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Through the years, a person has had to be deceased before their face appeared on a stamp, [1] though the USPS will document that a stamp has commemorated people, living or deceased, without including their actual face on the stamp – such as the image of a yellow submarine from the 1969 eponymous album cover shown on the 1999 stamp [2 ...
The main components of a stamp: 1. Image 2. Perforations 3. Denomination 4. Country name. A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage (the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail).
This is a list of British postage stamps issued by the Royal Mail postal service of the United Kingdom, normally referred to in philatelic circles as Great Britain. This list should be consistent with printed publications, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and cite sources of any deviation (e.g., magazine issue listing newly found variations).
Taiwan featured stamps of President Chiang Kai-shek and his wife Soong Mei-ling following the retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan in 1949. Whereas four eminent politicians such as Chiang's top assistant Chen Cheng were featured on postage stamps only after their deaths, Chiang and his wife were showcased on the stamps ...
Two pence blue – Issued for second rate step, at the same time as Penny Black. VR official – First official stamp. Prince Consort Essay. Penny Red – Improved follow-ons to the Penny Black. Archer Roulette – Experimental separation of stamps. Edward VII 2d Tyrian plum – Withdrawn before issue, but one used. Postal Union Congress £1 stamp.
The four stamps clearly and deliberately depict members of the team including captain Michael Vaughan and Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff. A series of stamps released in January 2007 featured some of the most famous Beatles album covers, which also show members of the band. Similarly, a 2011 stamp features actor David Tennant in the role of Hamlet.
Among the most definitive is George Washington, whose engraving (along with that of Benjamin Franklin) appeared on the first U.S. Postage stamps released by the U.S. Post Office, on July 1 of 1847. Thomas Jefferson first appeared on U.S. postage in March 1856, nine years after the first issues were released.
Postal service in the United States began with the delivery of stampless letters whose cost was borne by the receiving person, later encompassed pre-paid letters carried by private mail carriers and provisional post offices, and culminated in a system of universal prepayment that required all letters to bear nationally issued adhesive postage stamps.