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The first postage stamps—the Solot Series—and a postcard were issued on the same day. [4] The initial postal service area was limited to Sam Sen on the north, Bang Kho Laem on the south, Talad Phlu on the west, and Si Prathum on the east.
[34]: 50–159 The first miniature sheet of four stamp on stamp postage stamps was issued in 1972 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first Irish postage stamp. [ 34 ] : 50 This was followed by a four-stamp sheet to commemorate the bicentenary of the United States Declaration of Independence ; the stamps in this sheet were also available ...
A new series of 1910 used an arms design for low values, and a full-face portrait of King Gustav V.Additional surcharges were needed in 1918 before new stamps of the series could be printed. 1920 saw the introduction of coil stamps using a lion design and a new portrait of Gustav, along with a crown and posthorn design for larger denominations, as well as a commemorative depicting Gustavus ...
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Brunei.. Brunei is located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia.Its coastline with the South China Sea is the only portion that is not bounded by another country; the state of Sarawak, Malaysia, surrounds the country and it is divided into two portion by Limbang, which is part of Sarawak.
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]
A 1871 stamp of Fiji (left) with a forgery (right) This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Fiji. Fiji is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about 2,000 km northeast of New Zealand's North Island. It was a former British colony.
Following the occupation of the Philippines by the United States as a result of the Spanish–American War, the American military government issued regular stamps overprinted with the word "Philippines", for postal purposes. Stamps issued on June 30, 1899, were used up to August 1906, when the American civil government that supplanted the ...
The postage stamps of Vietnam were issued by a variety of states and administrations. Stamps were first introduced by the French colonial administration. Stamps specifically for Vietnam were first issued in 1945. During the decades of conflict and partitioning, stamps were issued by mutually hostile governments.