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Prepayment of postage became compulsory on 1 March 1858, [1] shortly after British postage stamps had been introduced in Malta. [14] In 1859, it was decided that a Malta postage stamp would be issued for local mail, [15] and the Halfpenny Yellow was subsequently issued on 1 December 1860. [1]
The first Moroccan postal stamps were produced in 1891 by private companies which managed courier services between cities. The system was replaced after a reorganization in 1911, the Sherifian post was created to handle local mail, and produced two series of stamps which were valid for use until 1915 and until 1919 in Tangier. [citation needed]
Registered mail sent in August 1945, with stamps from the series of 1934, 1941, and 1942 Due to Ghazi's unexpected death and the infancy of his son, in 1941 a new series was issued featuring local scenery.
The PNA is authorized to manage postal operations, issue stamps and postal stationery, and set rates, under agreements signed between Israel and the PNA following the Oslo Accords. The agreements specifically regulate the wording that can be used on the stamps issued, specifying that they "shall include only the terms 'the Palestinian Council ...
The first Swiss stamps were those of the Cantons (States) of Zürich, Geneva, and Basel. These early Swiss stamps have another distinction. They were also the 3rd (1843), 4th (1843), and 5th (1845) adhesive postage stamp issuing nations of the World. Unfortunately, the Cantonal postage stamp issues are tremendously rare today. [4] BASEL
The Irish Post Office has never publicised an official stamp numbering system for the postage stamps they issued, so collectors use a stamp numbering system from one of the most popular stamp catalogues, [7]: 156–163 such as Stanley Gibbons, Scott, MacDonnell Whyte, MDW (last edition 1991), Hibernian or Michel.
1971 South Vietnam stamp commemorating the first anniversary of the "Land to the Tiller" LawThe stamps of South Vietnam were mostly printed in Paris, Tokyo, England (by De La Rue) and Rome during 1954–1967, [6] in Japan during 1967–1973 [7] and in England (by De La Rue) during 1973–1975.
The first of August also saw the issuance of the first Vatican stamps (Italian stamps were used previously), in the "Conciliation" definitive series of 15 values. The low values, 5 to 75 centesmi, depicted the heraldic arms, while the higher values (80 centesmi to 10 lira) featured a full-face portrait of the reigning Pope Pius XI.