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The postal history of the United Kingdom is notable in at least two respects: first, for the introduction of postage stamps in 1840, and secondly for the establishment of an efficient postal system throughout the British Empire, laying the foundation of many national systems still in existence today. As the originator of postage stamps, the UK ...
6-pence of 1938, used in 1943 at Gaberone's Village, later Gaborone. The first stamps inscribed Bechuanaland Protectorate appeared in 1932. The 12 values, ranging from 1 ⁄ 2 d to 10 shillings, all used the same design; a group of cattle next to a baobab tree, surmounted by a portrait for King George V.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the Cook Islands. The Cook Islands are named after Captain James Cook , who visited the islands in 1773 and 1777. They became a British protectorate in 1888 and in 1900 administrative control was transferred to New Zealand .
The "Threepenny beaver" stamp of 1851. The postal and philatelic history of Canada concerns postage of the territories which have formed Canada.Before Canadian confederation, the colonies of British Columbia and Vancouver Island, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland issued stamps in their own names.
Tughra issue (1863) with red control band. On January 1, 1863, the Ottoman Empire issued its first adhesive postage stamps.It was the second independent country in Asia to issue adhesive stamps, preceded only by Russia in 1858, and two British colonies, Scinde District of India in 1852, India itself in 1854 and Ceylon in 1857.
There was often a very small quantity of stamps printed, only 258 of some and no more than 1,000 of others. Covers of that period are even scarcer than the classic Colombian covers that are recorded. Only very few hand stamps (postal markings) were used, and most stamps were cancelled in manuscript with the name of the town of origin. [1]
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 1902 stamp of Transvaal. The Second Boer War erupted in 1899, the war ended the existence of the South African Republic.. Stamps of the South African Republic were overprinted "V.R.I." (Victoria Regina Imperatrix, Latin for Victoria, Queen and Empress) or "E.R.I." (Edward Rex Imperator, for Edward VII) between 1900 and 1902.