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The first stamps for use throughout the kingdom were issued in January 1921. The name of the kingdom was changed to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929, and later becoming the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia after WWII. Bosnia and Herzegovina used Yugoslav stamps until becoming independent in 1992.
These continued to be used by the 49 post offices on envelopes and postal stationery after the introduction of postage stamps. The first cancellations were grid cancels to coincide with the issue of the first postage stamp in 1855. These were used from January 1855 until January 1856, when they were withdrawn to be re-engraved with 354 ...
Until 2022 any 1st and 2nd class and decimal currency postage stamps could be used; old Machin and country definitive design stamps without barcodes are no longer valid from 31 July 2023, with old ones exchangeable for barcoded ones indefinitely [20] through a process which Royal Mail calls the "Stamp Swap Out scheme". [25]
Sai Baba's real name is unknown. The name Sai was given to him by the temple priest Mahalsapati when he returned to Shirdi in 1858. The word Sai refers to a religious mendicant but can also mean God. [13] In several Indian and Middle Eastern languages the term Baba is an honorific signifying grandfather, father, old man or sir. Thus Sai Baba ...
In 1856, Mexico issued its first adhesive postage stamps, with "district overprints", a unique feature among postal systems worldwide, employed to protect from theft of postage stamps. In 1891, the postal and stamp issuing authority was created as an administrative division of the Secretaría de Comunicaciones (Secretariat of Communications).
Illegal stamps are postage stamp–like labels issued in the names of existing independent countries or territories used to defraud postal administrations, stamp collectors, and the general public. Often, but not always, a member nation of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) will have asked the UPU to issue an "International Bureau Circular ...
The United States Postal Service proposed a price increase for Forever stamps in July 2024, raising the cost from 68 to 73 cents. This follows an increase in January 2024 and marks the sixth increase since January 2021. Despite these ongoing price hikes, the United States maintains relatively inexpensive postage compared to other developed ...
Kenya used stamps of British East Africa Company (1890–1895), British East Africa (1895–1903), East Africa and Uganda Protectorates (1903–1922), Kenya and Uganda (1922–1935) and Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika/Tanzania (1935–1976).