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The postage stamps of Vietnam were issued by a variety of states and administrations. Stamps were first introduced by the French colonial administration. Stamps specifically for Vietnam were first issued in 1945. During the decades of conflict and partitioning, stamps were issued by mutually hostile governments.
Mint British stamps for use in Ceylon depicting King George V A mint high value 100 Rupee key type stamp of Ceylon. The first stamps for British Ceylon were issued on 1 April 1857. [1] [2] The stamp features a portrait of Queen Victoria and is brown in colour. It is a 6 pence value used to send a half ounce letter from Ceylon to England.
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.
Postage stamps were issued for the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary on 1 June 1867 in eight values along with one 1 Kreuzer (krajcár in Hungarian) newspaper stamp. [2] Stamps of Austria were withdrawn from the Kingdom of Hungary on 31 May 1867. The dual monarchy stamps were in use there for just over one year.
The Postage Stamps of the Union of South Africa: a collectors' handbook and guide to values. Durban: Philatelic Society of Natal, 1936? 80p. Hagger, S.J. The Stamps of the Union of South Africa, 1910-1961. Cape Town: Published on behalf of the Philatelic Federation of Southern Africa by Reijger Publishers (Pty) Ltd., 1986 ISBN 062009754X 253p.
The estimated cost of World War I for the United States was approximately $32 billion, and by the end of the war, the United States government had issued a total of $26.4 billion in debt. Although national campaigns had aimed to sell $2 billion in war savings stamps, they ultimately accounted for about $0.93 billion, or 3.5 percent, of the ...
The 20-cent U.S. Parcel Post stamp of 1912 had the distinction for being the first postage stamp in history to depict an airplane (identified as an "aeroplane"), six years before the U.S. Post Office Department issued stamps for airmail service.
Postage stamp issued for Bangkok. This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the British post office in Bangkok, Thailand. The earliest recorded mail from Bangkok dates back only to 1836 when American missionary Dan Beach Bradley sent a letter to his father in a stampless cover.
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