* 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

Six definitive series on themes relevant to the country's heritage and progress in various fields have been brought out. 770 Postage stamps were issued since after independence and up to 1983 & details of stamps issued pre-independence & after independence is available with the images of stamp year wise.

The hotel is featured on a US Postage Stamp honoring director Billy Wilder, with images of Marilyn Monroe and the hotel from Some Like It Hot.

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Postage stamp | Stamps issued on 01-10-1854 in India ( All the stamps of four value issued in clarge form )

Postage stamps can be broadly classified into four categories, Definitive, Commemorative, Special Thematic or Tropical and stamps issued for specific purposes.

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 .).

Houdon's sculptures were used as models for the engravings used on various U. S. Postage stamps of the late 19th and early 20th centuries which depict Washington in profile.

Postage stamps were issued for Kionga during its occupation ; for more detail, see postage stamps and postal history of Kionga.

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Postage stamps ; issues of 1978 still used " Rhodesia ," and the next stamp issues were in 1980, after the change to just " Zimbabwe ," and were inscribed accordingly.

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Postage Rates were double those of the UK.

Copies of the unreleased Silver Bell were leaked and bootlegged, and can now be easily acquired via the " B & P " ( Blanks and Postage ) method on message boards.

Postage stamps were issued for Mohéli briefly under French rule ; this 2-centime value dates from 1906.

Postage stamps of Britain were used in those days at Georgetown ( Demerara ) and Berbice.

The first 50 years of postage stamp production were chronicled in John Easton's " The De La Rue History of British and Foreign Postage Stamps 1855-1901 ".

In 1853, the first design was prepared in the mint at Calcutta and the stamps were struck under the guidance and supervision of Captain ( Later on General ) Sir Henry Thuillier, then Deputy Surveyor General of India at Calcutta. Stamp was issued on 1 October 1854 on all India basis. Printing of stamps in Calcutta Mint ceased in November, 1855, thereafter, they were printed at London by Thoms De La Rue & Company. The India Security Press was set up at Nashik in Maharashtra state in 1925 and the postage stamps have been printed at Nashik since then. 282 Postage stamps were issued upto 14 August 1947 by the British Government. The stamps are today printed by photogravure process. The stamps of the British period generally carry the effigy of the regnant King or Queen.

Postage stamps were issued specifically for the Northern Nigeria Protectorate beginning in March 1890.