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Stampless letters, paid for by the receiver, and private postal systems, were gradually phased out after the introduction of adhesive postage stamps, first issued by the U.S. government post office July 1, 1847, in the denominations of five and ten cents, with the use of stamps made mandatory in 1855.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Uruguay. Uruguay is in the southeastern part of South America and has a population of over 3 million people, almost half of whom live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area. Uruguay's only land border is with Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, to the north.
Stamps were not popularly used even after the appearance of the first stamps. At the time, customarily, the receiver rather than the sender was responsible for the postage fee. Therefore, senders were apprehensive of paying the postage before mailing. Nonetheless, the use of local stamps became compulsory by law in 1864.
After the war, postage stamps were used for fiscal purposes. Sarawak joined the Federation of Malaya and North Borneo to form Malaysia in 1963. Since then Malaysian revenue stamps have been used in Sarawak. See also. Postage stamps and postal history of Malaysia; Revenue stamps of Malaysia; Postage stamps and postal history of North Borneo
Hungarian stamp overprinted, 1918. An international force of British and French troops took over the city between 17 November 1918 and 12 September 1919. [1] Personification of "Italy", 1919 Semi-postal overprinted "Valore globale" The first postage stamps for Fiume were issued 1 December 1918 by the Italian National Council which
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.
1 Penny blue of the first issue, numeral cancel. British stamps were used from 8 May 1858 in Kingston and from November 1858 at other offices. [1] Until 1860, the postal service under the control of Great Britain, despite repeated efforts by Jamaican authorities to take over.
A Natal postal agency was established in Eshowe in 1876 (closed between 1879 and 1885), [1] but an official postal system was not started until 1 May 1888, at which time both Zululand and neighboring Natal became members of the Universal Postal Union. At first, the territory used postage stamps of Great Britain and Natal overprinted "ZULULAND". [2]