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The first stamps inscribed "POSTA ROMANA" were issued in January 1865; the three values depicted Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza in profile, facing right. These did not last long in use, as Cuza was deposed the following year, and new stamps depicted Prince Carol I , also in profile, but facing left, and in a style very similar to contemporary ...
Arguably, New Zealand's rarest postage stamp is the 1949 HMS Vanguard threepence stamp, intended for issue as part of a set of four stamps (2d, 3d, 5d, and 6d) commemorating a royal visit. When the visit was cancelled, all copies of the stamps were ordered to be destroyed, but a small number—possibly as few as seven—of the 3d value survived ...
The overprint was later changed to Saorstát Éireann 1922 (Irish Free State 1922). [1]: 8 The Irish Free State issued the first commemorative stamps depicting a person on 22 June 1929 when Oifig an Phoist, the Irish Post Office, a section of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs, issued a set of three stamps showing Daniel O'Connell.
On 2 December 1982 a souvenir sheet was issued to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the first postage Stamp of Sri Lanka. This was the first souvenir sheet of two stamps of different denominations: 50 cents and 2.50 rupees with a sheet value of Rs. 5. [5] On 1 April 2007 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the first postage stamp of Sri ...
1 Penny blue of the first issue, numeral cancel. British stamps were used from 8 May 1858 in Kingston and from November 1858 at other offices. [1] Until 1860, the postal service under the control of Great Britain, despite repeated efforts by Jamaican authorities to take over.
Upon the death of King George VI in February, 1952, Elizabeth II came to the throne, and a new set of Northern Rhodesia stamps was issued with her portrait. Northern Rhodesia's first commemorative stamps were a set of five on 30 May 1953, marking the birth centennial of Cecil Rhodes , along with another stamp issued on the same day for the ...
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 ...
The Penny Black was the world's first adhesive postage stamp used in a public postal system. It was first issued in the United Kingdom on 1 May 1840 but was not valid for use until 6 May. It was first issued in the United Kingdom on 1 May 1840 but was not valid for use until 6 May.