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An 1880 stamp of Montserrat. 1929 stamp depicting the coat of arms of Montserrat. 1958 stamp showing a map of the island. The first Montserrat stamps in 1876 were red 1d. and green 6d. stamps of Antigua overprinted MONTSERRAT. [ 1][ 2] The first definitives were issued in 1880.
The island only issued two different designs of revenue stamps, but postage stamps were widely used for fiscal purposes and are still used as such today. [1] Montserrat's first revenue stamp was issued sometime around 1866. This was a 1d red stamp featuring a slightly crude design depicting Queen Victoria. It was printed by Harrison and Sons ...
Website. fonts .google .com /specimen /Montserrat. Montserrat is a geometric sans-serif typeface designed by Argentine graphic designer Julieta Ulanovsky and released in 2011. It was inspired by posters, signs and painted windows from the first half of the twentieth century, seen in the historic Montserrat neighbourhood of Buenos Aires.
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.
The British Leeward Islands – Antigua, Dominica, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Christopher ( St. Kitts ), and the Virgin Islands – all used postage stamps inscribed " LEEWARD ISLANDS " between 1890 and 1 July 1956, often concurrently with stamps inscribed with the colony's name. The issue of 1890 was a key plate stamp design with the usual profile ...
The 7d, 8d and 9d stamps had the value indicator behind the bust. [8] 8d Vermillion 8d Light turquoise blue 6 Jan 1969 [6] 9d Dark green 8 Aug 1967 [3] 10d Drab 1 Jul 1968 [7] The background of the 10d and 1/- stamps had a gradient. 1/- Pale violet 5 Jun 1967 [4] 1/6 Blue and deep blue 8 Aug 1967 [3] 1/9 Orange and black 5 Jun 1967 [4] 2/6 Peat ...
1987 –4 Drug Free Society Preventive Education Against Drug Abuse – 30 June 1987; One stamp was issued on this occasion Value: Rs. 1 1987 –5 Independence Day – 14 August 1987; Two stamps were issued on this occasion Value: 80p, Rs. 3 1987 –6 Air Force Day – 7 September 1987; Ten stamps were issued in se-tanent strip of ten in a ...
Postal rates to 1847. Initial United States postage rates were set by Congress as part of the Postal Service Act signed into law by President George Washington on February 20, 1792. The postal rate varied according to "distance zone", the distance a letter was to be carried from the post office where it entered the mail to its final destination.