country in Central Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean . Slovenia borders Italy on the west, the Adriatic Sea on the southwest, Croatia on the south and east, Hungary on the northeast, and Austria on the north.
The first stamps used in Madagascar were general issues for the French Colonies. In 1889 the French colonial general issues were overprinted with new face values. [1] [2] The 1891 issue A 1930 stamp of Madagascar French stamp overprinted for use in Madagascar, 1895. The 1891 issue was printed locally on sheetlets of 10 stamps.
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.
After British forces occupied Eritrea and the other Italian colonies during World War II, British postage stamps overprinted M.E.F. (Middle East Forces) were used. These were replaced by issues overprinted B.M.A. ERITREA or later B.A. ERITREA to reflect the change from British military to British civil administration.