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Two definitive series, one in 1951 consisting of 24 designs featuring native birds, and another of 20 stamps in 1953 depicting native animals, are notable as early stamps printed in full color. The 1950s and 1960s saw a number of additional long sets, including coats of arms, portraits of natives, local churches, and so forth.
36th International Geological Congress (Set of 2 Stamps) 12 20 March 2022 Amethyst: 5.00 each 13 20 March 2022 Himalayas: 10.00 each * India and Turkmenistan - 30 Years of Partnership, (Set of 2 Stamps) 14 3 April 2022 Sankirtana: 25.00 15 3 April 2022 Kushtdepdi 25.00 16 18 April 2022 Pandurang Vaman Kane: 5.00 17 21 April 2022
The "Threepenny beaver" stamp of 1851. The postal and philatelic history of Canada concerns postage of the territories which have formed Canada.Before Canadian confederation, the colonies of British Columbia and Vancouver Island, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland issued stamps in their own names.
The 78¢ Alice Paul self-adhesive stamp, one of the last in the Great Americans series The Great Americans series is a set of definitive stamps issued by the United States Postal Service, starting on December 27, 1980, with the 19¢ stamp depicting Sequoyah, and continuing through 1999, the final stamp being the 55¢ Justin S. Morrill self-adhesive stamp. [1]
Universal Postal Union Issue: Five Feminine Virtues: Hokusai: 1532: 1974: Universal Postal Union Issue: Old Scraps: John F. Peto: 1533: 1974: Universal Postal Union Issue: The Lovely Reader: Jean-Étienne Liotard: 1534: 1974: Universal Postal Union Issue: Lady Writing Letter: Gerard ter Borch: 1535: 1974: Universal Postal Union Issue: Inkwell ...
The postal history of the United Kingdom is notable in at least two respects: first, for the introduction of postage stamps in 1840, and secondly for the establishment of an efficient postal system throughout the British Empire, laying the foundation of many national systems still in existence today. As the originator of postage stamps, the UK ...
On October 5, 1964, the U.S. Post Office issued a postage stamp commemorating Robert Goddard. The stamp depicts an image of Goddard next to a rocket launching from the Kennedy Space Center. The Post Office released the stamp issues at a ceremony held in New Mexico. Goddard's wife, Esther Goddard, attended the ceremony.
The "Large Dragons", China's first postage stamps, 1878, of the Chinese: 郵政局; pinyin: yóuzhèngjú post office. The history of the postage stamps and postal history of China is complicated by the gradual decay of Imperial China and the years of civil war and Japanese occupation in the 1930s and 1940s.