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The Austrian Empire, between 1816 and 1867. The first postage stamp issue of the Empire of Austria was a series of imperforate typographed stamps featuring the coat of arms. At first they were printed on a rough handmade paper, but after 1854 a smooth machine-made paper was used instead.
All private vessels were required to carry letters at prescribed rates for postage. [2] Handstamps were applied to preadhesive ship letters. Postage stamps of India were used from 1854, the Settlements being considered part of the "Bengal circle", then from 1861 they became part of the "Burma circle".
The postage stamps and postal history of Israel is a survey of the postage stamps issued by the state of Israel, and its postal history, since independence was proclaimed on May 14, 1948. The first postage stamps were issued two days later on May 16, 1948. [1] Pre-1948 postal history is discussed in postage stamps and postal history of Palestine.
This configuration of 240 stamps per sheet continued with all low-value British postage stamps issued until decimalisation in 1971, when the sheet size was changed to 200 (20 rows of 10 stamps), making the lowest value denomination (half new penny) one pound per sheet.
Erkan Esmer, The Ottoman Empire: a Study of Postal Rates, Routes, Delivery Times and Effects of Historical Events. Menachim Max Mayo, Anatolia. Pulko 2007, Ottoman Empire and Republic of Turkey Postage Stamp Catalogue. The standard catalog (in Turkish) The Duloz Issues of Turkey 1865–1887 formed by Max Plantinga, David Feldman, Geneva 2009 ...
In 1858 the dotted pattern in the background was replaced with wavy lines, in 1863 a larger crown was used in the watermark and the stamps were rouletted. Along with postage stamps, the use of numeral cancellations was adopted, consisting of a number with several concentric circles, each number corresponding to a particular post office. "1" was ...
The postal service was started on 4 August 1883 with one post office building, called Praisaneeyakarn (Thai: ไปรษณียาคาร) on the bank of Chao Phraya River near Ong Ang Canal. [3] The first postage stamps—the Solot Series—and a postcard were issued on the same day. [4]
1973 Bhutan record stamps. The stamps play the Royal Bhutan Anthem, folk-songs and a short history of Bhutan. [1]The first postage stamps of Bhutan were issued in 1962, the same year that the first motorable road was opened. [2]