* Postage stamps and postal history of Bechuanaland Protectorate

* Postage stamps and postal history of the Cook Islands

* Postage stamps and postal history of India

* Postage stamps and postal history of Niue

Besides postal services, some of which were handled by electronic means, the ministry was involved in a wide spectrum of telephone, wire, telegraph, and international communications ( see Postage stamps and postal history of the People's Republic of China ).

Postage stamps are purchased from a postal administration or other authorized vendor and are used to pay for the costs involved in moving mail as well as other business necessities such as insurance and registration.

Postage stamps have facilitated the delivery of mail since the 1840s.

Postage stamps during this era were the most popular way of paying for mail, but by the end of the 20th century were rapidly being eclipsed by the use of metered postage and bulk mailing by businesses.

In the U. S., the use of postage stamps caught on quickly and became more widespread when on March 3, 1851, the last day of its legislative session, Congress passed the Act of March 3, 1851 ( An Act to reduce and modify the Rates of Postage in the United States ).

* Postage currency postage stamps used as currency rather than as postage

Postage stamps are first issued on a specific date, often referred to as the First day of issue.

Postage stamps are sometimes issued in souvenir sheets or miniature sheets containing one or a small number of stamps.

Postage stamps are often collected for their historical value and geographical aspects and also for the many different subjects depicted on them, ranging from ships, horses, and birds to kings, queens and presidents.

Postage stamp collecting began at the same time that stamps were first issued, and by 1860 thousands of collectors and stamp dealers were appearing around the world as this new study and hobby spread across Europe, European colonies, the United States and other parts of the world.

* Postage stamps – particular countries and / or time periods

** Postage due stamps are special stamps applied by a post office to mail bearing insufficient postage.

Morse was honored on the Postage stamps and postal history of the United States # Famous Americans Series of 1940 | US Famous Americans Series postal issue of 1940.

* Postage stamps and postal history of St. Pierre and Miquelon

* Postage stamps and postal history of Switzerland

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* Postage stamp block, an attached group of postage stamps

* Postage stamps of British Somaliland

* Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

* Postage stamps and postal history of Tuvalu

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2005 Postage stamps and postal history of Germany | German Post stamp for the 40th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with Israel.

Battle of Fallen Timbers, Postage stamps and postal history of the United States # Two Cent Red Sesquicentennial Issues of 1926-1932 | commemorative issue of 1928, 2c

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Addams is honored in the Postage stamps and postal history of the United States # Famous Americans Series of 1940 | ' Famous Americans Series ', postal Issues of 1940

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* Postage stamps and postal history of the Orange Free State

Postage stamps and postal history of France | France, 1929: Commemorative overprint for the Philately | Philatelic Exposition in Le Havre.

* Postage stamps and postal history of Tanganyika

* Postage stamps and postal history of Great Britain

* Postage stamps and postal history of La Agüera

* Postage stamps and postal history of Turkey

# REDIRECT Postage stamps and postal history of Austria

The first officially Postage stamp separation | perforated United States stamp ( 1857 ).

Fewer postmarks are used now than previously, with the advent of meter labels, which indicate the precise date and time of acceptance at the post office, some types of computer vended postage, and computerized postage that people can print from their own PCs ( called PC Postage in the United States, these services were offered by such companies as Stamps. com and Neopost, Inc .).

A banner across the top reads " Fort Ticonderoga ", one across the bottom reads " United States Postage ".

* Herman Herst, Jr., Fancy Cancellations on Nineteenth Century United States Postage Stamps ( Shrub Oak, New York 3rd rev.

* Michel Zareski & Herman Herst, Fancy Cancellations on 19th Century United States Postage Stamps ( Shrub Oak, NY.

Postage stamp issued in 1919 with the inscription " For United Russia-Supreme leader of Russia Kolchak "

Scott Publishing Co also produces a related volume which more comprehensively lists all United States Postage Stamps and Postal History.

Category: Postage stamps of the United Kingdom

Category: Postage stamps of the United States

Category: Postage stamps of the United Kingdom

Category: Postage stamps of the United Kingdom

* Lester G. Brookman, The Nineteenth Century Postage Stamps of the United States ( Lindquist, 1947 ).

* John N. Luff and Benno Loewy, The Postage Stamps of the United States ( New York, Scott Stamp & Coin Co., 1902 ).