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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.
The U.S. prime rate is in principle the interest rate at which a supermajority (3/4ths) of large banks loan money to their most creditworthy corporate clients. [1] As such, it serves as the de facto floor for private-sector lending, and is the baseline from which common "consumer" interest rates are set (e.g. credit card rates).
The first zeppelin to carry mail was LZ 4, in July 1908, followed shortly by LZ 3.The early flights did not use any special markings; the first was an oval reading "LUFTSCHIFF / SIGNALPOST" around the edge and "Z III" in the center, used on LZ 6 (Z 3) from August to October 1909.
The Mail Monopoly: Analysing Canadian Postal Service (Vancouver: Fraser Institute, 1990). Arnell, Jack C., and Kenneth S. Mackenzie. Atlantic Mails: A History of the Mail Service Between Great Britain and Canada to 1889 (National Postal Museum, 1980). Bickerton, Geoff. "Postal deregulation and its impact on postal workers: a Canadian union ...
Special postage stamps were issued for use with this service. [1] Domestic air mail became obsolete in 1975, and international air mail [2] in 1995, when the USPS began transporting First Class mail by air on a routine basis. [3] [4] All post-1977 United States stamp images are copyright of USPS. [5]
Order of the Russian Post announcing new postal rates as of 28 May 2008. Postage rates in Russia have changed multiple times in the period 1917 to present. They have been introduced by the Soviet and Russian Federation governmental organs and agencies and reflected in alteration of stamp denominations.
A Malayan Postage Union was established in 1907 that instituted universal postage rates for the Federated Malay States, the Straits Settlements, and Johor. Kedah, Kelantan, and Terengganu joined in 1909 when they transferred from Thailand to British protection. [6] [7] [8]
The Regular Issues of 1922–1931 were a series of 27 U.S. postage stamps issued for general everyday use by the U.S. Post Office. Unlike the definitives previously in use, which presented only a Washington or Franklin image, each of these definitive stamps depicted a different president or other subject, with Washington and Franklin each confined to a single denomination.