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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.
The usual shape of a postage stamp is a rectangle, this being an efficient way to pack stamps on a sheet. A rectangle wider than tall is called a "horizontal design", while taller than wide is a "vertical design". A number of additional shapes have been used, including triangles, rhombuses, octagons, circles, and various freeform shapes ...
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 ...
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.
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.
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has issued several Eid postage stamps, across several years—starting in 2001—honoring "two of the most important festivals in the Islamic calendar: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha." Eid stamps were released in 2001–2002, 2006–2009, 2011, and 2013. They are also being issued as Forever Stamps.
Foreign postcard. 7 m. Blind literature. 2 m per 1 kg. 1926 [4] [11] Inland Express. 20 m for distances up to 1 km, 30 m for 2 km, over 2 km up to delivery boundary 40 m; only available in Jerusalem, Jaffa, Haifa, and Tel-Aviv. Insurance (incl. mand. reg.) 20 m for value up to £12; 7 m per add. value of £12.
A free frank was a mark applied by means of a hand-stamp to parliamentary mail in Britain to indicate that the mailed item did not require postage. The privilege of free franking was granted to four different classes: Members of Parliament; peers sitting in the House of Lords; office-holders, largely as stipulated by Acts of Parliament; and to archbishops and bishops sitting in the House of Lords.