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The emblem of the Hungarian Royal Post used between 1867 and 1945. The postal history of Hungary is strongly linked to the history of Hungary.While a messenger system was brought to the Carpathian Basin by Árpád as early as 895, modern mail delivery was first organized by the Habsburgs under the Austrian Empire.
1973 Bhutan record stamps. The stamps play the Royal Bhutan Anthem, folk-songs and a short history of Bhutan. [1]The first postage stamps of Bhutan were issued in 1962, the same year that the first motorable road was opened. [2]
In the longer term, the future existence of postage stamps may be in doubt as people use electronic communications more and more and send fewer letters. If stamps are no longer sold for postage they may cease to be collected and if they are not collected, the vital collector demand that underpins the investment market may disappear.
To commemorate the centenary of the first postage stamps issued, the postal authorities issued a series of special stamps. In the center of the stamp is an exact replica of the first stamp issued, the 5 Quartos carmine showing a profile of an effigy or Queen Isabela II of Spain, On its left side Magellan lands on Philippine shores. He holds in ...
In 1852, India became the first Asian country to issue its own postage stamps with the introduction of the “Scinde Dawk” in the Sindh district, a circular stamp created as part of postal reforms led by Sir Bartle Frere. [2]
In addition, UV-protective sleeves for the eclipse stamps are available from post offices for 25¢ each. The photograph of the total solar eclipse on the stamp was taken at Jalu, Libya on March 29, 2006, [8] by Fred Espenak. The stamp's alternate image is a photo of the full moon taken by Espenak [9] at his observatory in Portal, Arizona in ...
The first Tongan stamp, 1 penny, issued in 1886, that depicts George Tupou I of Tonga The 1949 U.P.U. omnibus issue of Tonga. The beginnings of the postal history of Tonga can be traced to the Wesleyan missionaries, who landed in the islands in 1826, and sent regular communications back to London and Sydney from the day of their arrival.
This postal stamp went into circulation on 10 July 1991. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine declared its independence and the first stamps of the new republic were issued on 1 March 1992. [2] In 1992 the Ukrainian Post Office overprinted stamps of the Soviet Union with stylised tridents for use in Kyiv, Lviv and Chernihiv. [2]