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2. List of British postage stamps - Wikipedia

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   Silver wedding 26 April 1948 (first issue to commemorate a personal Royal occasion rather than a state event, £1 value was the first British stamp designed by a woman and the issue is notable for the omission of the words 'postage' and 'revenue').

3. Royal Philatelic Collection - Wikipedia

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   Royal Philatelic Collection. The catalogue of the collection, published 1952, here shown in the deluxe leather bound edition out of the slip-case. The Royal Philatelic Collection is the postage stamp collection of the British royal family. It is the most comprehensive collection of items related to the philately of the United Kingdom and the ...

4. Postage stamps and postal history of Singapore - Wikipedia

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   The stamps had a common design and the inscription in English "Building a Strong Singapore!", which was also repeated in Chinese, Malay and Tamil. [9] Singapore started issuing its own postage stamps on a regular basis from 1966. The first postage block was issued in 1969 and commemorated the 150th anniversary of the city's founding.

5. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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   Benjamin Franklin — George Washington The First U.S. Postage Stamps, issued 1847. The first stamp issues were authorized by an act of Congress and approved on March 3, 1847.[ 20] The earliest known use of the Franklin 5¢ is July 7, 1847, while the earliest known use of the Washington 10¢ is July 2, 1847.

6. United Kingdom commemorative stamps 1980–1989 - Wikipedia

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   Postage stamps were first issued in the United Kingdom on 6 May 1840, with the introduction of the world's first adhesive postage stamp, known as the Penny Black.Until 1924, all British stamps depicted only the portrait of the reigning monarch, with the exception of the "high value" stamps (also known as the "Sea Horses" design) issued in 1913, which were twice the size of normal stamps with ...

7. List of most expensive philatelic items - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of the highest known prices paid for philatelic items, including stamps and covers. The current record price for a single stamp is US$ 9,480,000 paid for the British Guiana 1c magenta. [ 1][ 2] This list is ordered by consumer price index inflation-adjusted value (in bold) in millions of United States dollars in 2023. [ note 1 ...