* 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

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 .).

1847 ( US ) Machine printed postal frank ( India ) In addition to stamps, postage franking can be in the form of printed or stamped impressions made in an authorized format and applied directly by a franking machine, postage meter, computer generated franking labels or other similar methods (" Postage Evidencing Systems "), any form of preprinted " postage paid " notice authorized by a postal service permit (" Indicia "), or any other marking method accepted by the postal service and specified by its regulations, as proof of the prepayment of the appropriate fees.

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.

There are various ways of viewing the data such as spaghetti plots, ensemble means or Postage Stamps where a number of different results from the models run can be compared.

The Bureau's definitive issues of the 1890s consisted of 13 different denominations ranging from 1 cent to 5 dollars, and may be differentiated by the presence or absence of this watermark, which would appear on all U. S. Postage stamps between 1895 and 1910.

1840 ( UK ) Postally franked German Air Mail cover ( Berlin-Buenos Aires via LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin | D-LZ127 Graf Zeppelin ( 1934 ))" Postage " franking is the physical application and presence of postage stamps, or any other markings recognized and accepted by the postal system or systems providing service, which indicate the payment of sufficient fees for the class of service which the item of mail is to be or had been afforded.

Postal franking also includes " Postage Due " stamps or markings affixed by a postal service which designate any amount of insufficient or omitted postage fees to be collected on delivery.

Postage due stamps ( or " labels ", to clarify that they have no value of their own ) are not always affixed to individual letters ; in the case of business mail, the total due might be summed, and the appropriate stamps added to the top letter in a bundle, or to a bundle's wrapper.

Postage for mailing the books is a major expense that must be met through donations.

Sarony's photograph would be used as a model for the engraving of the first Sherman Postage stamp.

Similarly, in 1929 the issue of postage stamps celebrating the Millennium of Iceland's parliament, the Althing, was compromised by the insertion of " 1 " on the print order, before the authorised value of stamps to be produced ( see Postage stamps and postal history of Iceland.

* Encased Postage: Actual postage stamps mounted into a round frame with advertising on the other side

* May 6 — Postage stamps come into use.

His most famous photo was of " The Berlin Air Lift " which was later made into a U. S. Postage Stamp commemorative.

The Model M Postage Meter was authorized on September 1, 1920 and was put into commercial use in Stamford later that year.

Postage stamps bearing the images of four wild animals of Udawalawe were issued on 31 October 2007 in the series " National Parks of Sri Lanka ", featuring Water Buffalo, Sri Lankan Elephant, Ruddy Mongoose and Tufted Grey Langur.

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

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

Hildebud is filled with props, posters, and other memorabilia from Buddy's numerous films: a model of Tokyo complete with Atomic Chihuahua, the Maltese Finch, and a statue of " Buck Palace, the Fighting Mailman " ( star of such films as Postage Due and Special Delivery ).