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In 1896, Romanian stamps were overprinted in Turkish currency for use on ships passing between Constanța and Constantinople . In 1903, the first pictorial designs were issued to note the opening of a new post office in Bucharest, followed by a series of 10 designs in 1906, for the 40th anniversary of Carol's reign.
The Stamps and Posts of Albania and Epirus 1878 to 1945. Bristol: Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, 2002 ISBN 0952717727 285p. Smaili, B. et al. Pulla Poste Shqipetare = Albanian Postage Stamps, 1913–1959. Tirana: Botuar nga Drejtoria e Pergjitheshme P. T. T. te Republikes Popullore te Shquiperise, 1959.
2. Perforations. 3. Denomination. 4. Country name. A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage (the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail). Then the stamp is affixed to the face or address-side of any item of mail —an ...
Since 2008, Posta Shqiptare has 15 postal affiliates and 19 branches. It offers service to 553 post offices throughout Albania. Albanian Post (based on PAP1) offers free internet at 553 offices. Albanian Post planned to start the implementation of PAP2 in cooperation with Prefectures, Municipalities and Communes of the country, adding 1200 ...
Poșta Română. An 1865 stamp of Romania. CN Poșta Română SA is the national operator in the field of postal services in Romania. It is the sole supplier of universal service in any point on the Romanian territory. Poșta Română is active on the free market of value added postal and press services, as competitor, and performs collateral ...
In 1884, a 5 paras stamp and a ten paras stamp of a second issue of this design, with changed colors, were issued. [3] [2] Higher denominations for the 1884 issue were prepared, but not issued. [3] Both of these sets, 1881 and 1884, were printed in Constantinople. [4] [6] [7] Most of these types are quite common, but perforation variations can ...
Stamp collecting is the collecting of postage stamps and related objects. It is an area of philately, which is the study (or combined study and collection) of stamps. It has been one of the world's most popular hobbies since the late nineteenth century with the rapid growth of the postal service, [ 1] as a stream of new stamps was produced by ...
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]