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This includes the design, production, and uses of stamps after they are issued. A postage stamp is evidence of pre-paying a fee for <a href="/wiki/Postal_services" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal services">postal services</a>. <a href="/wiki/Postal_history" title="Postal history">Postal history</a> is the study of postal systems of the past. It includes the study of rates charged, routes followed, and special handling of letters. <p><b><a href="/wiki/Stamp_collecting" title="Stamp collecting">Stamp collecting</a></b> is the <a href="/wiki/Collecting" title="Collecting">collecting</a> of <a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">postage stamps</a> and related objects, such as <a href="/wiki/Cover_(philately)" title="Cover (philately)">covers</a> (<a href="/wiki/Envelope" title="Envelope">envelopes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Postcard" title="Postcard">postcards</a> or <a href="/wiki/Package_delivery" title="Package delivery">parcels</a> with stamps affixed). It is one of the world's most popular <a href="/wiki/Hobby" title="Hobby">hobbies</a>, with estimates of the number of collectors ranging up to 20 million in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> alone. </p> <div class="noprint" align="right"><b>More about <a href="/wiki/Philately" title="Philately">philately</a></b> and <b><a href="/wiki/Stamp_collecting" title="Stamp collecting">stamp collecting</a></b></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div> <div style="text-align:center; margin:0.25em auto 0.75em"><span class="noprint plainlinks purgelink"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Philately&action=purge"><span title="Purge this page"><b>Refresh with new selections below (purge)</b></span></a></span></div> <div class="portal-column-left-wide"> <div class="box-header-title-container flex-columns-noflex" style="clear:both;color:white;margin-bottom:0px;border:solid #4682B4;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;font-size:100%;background:#4169E1;font-family:sans-serif;padding:.1em;border-width:1px 1px 0;padding-top:.1em;padding-left:.1em;padding-right:.1em;padding-bottom:.1em;moz-border-radius:0;webkit-border-radius:0;border-radius:0"><div class="plainlinks noprint" style="float:right;margin-bottom:.1em;color:white;font-size:80%"></div><h2 id="Recognized_content_-_show_another" style="font-weight:bold;padding:0;margin:0;color:white;font-family:sans-serif;border:none;font-size:100%;padding-bottom:.1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_support_vote.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/19px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/29px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/38px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> Recognized content - 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It was established in 1891 as part of the British Museum Library, later to become the <a href="/wiki/British_Library" title="British Library">British Library</a>, with the collection of <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Tapling" title="Thomas Tapling">Thomas Tapling</a>. In addition to bequests and continuing donations, the library received consistent deposits by the <a href="/wiki/Crown_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Crown Agency">Crown Agency</a> and has become a primary research collection for <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a> and international history. The collections contain a wide range of artefacts in addition to <a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">postage stamps</a>, from <a href="/wiki/Newspaper_stamp" title="Newspaper stamp">newspaper stamps</a> to a press used to print the first British postage stamps. 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Postage meters are regulated by a country's postal authority. A postage meter imprints an amount of postage, functioning as a postage stamp, a <a href="/wiki/Cancellation_(mail)" title="Cancellation (mail)">cancellation</a> and a dated <a href="/wiki/Postmark" title="Postmark">postmark</a> all in one. The <a href="/wiki/Meter_stamp" title="Meter stamp">meter stamp</a> serves as proof of payment and eliminates the need for adhesive stamps. 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stamps</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Philatelic_investment" title="Philatelic investment">Philatelic investment</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Thurn_und_Taxis" title="Thurn und Taxis">Thurn und Taxis</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Germany" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Germany">Postage stamps and postal history of Germany</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Imprinted_stamp" title="Imprinted stamp">Imprinted stamp</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div> <div class="box-header-title-container flex-columns-noflex" style="clear:both;color:white;margin-bottom:0px;border:solid #4682B4;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;font-size:100%;background:#4169E1;font-family:sans-serif;padding:.1em;border-width:1px 1px 0;padding-top:.1em;padding-left:.1em;padding-right:.1em;padding-bottom:.1em;moz-border-radius:0;webkit-border-radius:0;border-radius:0"><div class="plainlinks noprint" 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.gallerybox{order:99999;flex-shrink:0}.mw-parser-output .randomSlideshow-container ul.gallery:first-child label{flex:0 0}.mw-parser-output .randomSlideshow-container ul.gallery:first-child .gallerybox{width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .randomSlideshow-container ul.gallery:first-child .gallerybox>div,.mw-parser-output .randomSlideshow-container ul.gallery:first-child .gallerybox>div>div{width:inherit!important;max-width:100%;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .randomSlideshow-container .nomobile+ul label{display:none!important}</style><div class="randomSlideshow-container" style="max-width:100%; margin:-4em auto;"><div class="nomobile"></div><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-slideshow switcher-container"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stamp_Jamaica_1956_unissued_1sh.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 1Unissued 1956 £1 Jamaican chocolate and violet, the first stamp designed for Queen Elizabeth II. Held in the British Library Crown Agents Collection.[1]"><img alt="Image 1Unissued 1956 £1 Jamaican chocolate and violet, the first stamp designed for Queen Elizabeth II. Held in the British Library Crown Agents Collection.[1]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Stamp_Jamaica_1956_unissued_1sh.jpg/120px-Stamp_Jamaica_1956_unissued_1sh.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Stamp_Jamaica_1956_unissued_1sh.jpg/180px-Stamp_Jamaica_1956_unissued_1sh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Stamp_Jamaica_1956_unissued_1sh.jpg/240px-Stamp_Jamaica_1956_unissued_1sh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1833" data-file-height="1152" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 1</span></span>Unissued <a href="/wiki/1956_%C2%A31_Jamaican_chocolate_and_violet" class="mw-redirect" title="1956 £1 Jamaican chocolate and violet">1956 £1 Jamaican chocolate and violet</a>, the first stamp designed for Queen Elizabeth II. Held in the British Library Crown Agents Collection.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_forces_in_Egypt.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 2A military stamp used by the British forces in Egypt around 1935"><img alt="Image 2A military stamp used by the British forces in Egypt around 1935" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/British_forces_in_Egypt.jpg/120px-British_forces_in_Egypt.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="62" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/British_forces_in_Egypt.jpg/180px-British_forces_in_Egypt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/British_forces_in_Egypt.jpg/240px-British_forces_in_Egypt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="420" data-file-height="216" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 2</span></span>A <b><a href="/wiki/Military_stamp" title="Military stamp">military stamp</a></b> used by the British forces in Egypt around 1935</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Zeppelin_mail-1934_Xmas_flight_Gibraltar-Brazil.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 3Cover sent by Zeppelin from Gibraltar on 20 November 1934 to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil via London and Berlin for the Christmas flight (12th South American flight) of 1934 that took place between the 8th and 19th. The two red "MIT LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN" and green circular marking were applied by the post office. This is a printed matter item that has been registered."><img alt="Image 3Cover sent by Zeppelin from Gibraltar on 20 November 1934 to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil via London and Berlin for the Christmas flight (12th South American flight) of 1934 that took place between the 8th and 19th. The two red "MIT LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN" and green circular marking were applied by the post office. This is a printed matter item that has been registered." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Zeppelin_mail-1934_Xmas_flight_Gibraltar-Brazil.jpg/120px-Zeppelin_mail-1934_Xmas_flight_Gibraltar-Brazil.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Zeppelin_mail-1934_Xmas_flight_Gibraltar-Brazil.jpg/180px-Zeppelin_mail-1934_Xmas_flight_Gibraltar-Brazil.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Zeppelin_mail-1934_Xmas_flight_Gibraltar-Brazil.jpg/240px-Zeppelin_mail-1934_Xmas_flight_Gibraltar-Brazil.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="969" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 3</span></span>Cover sent by <a href="/wiki/Zeppelin" title="Zeppelin">Zeppelin</a> from <a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a> on 20 November 1934 to <a href="/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a> via London and Berlin for the Christmas flight (12th South American flight) of 1934 that took place between the 8th and 19th. The two red "MIT LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN" and green circular marking were applied by the post office. This is a <a href="/wiki/Printed_matter" title="Printed matter">printed matter</a> item that has been registered.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rossstamps1957.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 4Ross Dependency 1957 issue (3 of 4 stamps)"><img alt="Image 4Ross Dependency 1957 issue (3 of 4 stamps)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Rossstamps1957.jpg/120px-Rossstamps1957.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Rossstamps1957.jpg/180px-Rossstamps1957.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Rossstamps1957.jpg/240px-Rossstamps1957.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3136" data-file-height="2392" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 4</span></span><b><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_the_Ross_Dependency" title="Postage stamps and postal history of the Ross Dependency">Ross Dependency</a></b> 1957 issue (3 of 4 stamps)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Crash_cover_Khartoum-Alexandria_31Dec1935.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 5A crash cover is any type of cover, (including air accident cover, interrupted flight cover, wreck cover) meaning any piece of mail that has been recovered from a fixed-wing aircraft, airship or aeroplane crash, train wreck, shipwreck or other postal transportation accident during its journey from sender to recipient. In many cases it was possible to recover some or even all of the mail being carried and the postal authorities typically apply a postal marking (cachet), label, or mimeograph that gets affixed to the cover explaining the delay and damage to the recipient, and possibly enclose the letter in an "ambulance cover" or "body bag" if it was badly damaged and forwarded to its intended destination."><img alt="Image 5A crash cover is any type of cover, (including air accident cover, interrupted flight cover, wreck cover) meaning any piece of mail that has been recovered from a fixed-wing aircraft, airship or aeroplane crash, train wreck, shipwreck or other postal transportation accident during its journey from sender to recipient. In many cases it was possible to recover some or even all of the mail being carried and the postal authorities typically apply a postal marking (cachet), label, or mimeograph that gets affixed to the cover explaining the delay and damage to the recipient, and possibly enclose the letter in an "ambulance cover" or "body bag" if it was badly damaged and forwarded to its intended destination." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Crash_cover_Khartoum-Alexandria_31Dec1935.jpg/120px-Crash_cover_Khartoum-Alexandria_31Dec1935.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Crash_cover_Khartoum-Alexandria_31Dec1935.jpg/180px-Crash_cover_Khartoum-Alexandria_31Dec1935.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Crash_cover_Khartoum-Alexandria_31Dec1935.jpg/240px-Crash_cover_Khartoum-Alexandria_31Dec1935.jpg 2x" data-file-width="635" data-file-height="289" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 5</span></span>A <b><a href="/wiki/Crash_cover" title="Crash cover">crash cover</a></b> is any type of <a href="/wiki/Cover_(philately)" title="Cover (philately)">cover</a>, (including <b>air accident cover</b>, <b>interrupted flight cover</b>, <b>wreck cover</b>) meaning any piece of <a href="/wiki/Mail" title="Mail">mail</a> that has been recovered from a <a href="/wiki/Fixed-wing_aircraft" title="Fixed-wing aircraft">fixed-wing aircraft</a>, <a href="/wiki/Airship" title="Airship">airship</a> or <a href="/wiki/Aeroplane" class="mw-redirect" title="Aeroplane">aeroplane</a> crash, train wreck, <a href="/wiki/Shipwreck" title="Shipwreck">shipwreck</a> or other postal transportation accident during its journey from sender to recipient. In many cases it was possible to recover some or even all of the mail being carried and the <a href="/wiki/Postal_authorities" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal authorities">postal authorities</a> typically apply a <a href="/wiki/Postal_marking" title="Postal marking">postal marking</a> (cachet), label, or mimeograph that gets affixed to the cover explaining the delay and damage to the recipient, and possibly enclose the letter in an "ambulance cover" or "body bag" if it was badly damaged and forwarded to its intended destination.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Great_Britain_1929_PUC_advertising_pane_op_cancelled_SG436var.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 6Advertising for the stamp dealer Charles Nissen on a booklet pane from the 1929 PUC stamps of Great Britain."><img alt="Image 6Advertising for the stamp dealer Charles Nissen on a booklet pane from the 1929 PUC stamps of Great Britain." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Great_Britain_1929_PUC_advertising_pane_op_cancelled_SG436var.jpg/120px-Great_Britain_1929_PUC_advertising_pane_op_cancelled_SG436var.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Great_Britain_1929_PUC_advertising_pane_op_cancelled_SG436var.jpg/180px-Great_Britain_1929_PUC_advertising_pane_op_cancelled_SG436var.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Great_Britain_1929_PUC_advertising_pane_op_cancelled_SG436var.jpg/240px-Great_Britain_1929_PUC_advertising_pane_op_cancelled_SG436var.jpg 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 6</span></span>Advertising for the <b><a href="/wiki/Stamp_dealer" title="Stamp dealer">stamp dealer</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Charles_Nissen" title="Charles Nissen">Charles Nissen</a> on a booklet pane from the 1929 PUC stamps of Great Britain.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1900c%26sperfin.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 7A postal stationery envelope used from London to Düsseldorf in 1900, with additional postage stamp perfinned "C & S" identifying the user as "Churchill & Sim" per the seal on the reverse shown on inset. A perfin, the contraction of 'PERForated INitials', is a pattern of tiny holes punched through a postage stamp. Organizations used perforating machines to make perforations forming letters or designs in postage stamps with the purpose of preventing pilferage. It is often difficult to identify the originating uses of individual perfins because there are often no identifying features but when a perfin is affixed to a cover that has some user identifying feature, like a company name, address, or even a postmark or cancellation of a known town where the company had offices, this enhances the perfin."><img alt="Image 7A postal stationery envelope used from London to Düsseldorf in 1900, with additional postage stamp perfinned "C & S" identifying the user as "Churchill & Sim" per the seal on the reverse shown on inset. A perfin, the contraction of 'PERForated INitials', is a pattern of tiny holes punched through a postage stamp. Organizations used perforating machines to make perforations forming letters or designs in postage stamps with the purpose of preventing pilferage. It is often difficult to identify the originating uses of individual perfins because there are often no identifying features but when a perfin is affixed to a cover that has some user identifying feature, like a company name, address, or even a postmark or cancellation of a known town where the company had offices, this enhances the perfin." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/1900c%26sperfin.png/120px-1900c%26sperfin.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/1900c%26sperfin.png/180px-1900c%26sperfin.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/1900c%26sperfin.png/240px-1900c%26sperfin.png 2x" data-file-width="1728" data-file-height="959" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 7</span></span>A <a href="/wiki/Postal_stationery" title="Postal stationery">postal stationery</a> envelope used from <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> to <a href="/wiki/D%C3%BCsseldorf" title="Düsseldorf">Düsseldorf</a> in 1900, with additional <a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">postage stamp</a> perfinned "C & S" identifying the user as "Churchill & Sim" per the seal on the reverse shown on inset. A <b><a href="/wiki/Perfin" title="Perfin">perfin</a></b>, the contraction of 'PERForated INitials', is a pattern of tiny holes punched through a postage stamp. Organizations used perforating machines to make perforations forming letters or designs in postage stamps with the purpose of preventing pilferage. It is often difficult to identify the originating uses of individual perfins because there are often no identifying features but when a perfin is affixed to a <a href="/wiki/Cover_(philately)" title="Cover (philately)">cover</a> that has some user identifying feature, like a company name, address, or even a <a href="/wiki/Postmark" title="Postmark">postmark</a> or <a href="/wiki/Cancellation_(mail)" title="Cancellation (mail)">cancellation</a> of a known town where the company had offices, this enhances the perfin.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Encased.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 8Widespread hoarding of coins during the American Civil War created a shortage, prompting the use of stamps for currency. To be sure, the fragility of stamps made them unsuitable for hand-to-hand circulation, and to solve this problem, John Gault invented the encased postage stamp in 1862. A normal U. S. stamp was wrapped around a circular cardboard disc and then placed inside a coin-like circular brass jacket."><img alt="Image 8Widespread hoarding of coins during the American Civil War created a shortage, prompting the use of stamps for currency. To be sure, the fragility of stamps made them unsuitable for hand-to-hand circulation, and to solve this problem, John Gault invented the encased postage stamp in 1862. A normal U. S. stamp was wrapped around a circular cardboard disc and then placed inside a coin-like circular brass jacket." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Encased.jpg/120px-Encased.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Encased.jpg/180px-Encased.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Encased.jpg/240px-Encased.jpg 2x" data-file-width="396" data-file-height="396" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 8</span></span>Widespread hoarding of coins during the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> created a shortage, prompting the use of stamps for currency. To be sure, the fragility of stamps made them unsuitable for hand-to-hand circulation, and to solve this problem, <a href="/wiki/John_Gault" title="John Gault">John Gault</a> invented the <b><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_the_United_States#Encased_postage_stamps" title="Postage stamps and postal history of the United States">encased postage stamp</a></b> in 1862. A normal U. S. stamp was wrapped around a circular cardboard disc and then placed inside a coin-like circular brass jacket.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FawnEnvelope1883Plimpton.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 9A fawn colored UPSS size 7 stamped envelope, watermark 6, laid paper, US postal stationery envelope from the Plimpton series of 1883."><img alt="Image 9A fawn colored UPSS size 7 stamped envelope, watermark 6, laid paper, US postal stationery envelope from the Plimpton series of 1883." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/FawnEnvelope1883Plimpton.jpg/120px-FawnEnvelope1883Plimpton.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/FawnEnvelope1883Plimpton.jpg/180px-FawnEnvelope1883Plimpton.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/FawnEnvelope1883Plimpton.jpg/240px-FawnEnvelope1883Plimpton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1678" data-file-height="1490" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 9</span></span>A fawn colored <a href="/wiki/United_Postal_Stationery_Society" title="United Postal Stationery Society">UPSS</a> size 7 <b><a href="/wiki/Stamped_envelope" title="Stamped envelope">stamped envelope</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Watermark#Watermarks_on_postage_stamps_and_stationery" title="Watermark">watermark</a> 6, <a href="/wiki/Laid_paper" title="Laid paper">laid paper</a>, US postal stationery envelope from the Plimpton series of 1883.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Newspapers_periodicals_set4_1879.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 10United States newspaper and periodicals stamps of 1875"><img alt="Image 10United States newspaper and periodicals stamps of 1875" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Newspapers_periodicals_set4_1879.jpg/120px-Newspapers_periodicals_set4_1879.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="42" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Newspapers_periodicals_set4_1879.jpg/180px-Newspapers_periodicals_set4_1879.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Newspapers_periodicals_set4_1879.jpg/240px-Newspapers_periodicals_set4_1879.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3022" data-file-height="1052" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 10</span></span>United States <b><a href="/wiki/Newspaper_stamp" title="Newspaper stamp">newspaper and periodicals stamps</a></b> of 1875</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Magnifying_glass2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 11A magnifying glass is a convex lens which is used to produce a magnified image of an object. The lens is usually mounted in a frame with a handle though other designs are produced. A magnifying glass works by creating a magnified virtual image of an object behind the lens. Stamp collectors frequently use magnifying glasses to inspect their stamps. This photograph shows the magnified image of the Deutsche Post 1 Reichsmark stamp issued on May 12 1946."><img alt="Image 11A magnifying glass is a convex lens which is used to produce a magnified image of an object. The lens is usually mounted in a frame with a handle though other designs are produced. A magnifying glass works by creating a magnified virtual image of an object behind the lens. Stamp collectors frequently use magnifying glasses to inspect their stamps. This photograph shows the magnified image of the Deutsche Post 1 Reichsmark stamp issued on May 12 1946." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Magnifying_glass2.jpg/120px-Magnifying_glass2.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Magnifying_glass2.jpg/180px-Magnifying_glass2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Magnifying_glass2.jpg/240px-Magnifying_glass2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 11</span></span>A <b><a href="/wiki/Magnifying_glass" title="Magnifying glass">magnifying glass</a></b> is a <a href="/wiki/Convex_lens" class="mw-redirect" title="Convex lens">convex lens</a> which is used to produce a <a href="/wiki/Magnification" title="Magnification">magnified</a> <a href="/wiki/Image" title="Image">image</a> of an object. The <a href="/wiki/Lens_(optics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lens (optics)">lens</a> is usually mounted in a frame with a handle though other designs are produced. A magnifying glass works by creating a magnified <a href="/wiki/Virtual_image" title="Virtual image">virtual image</a> of an object behind the lens. <a href="/wiki/Stamp_collecting" title="Stamp collecting">Stamp collectors</a> frequently use magnifying glasses to inspect their <a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">stamps</a>. This photograph shows the magnified image of the <a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Post" title="Deutsche Post">Deutsche Post</a> 1 <a href="/wiki/German_Reichsmark" class="mw-redirect" title="German Reichsmark">Reichsmark</a> stamp issued on May 12 1946.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brit_Solomon_Ysabel1-2d.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 12A 1956 half penny stamp of the British Solomon Islands"><img alt="Image 12A 1956 half penny stamp of the British Solomon Islands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Brit_Solomon_Ysabel1-2d.jpg/120px-Brit_Solomon_Ysabel1-2d.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Brit_Solomon_Ysabel1-2d.jpg/180px-Brit_Solomon_Ysabel1-2d.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Brit_Solomon_Ysabel1-2d.jpg/240px-Brit_Solomon_Ysabel1-2d.jpg 2x" data-file-width="961" data-file-height="662" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 12</span></span>A 1956 half penny stamp of the <b><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Solomon_Islands" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Solomon Islands">British Solomon Islands</a></b></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stamp_GB-Penny_Black_first_day_cover.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 13This is a very scarce use of the world's first postage stamp, the Penny Black, used on first day of valid use, May 6, 1840, tied by red Maltese Cross cancellation on folded cover to Warwickshire, brown "C MY-6 1840" first day datestamp on backflap verifies date of use. This was sold as lot 1018 at Robert Siegal's 2006 Rarities of the World auction for $45,000."><img alt="Image 13This is a very scarce use of the world's first postage stamp, the Penny Black, used on first day of valid use, May 6, 1840, tied by red Maltese Cross cancellation on folded cover to Warwickshire, brown "C MY-6 1840" first day datestamp on backflap verifies date of use. This was sold as lot 1018 at Robert Siegal's 2006 Rarities of the World auction for $45,000." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Stamp_GB-Penny_Black_first_day_cover.jpg/117px-Stamp_GB-Penny_Black_first_day_cover.jpg" decoding="async" width="117" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Stamp_GB-Penny_Black_first_day_cover.jpg/175px-Stamp_GB-Penny_Black_first_day_cover.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Stamp_GB-Penny_Black_first_day_cover.jpg/233px-Stamp_GB-Penny_Black_first_day_cover.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1763" data-file-height="1813" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 13</span></span>This is a very scarce use of the world's first postage stamp, the <b><a href="/wiki/Penny_Black" title="Penny Black">Penny Black</a></b>, used on first day of valid use, May 6, 1840, tied by red <a href="/wiki/Cancellation_(mail)" title="Cancellation (mail)">Maltese Cross cancellation</a> on folded <a href="/wiki/Cover_(philately)" title="Cover (philately)">cover</a> to Warwickshire, brown "C MY-6 1840" first day datestamp on backflap verifies date of use. This was sold as lot 1018 at Robert Siegal's 2006 Rarities of the World auction for $45,000.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Garibaldi1910.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 14A 1910 Italian stamp commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Expedition of the Thousand"><img alt="Image 14A 1910 Italian stamp commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Expedition of the Thousand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Garibaldi1910.jpg/96px-Garibaldi1910.jpg" decoding="async" width="96" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Garibaldi1910.jpg/143px-Garibaldi1910.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Garibaldi1910.jpg/191px-Garibaldi1910.jpg 2x" data-file-width="288" data-file-height="361" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 14</span></span>A 1910 <b><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Italy" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Italy">Italian stamp</a></b> commemorating the 50th anniversary of the <a href="/wiki/Expedition_of_the_Thousand" title="Expedition of the Thousand">Expedition of the Thousand</a></div> </li> </ul></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div> </div> <div class="portal-column-right-narrow"> <div class="box-header-title-container flex-columns-noflex" style="clear:both;color:white;margin-bottom:0px;border:solid #4682B4;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;font-size:100%;background:#4169E1;font-family:sans-serif;padding:.1em;border-width:1px 1px 0;padding-top:.1em;padding-left:.1em;padding-right:.1em;padding-bottom:.1em;moz-border-radius:0;webkit-border-radius:0;border-radius:0"><div class="plainlinks noprint" style="float:right;margin-bottom:.1em;color:white;font-size:80%"></div><h2 id="Did_you_know_(auto-generated)" style="font-weight:bold;padding:0;margin:0;color:white;font-family:sans-serif;border:none;font-size:100%;padding-bottom:.1em"><span id="Did_you_know_.28auto-generated.29"></span>Did you know <small>(auto-generated)</small></h2></div><div style="color:black;opacity:1;border:1px solid #4682B4;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:left;padding:1em;background:#f9f9ff;margin:0 0 10px;vertical-align:top;border-top-width:1px;padding-top:.3em;border-radius:0"> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nuvola_apps_filetypes.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Nuvola_apps_filetypes.svg/47px-Nuvola_apps_filetypes.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="47" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Nuvola_apps_filetypes.svg/71px-Nuvola_apps_filetypes.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Nuvola_apps_filetypes.svg/94px-Nuvola_apps_filetypes.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>... that Argentinian <b><a href="/wiki/Ricardo_D._Eli%C3%A7abe" title="Ricardo D. Eliçabe">Ricardo D. Eliçabe</a></b> qualified as a physician, co-founded a petroleum refinery, and wrote about forgeries of Bolivia's first stamps?</li> <li>... that an investigation into the <b><a href="/wiki/Royal_Oak_post_office_shootings" title="Royal Oak post office shootings">Royal Oak post office shootings</a></b> led one congressman to accuse the Postal Service of having been "asleep at the switch"?</li> <li>... that working at a post office was how <b><a href="/wiki/Derrick_Harden" title="Derrick Harden">Derrick Harden</a></b> became an NFL player?</li> <li>... that after Irish post office clerk <b><a href="/wiki/Maureen_Flavin_Sweeney" title="Maureen Flavin Sweeney">Maureen Flavin Sweeney</a></b> reported worsening weather conditions, <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> agreed to postpone D-Day by 24 hours?</li> <li>... that a new <a href="/wiki/Christmas_stamp" title="Christmas stamp">Christmas stamp</a> that debuted in the 350-person town of <b><a href="/wiki/Bethlehem,_Georgia" title="Bethlehem, Georgia">Bethlehem, Georgia</a></b>, in 1967 got so much attention that the two-employee post office had to hire forty-three temporary workers?</li> <li>... that <b><a href="/wiki/James_Diossa" title="James Diossa">James Diossa</a></b> rescued the only public library and post office in <a href="/wiki/Central_Falls,_Rhode_Island" title="Central Falls, Rhode Island">Central Falls, Rhode Island</a>, when the city went into bankruptcy?</li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div> <div class="box-header-title-container flex-columns-noflex" style="clear:both;color:white;margin-bottom:0px;border:solid #4682B4;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;font-size:100%;background:#4169E1;font-family:sans-serif;padding:.1em;border-width:1px 1px 0;padding-top:.1em;padding-left:.1em;padding-right:.1em;padding-bottom:.1em;moz-border-radius:0;webkit-border-radius:0;border-radius:0"><div class="plainlinks noprint" style="float:right;margin-bottom:.1em;color:white;font-size:80%"></div><h2 id="General_images_-_load_new_batch" style="font-weight:bold;padding:0;margin:0;color:white;font-family:sans-serif;border:none;font-size:100%;padding-bottom:.1em">General images - <span class="noprint plainlinks purgelink"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Philately&action=purge"><span title="Purge this page"><small><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><i>load new batch</i></span></small></span></a></span></h2></div><div style="color:black;opacity:1;border:1px solid #4682B4;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:left;padding:1em;background:#f9f9ff;margin:0 0 10px;vertical-align:top;border-top-width:1px;padding-top:.3em;border-radius:0"> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><small><b>The following are images from various philately-related articles on Wikipedia.</b></small></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1021884966"><div class="randomSlideshow-container" style="max-width:100%; margin:-4em auto;"><div class="nomobile"></div><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-slideshow switcher-container"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Un1981-343.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 1The controversial 1981 United Nations stamp focusing on the "Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People". (from United Nations Postal Administration)"><img alt="Image 1The controversial 1981 United Nations stamp focusing on the "Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People". (from United Nations Postal Administration)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Un1981-343.jpg/120px-Un1981-343.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Un1981-343.jpg/180px-Un1981-343.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Un1981-343.jpg/240px-Un1981-343.jpg 2x" data-file-width="476" data-file-height="338" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 1</span></span>The controversial 1981 United Nations stamp focusing on the "Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People". (from <b><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Postal_Administration" title="United Nations Postal Administration">United Nations Postal Administration</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stamp_UK_Penny_Red_pl148.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 2The Penny Red, 1854 issue, the first officially perforated postage stamp (from Postage stamp)"><img alt="Image 2The Penny Red, 1854 issue, the first officially perforated postage stamp (from Postage stamp)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Stamp_UK_Penny_Red_pl148.jpg/101px-Stamp_UK_Penny_Red_pl148.jpg" decoding="async" width="101" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Stamp_UK_Penny_Red_pl148.jpg/152px-Stamp_UK_Penny_Red_pl148.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Stamp_UK_Penny_Red_pl148.jpg/202px-Stamp_UK_Penny_Red_pl148.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="534" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 2</span></span>The <a href="/wiki/Penny_Red" title="Penny Red">Penny Red</a>, 1854 issue, the first officially perforated postage stamp (from <b><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">Postage stamp</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Altbrief.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 31834 pre-adhesive mail with Wittingen straight-line town handstamp to Ebsdorf (from Postal history)"><img alt="Image 31834 pre-adhesive mail with Wittingen straight-line town handstamp to Ebsdorf (from Postal history)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Altbrief.jpeg/120px-Altbrief.jpeg" decoding="async" width="120" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Altbrief.jpeg/180px-Altbrief.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Altbrief.jpeg/240px-Altbrief.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="692" data-file-height="335" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 3</span></span>1834 <b>pre-adhesive mail</b> with <a href="/wiki/Wittingen" title="Wittingen">Wittingen</a> straight-line town handstamp to <a href="/wiki/Ebsdorfergrund" title="Ebsdorfergrund">Ebsdorf</a> (from <b><a href="/wiki/Postal_history" title="Postal history">Postal history</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cover_Bahamas_1929_front.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 4First flight cover for Nassau to Miami airmail route in 1929 (from Postal history)"><img alt="Image 4First flight cover for Nassau to Miami airmail route in 1929 (from Postal history)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Cover_Bahamas_1929_front.jpg/120px-Cover_Bahamas_1929_front.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Cover_Bahamas_1929_front.jpg/180px-Cover_Bahamas_1929_front.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Cover_Bahamas_1929_front.jpg/240px-Cover_Bahamas_1929_front.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="910" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 4</span></span><a href="/wiki/First_flight_cover" title="First flight cover">First flight cover</a> for <a href="/wiki/Nassau,_Bahamas" class="mw-redirect" title="Nassau, Bahamas">Nassau</a> to <a href="/wiki/Miami,_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami, Florida">Miami</a> airmail route in 1929 (from <b><a href="/wiki/Postal_history" title="Postal history">Postal history</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Abudhabi30mar1964fdc.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 5A philatelic First Day Cover from Abu Dhabi (from Postage stamp)"><img alt="Image 5A philatelic First Day Cover from Abu Dhabi (from Postage stamp)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Abudhabi30mar1964fdc.jpg/120px-Abudhabi30mar1964fdc.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="54" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Abudhabi30mar1964fdc.jpg/180px-Abudhabi30mar1964fdc.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Abudhabi30mar1964fdc.jpg/240px-Abudhabi30mar1964fdc.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1810" data-file-height="807" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 5</span></span>A philatelic <a href="/wiki/First_Day_Cover" class="mw-redirect" title="First Day Cover">First Day Cover</a> from <a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi" title="Abu Dhabi">Abu Dhabi</a> (from <b><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">Postage stamp</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ganzsache_Bayern_P44-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 6Bavarian postal stationery postcard used from Nuremberg to Munich in 1895 (from Postal history)"><img alt="Image 6Bavarian postal stationery postcard used from Nuremberg to Munich in 1895 (from Postal history)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Ganzsache_Bayern_P44-1.jpg/120px-Ganzsache_Bayern_P44-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Ganzsache_Bayern_P44-1.jpg/180px-Ganzsache_Bayern_P44-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Ganzsache_Bayern_P44-1.jpg/240px-Ganzsache_Bayern_P44-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="655" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 6</span></span><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bavaria" title="Kingdom of Bavaria">Bavarian</a> <b><a href="/wiki/Postal_stationery" title="Postal stationery">postal stationery</a></b> postcard used from <a href="/wiki/Nuremberg" title="Nuremberg">Nuremberg</a> to <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a> in 1895 (from <b><a href="/wiki/Postal_history" title="Postal history">Postal history</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nicaragua1_1913.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 7The main components of a stamp: 1. Image 2. Perforations 3. Denomination 4. Country name (from Postage stamp)"><img alt="Image 7The main components of a stamp: 1. Image 2. Perforations 3. Denomination 4. Country name (from Postage stamp)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Nicaragua1_1913.jpg/95px-Nicaragua1_1913.jpg" decoding="async" width="95" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Nicaragua1_1913.jpg/143px-Nicaragua1_1913.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Nicaragua1_1913.jpg/190px-Nicaragua1_1913.jpg 2x" data-file-width="486" data-file-height="612" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 7</span></span>The main components of a stamp:<br />1. <a href="/wiki/Image" title="Image">Image</a><br />2. <a href="/wiki/Perforation" title="Perforation">Perforations</a><br />3. <a href="/wiki/Denomination_(postage_stamp)" title="Denomination (postage stamp)">Denomination</a><br />4. <a href="/wiki/Country" title="Country">Country name</a> (from <b><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">Postage stamp</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Soviet_Union_1985_CPA_5624_stamp_(Portrait_of_Lenin_based_on_an_photography_of_Y.Mebius_(1900,_Moscow),_Tampere_Lenin_Museum,_Finland)_small_resolution.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 8The 1985 postage stamp for the 115th birth anniversary of Vladimir Lenin. Portrait of Lenin (based on a 1900 photography of Y. Mebius in Moscow) with the Tampere Lenin Museum. (from Postage stamp)"><img alt="Image 8The 1985 postage stamp for the 115th birth anniversary of Vladimir Lenin. Portrait of Lenin (based on a 1900 photography of Y. Mebius in Moscow) with the Tampere Lenin Museum. (from Postage stamp)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/The_Soviet_Union_1985_CPA_5624_stamp_%28Portrait_of_Lenin_based_on_an_photography_of_Y.Mebius_%281900%2C_Moscow%29%2C_Tampere_Lenin_Museum%2C_Finland%29_small_resolution.jpg/120px-The_Soviet_Union_1985_CPA_5624_stamp_%28Portrait_of_Lenin_based_on_an_photography_of_Y.Mebius_%281900%2C_Moscow%29%2C_Tampere_Lenin_Museum%2C_Finland%29_small_resolution.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/The_Soviet_Union_1985_CPA_5624_stamp_%28Portrait_of_Lenin_based_on_an_photography_of_Y.Mebius_%281900%2C_Moscow%29%2C_Tampere_Lenin_Museum%2C_Finland%29_small_resolution.jpg/180px-The_Soviet_Union_1985_CPA_5624_stamp_%28Portrait_of_Lenin_based_on_an_photography_of_Y.Mebius_%281900%2C_Moscow%29%2C_Tampere_Lenin_Museum%2C_Finland%29_small_resolution.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/The_Soviet_Union_1985_CPA_5624_stamp_%28Portrait_of_Lenin_based_on_an_photography_of_Y.Mebius_%281900%2C_Moscow%29%2C_Tampere_Lenin_Museum%2C_Finland%29_small_resolution.jpg/240px-The_Soviet_Union_1985_CPA_5624_stamp_%28Portrait_of_Lenin_based_on_an_photography_of_Y.Mebius_%281900%2C_Moscow%29%2C_Tampere_Lenin_Museum%2C_Finland%29_small_resolution.jpg 2x" data-file-width="368" data-file-height="262" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 8</span></span>The 1985 postage stamp for the 115th birth anniversary of <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Lenin" title="Vladimir Lenin">Vladimir Lenin</a>. Portrait of Lenin (based on a 1900 photography of Y. Mebius in <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>) with the <a href="/wiki/Tampere_Lenin_Museum" title="Tampere Lenin Museum">Tampere Lenin Museum</a>. (from <b><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">Postage stamp</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Faroe_stampsheet_153_Hafnia_1987_II_-_Torshavn,_Western_Bay.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 9A 1987 Faroe Islands miniature sheet, in which the stamps form a part of a larger image (from Postage stamp)"><img alt="Image 9A 1987 Faroe Islands miniature sheet, in which the stamps form a part of a larger image (from Postage stamp)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Faroe_stampsheet_153_Hafnia_1987_II_-_Torshavn%2C_Western_Bay.jpg/120px-Faroe_stampsheet_153_Hafnia_1987_II_-_Torshavn%2C_Western_Bay.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Faroe_stampsheet_153_Hafnia_1987_II_-_Torshavn%2C_Western_Bay.jpg/180px-Faroe_stampsheet_153_Hafnia_1987_II_-_Torshavn%2C_Western_Bay.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Faroe_stampsheet_153_Hafnia_1987_II_-_Torshavn%2C_Western_Bay.jpg/240px-Faroe_stampsheet_153_Hafnia_1987_II_-_Torshavn%2C_Western_Bay.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="355" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 9</span></span>A 1987 <a href="/wiki/Faroe_Islands" title="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a> <a href="/wiki/Miniature_sheet" title="Miniature sheet">miniature sheet</a>, in which the stamps form a part of a larger image (from <b><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">Postage stamp</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:United_Nations_Post_Office_UH_Headquarters_New_York.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 10A busy United Nations Post Office at the United Nations Headquarters, New York City (from United Nations Postal Administration)"><img alt="Image 10A busy United Nations Post Office at the United Nations Headquarters, New York City (from United Nations Postal Administration)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/United_Nations_Post_Office_UH_Headquarters_New_York.jpg/120px-United_Nations_Post_Office_UH_Headquarters_New_York.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/United_Nations_Post_Office_UH_Headquarters_New_York.jpg/180px-United_Nations_Post_Office_UH_Headquarters_New_York.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/United_Nations_Post_Office_UH_Headquarters_New_York.jpg/240px-United_Nations_Post_Office_UH_Headquarters_New_York.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 10</span></span>A busy United Nations Post Office at the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Headquarters" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Headquarters">United Nations Headquarters</a>, New York City (from <b><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Postal_Administration" title="United Nations Postal Administration">United Nations Postal Administration</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PO-Road_Lusk.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 11With the growth of urban centres across the Western hemisphere in the 19th century Post Offices were located on main arterial routes (from Postal history)"><img alt="Image 11With the growth of urban centres across the Western hemisphere in the 19th century Post Offices were located on main arterial routes (from Postal history)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/PO-Road_Lusk.jpg/120px-PO-Road_Lusk.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/PO-Road_Lusk.jpg/180px-PO-Road_Lusk.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/PO-Road_Lusk.jpg/240px-PO-Road_Lusk.jpg 2x" data-file-width="482" data-file-height="456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 11</span></span>With the growth of urban centres across the Western hemisphere in the 19th century Post Offices were located on main arterial routes (from <b><a href="/wiki/Postal_history" title="Postal history">Postal history</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UN-Cour_International_de_Justice-0.80.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 12A 1979 stamp issued for the United Nations Geneva office, denominated in Swiss francs. (from United Nations Postal Administration)"><img alt="Image 12A 1979 stamp issued for the United Nations Geneva office, denominated in Swiss francs. (from United Nations Postal Administration)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/UN-Cour_International_de_Justice-0.80.jpg/87px-UN-Cour_International_de_Justice-0.80.jpg" decoding="async" width="87" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/UN-Cour_International_de_Justice-0.80.jpg/131px-UN-Cour_International_de_Justice-0.80.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/UN-Cour_International_de_Justice-0.80.jpg/175px-UN-Cour_International_de_Justice-0.80.jpg 2x" data-file-width="326" data-file-height="448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 12</span></span>A 1979 stamp issued for the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Office_at_Geneva" title="United Nations Office at Geneva">United Nations Geneva office</a>, denominated in <a href="/wiki/Swiss_francs" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss francs">Swiss francs</a>. (from <b><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Postal_Administration" title="United Nations Postal Administration">United Nations Postal Administration</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1940_Madrid-Paris_cens.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 13Postal censorship of 1940 civil cover from Madrid to Paris opened by both Spanish and French (Vichy) authorities (from Postal history)"><img alt="Image 13Postal censorship of 1940 civil cover from Madrid to Paris opened by both Spanish and French (Vichy) authorities (from Postal history)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/1940_Madrid-Paris_cens.jpg/120px-1940_Madrid-Paris_cens.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/1940_Madrid-Paris_cens.jpg/180px-1940_Madrid-Paris_cens.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/1940_Madrid-Paris_cens.jpg/240px-1940_Madrid-Paris_cens.jpg 2x" data-file-width="738" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 13</span></span><b><a href="/wiki/Postal_censorship" title="Postal censorship">Postal censorship</a></b> of 1940 civil cover from <a href="/wiki/Madrid" title="Madrid">Madrid</a> to <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> opened by both Spanish and French (<a href="/wiki/Vichy_France" title="Vichy France">Vichy</a>) authorities (from <b><a href="/wiki/Postal_history" title="Postal history">Postal history</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Washington_1857_1st_perf-3c.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 14The first officially perforated United States stamp (1857) (from Postage stamp)"><img alt="Image 14The first officially perforated United States stamp (1857) (from Postage stamp)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Washington_1857_1st_perf-3c.jpg/94px-Washington_1857_1st_perf-3c.jpg" decoding="async" width="94" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Washington_1857_1st_perf-3c.jpg/141px-Washington_1857_1st_perf-3c.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Washington_1857_1st_perf-3c.jpg/187px-Washington_1857_1st_perf-3c.jpg 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 14</span></span>The first officially <a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp_separation" title="Postage stamp separation">perforated</a> United States stamp (1857) (from <b><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">Postage stamp</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lovrenc_ko%C5%A1ir.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 15Lovrenc Košir, 1870s (from Postage stamp)"><img alt="Image 15Lovrenc Košir, 1870s (from Postage stamp)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Lovrenc_ko%C5%A1ir.jpg/96px-Lovrenc_ko%C5%A1ir.jpg" decoding="async" width="96" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Lovrenc_ko%C5%A1ir.jpg/144px-Lovrenc_ko%C5%A1ir.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Lovrenc_ko%C5%A1ir.jpg/192px-Lovrenc_ko%C5%A1ir.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="312" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 15</span></span>Lovrenc Košir, 1870s (from <b><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">Postage stamp</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:WallensteinBriefSiegel.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 16Pre-stamp 1628 lettersheet opened up showing folds, address and seal, with letter being written on the obverse (from Postal history)"><img alt="Image 16Pre-stamp 1628 lettersheet opened up showing folds, address and seal, with letter being written on the obverse (from Postal history)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/WallensteinBriefSiegel.jpg/120px-WallensteinBriefSiegel.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/WallensteinBriefSiegel.jpg/180px-WallensteinBriefSiegel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/WallensteinBriefSiegel.jpg/240px-WallensteinBriefSiegel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1754" data-file-height="1196" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 16</span></span>Pre-stamp 1628 <a href="/wiki/Letter_sheet" title="Letter sheet">lettersheet</a> opened up showing folds, address and seal, with letter being written on the obverse (from <b><a href="/wiki/Postal_history" title="Postal history">Postal history</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mannerheim_on_US_stamp,_Champion_of_Liberty.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 17The US Mail postage stamp of Marshal C. G. E. Mannerheim from 1961 (from Postage stamp)"><img alt="Image 17The US Mail postage stamp of Marshal C. G. E. Mannerheim from 1961 (from Postage stamp)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Mannerheim_on_US_stamp%2C_Champion_of_Liberty.jpg/109px-Mannerheim_on_US_stamp%2C_Champion_of_Liberty.jpg" decoding="async" width="109" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Mannerheim_on_US_stamp%2C_Champion_of_Liberty.jpg/164px-Mannerheim_on_US_stamp%2C_Champion_of_Liberty.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Mannerheim_on_US_stamp%2C_Champion_of_Liberty.jpg/219px-Mannerheim_on_US_stamp%2C_Champion_of_Liberty.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="274" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 17</span></span>The US Mail postage stamp of <a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_Finland" class="mw-redirect" title="Marshal of Finland">Marshal</a> <a href="/wiki/C._G._E._Mannerheim" class="mw-redirect" title="C. G. E. Mannerheim">C. G. E. Mannerheim</a> from 1961 (from <b><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">Postage stamp</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Zeppelin_mail-1934_Xmas_flight_Gibraltar-Brazil.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 18Zeppelin mail from Gibraltar to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil via Berlin on the Christmas flight (12th South American flight) of 1934 (from Postal history)"><img alt="Image 18Zeppelin mail from Gibraltar to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil via Berlin on the Christmas flight (12th South American flight) of 1934 (from Postal history)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Zeppelin_mail-1934_Xmas_flight_Gibraltar-Brazil.jpg/120px-Zeppelin_mail-1934_Xmas_flight_Gibraltar-Brazil.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Zeppelin_mail-1934_Xmas_flight_Gibraltar-Brazil.jpg/180px-Zeppelin_mail-1934_Xmas_flight_Gibraltar-Brazil.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Zeppelin_mail-1934_Xmas_flight_Gibraltar-Brazil.jpg/240px-Zeppelin_mail-1934_Xmas_flight_Gibraltar-Brazil.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="969" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 18</span></span><b><a href="/wiki/Zeppelin_mail" title="Zeppelin mail">Zeppelin mail</a></b> from <a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a> to <a href="/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a>, Brazil via Berlin on the Christmas flight (12th South American flight) of 1934 (from <b><a href="/wiki/Postal_history" title="Postal history">Postal history</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rowland_Hill_photo_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 19Rowland Hill (from Postage stamp)"><img alt="Image 19Rowland Hill (from Postage stamp)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Rowland_Hill_photo_crop.jpg/81px-Rowland_Hill_photo_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="81" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Rowland_Hill_photo_crop.jpg/121px-Rowland_Hill_photo_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Rowland_Hill_photo_crop.jpg/162px-Rowland_Hill_photo_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2395" data-file-height="3545" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 19</span></span>Rowland Hill (from <b><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">Postage stamp</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Zinnoberroter_Merkur.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 20The Red Mercury, a rare 1856 newspaper stamp of Austria (from Postage stamp)"><img alt="Image 20The Red Mercury, a rare 1856 newspaper stamp of Austria (from Postage stamp)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Zinnoberroter_Merkur.jpg/117px-Zinnoberroter_Merkur.jpg" decoding="async" width="117" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Zinnoberroter_Merkur.jpg/175px-Zinnoberroter_Merkur.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Zinnoberroter_Merkur.jpg/234px-Zinnoberroter_Merkur.jpg 2x" data-file-width="419" data-file-height="430" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 20</span></span>The <a href="/wiki/Red_Mercury_(newspaper_stamp)" title="Red Mercury (newspaper stamp)">Red Mercury</a>, a rare 1856 <a href="/wiki/Newspaper_stamp" title="Newspaper stamp">newspaper stamp</a> of <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a> (from <b><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">Postage stamp</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Penny_black.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 21The Penny Black, the world's first postage stamp (1 May 1840) (from Postage stamp)"><img alt="Image 21The Penny Black, the world's first postage stamp (1 May 1840) (from Postage stamp)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Penny_black.jpg/103px-Penny_black.jpg" decoding="async" width="103" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Penny_black.jpg/155px-Penny_black.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Penny_black.jpg/206px-Penny_black.jpg 2x" data-file-width="490" data-file-height="570" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 21</span></span>The <a href="/wiki/Penny_Black" title="Penny Black">Penny Black</a>, the world's first postage stamp (1 May 1840) (from <b><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">Postage stamp</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Un1951-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 22The first United Nations stamp issued in 1951. (from United Nations Postal Administration)"><img alt="Image 22The first United Nations stamp issued in 1951. (from United Nations Postal Administration)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Un1951-1.jpg/120px-Un1951-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Un1951-1.jpg/180px-Un1951-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Un1951-1.jpg/240px-Un1951-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1064" data-file-height="860" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 22</span></span>The first United Nations stamp issued in 1951. (from <b><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Postal_Administration" title="United Nations Postal Administration">United Nations Postal Administration</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Costa_Rica_Diamond_stamp2_1937-2c.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 23A Costa Rica Airmail stamp of 1937 (from Postage stamp)"><img alt="Image 23A Costa Rica Airmail stamp of 1937 (from Postage stamp)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Costa_Rica_Diamond_stamp2_1937-2c.jpg/120px-Costa_Rica_Diamond_stamp2_1937-2c.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Costa_Rica_Diamond_stamp2_1937-2c.jpg/180px-Costa_Rica_Diamond_stamp2_1937-2c.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Costa_Rica_Diamond_stamp2_1937-2c.jpg/240px-Costa_Rica_Diamond_stamp2_1937-2c.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1102" data-file-height="624" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 23</span></span>A Costa Rica <a href="/wiki/Airmail" title="Airmail">Airmail</a> stamp of 1937 (from <b><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">Postage stamp</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Perforations_US1940_issues-2c.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 24Rows of perforations in a sheet of 1940 postage stamps (from Postage stamp)"><img alt="Image 24Rows of perforations in a sheet of 1940 postage stamps (from Postage stamp)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Perforations_US1940_issues-2c.jpg/120px-Perforations_US1940_issues-2c.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Perforations_US1940_issues-2c.jpg/180px-Perforations_US1940_issues-2c.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Perforations_US1940_issues-2c.jpg/240px-Perforations_US1940_issues-2c.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1391" data-file-height="1155" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 24</span></span>Rows of perforations in a sheet of 1940 postage stamps (from <b><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">Postage stamp</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Basel_Dove_unused.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 25The Basel Dove stamp (from Postage stamp)"><img alt="Image 25The Basel Dove stamp (from Postage stamp)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Basel_Dove_unused.jpg/109px-Basel_Dove_unused.jpg" decoding="async" width="109" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Basel_Dove_unused.jpg/164px-Basel_Dove_unused.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Basel_Dove_unused.jpg/219px-Basel_Dove_unused.jpg 2x" data-file-width="292" data-file-height="320" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 25</span></span>The <a href="/wiki/Basel_Dove" title="Basel Dove">Basel Dove</a> stamp (from <b><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">Postage stamp</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fran%C3%A7ois_Barraud_-_Le_Philat%C3%A9liste.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 26Le Philatéliste by François Barraud (1929) (from Postage stamp)"><img alt="Image 26Le Philatéliste by François Barraud (1929) (from Postage stamp)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Fran%C3%A7ois_Barraud_-_Le_Philat%C3%A9liste.jpg/99px-Fran%C3%A7ois_Barraud_-_Le_Philat%C3%A9liste.jpg" decoding="async" width="99" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Fran%C3%A7ois_Barraud_-_Le_Philat%C3%A9liste.jpg/149px-Fran%C3%A7ois_Barraud_-_Le_Philat%C3%A9liste.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Fran%C3%A7ois_Barraud_-_Le_Philat%C3%A9liste.jpg/199px-Fran%C3%A7ois_Barraud_-_Le_Philat%C3%A9liste.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="723" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 26</span></span><i>Le Philatéliste</i> by <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Barraud" title="François Barraud">François Barraud</a> (1929) (from <b><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">Postage stamp</a></b>)</div> </li> </ul></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div> <div class="box-header-title-container flex-columns-noflex" style="clear:both;color:white;margin-bottom:0px;border:solid #4682B4;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;font-size:100%;background:#4169E1;font-family:sans-serif;padding:.1em;border-width:1px 1px 0;padding-top:.1em;padding-left:.1em;padding-right:.1em;padding-bottom:.1em;moz-border-radius:0;webkit-border-radius:0;border-radius:0"><div class="plainlinks noprint" style="float:right;margin-bottom:.1em;color:white;font-size:80%"></div><h2 id="Selected_stamp_-_show_another" style="font-weight:bold;padding:0;margin:0;color:white;font-family:sans-serif;border:none;font-size:100%;padding-bottom:.1em">Selected stamp - <span class="noprint plainlinks purgelink"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Philately&action=purge"><span title="Purge this page"><small><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white"><i>show another</i></span></small></span></a></span></h2></div><div style="color:black;opacity:1;border:1px solid #4682B4;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:left;padding:1em;background:#f9f9ff;margin:0 0 10px;vertical-align:top;border-top-width:1px;padding-top:.3em;border-radius:0"> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ceylon_Dull_Rose.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Ceylon_Dull_Rose.jpg/150px-Ceylon_Dull_Rose.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="202" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Ceylon_Dull_Rose.jpg/225px-Ceylon_Dull_Rose.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Ceylon_Dull_Rose.jpg/300px-Ceylon_Dull_Rose.jpg 2x" data-file-width="321" data-file-height="432" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Dull_Rose" title="Dull Rose">Dull Rose</a></b> is a <a href="/wiki/British_Ceylon" title="British Ceylon">Ceylonese</a> (modern-day <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>) postage stamp that is considered to be the rarest and most valuable stamp issued in the country. 7000 stamps were issued on 23 April 1859, bearing a face value of four pence. Three others, the 8 pence (chocolate brown), 1 shilling & 9 pence (green), and 2 shilling & 9 pence were issued on the same date as part of a series. These featured a left-facing depiction of a young <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a> in an octagonal framing. </p><p>A mint condition original issue Dull Rose was sold for $71,875 at a Cherrystone Philatelic Auction in January 2008. Very few mint condition stamps (about 10) are known to be in existence, valued at £70,000–100,000, while used ones are valued at about £4,500. (<b><a href="/wiki/Dull_Rose" title="Dull Rose">Full article...</a></b>)<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1256386598"> </p> <div style="margin-left:0"> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-archivedtalk mw-collapsed" style="color:inherit; background: transparent; text-align: left; border: 1px solid Silver; margin: 0.2em auto auto; width:100%; clear: both; padding: 1px;"> <tbody><tr> <th class="cot-header-other" style="background:fff; font-size:87%; padding:0.2em 0.3em; text-align:center; color:#202122"><div style="font-size:115%;margin:0 4em"><span style="font-size:85%;">List of selected stamps</span></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; border: solid 1px Silver; padding: 0.6em; background: var(--background-color-base, #fff);"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dag_Hammarskj%C3%B6ld_invert" title="Dag Hammarskjöld invert">Dag Hammarskjöld invert</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Uganda_Cowries" title="Uganda Cowries">Uganda Cowries</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Scinde_Dawk" title="Scinde Dawk">Scinde Dawk</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Basel_Dove" title="Basel Dove">Basel Dove</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Chalon_head" title="Chalon head">Chalon head</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/British_Guiana_1c_magenta" title="British Guiana 1c magenta">British Guiana 1c magenta</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Inverted_Swan" title="Inverted Swan">Inverted Swan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Penny_Black" title="Penny Black">Penny Black</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Inverted_Jenny" title="Inverted Jenny">Inverted Jenny</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Hawaiian_Missionaries_(stamps)" title="Hawaiian Missionaries (stamps)">Hawaiian Missionaries (stamps)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Z_Grill" title="Z Grill">Z Grill</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Treskilling_Yellow" title="Treskilling Yellow">Treskilling Yellow</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Mauritius_%22Post_Office%22_stamps" title="Mauritius "Post Office" stamps">Mauritius "Post Office" stamps</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1935_Irish_2d_coil_stamp" title="1935 Irish 2d coil stamp">1935 Irish 2d coil stamp</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Inverted_Dendermonde" title="Inverted Dendermonde">Inverted Dendermonde</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Red_Mercury_(newspaper_stamp)" title="Red Mercury (newspaper stamp)">Red Mercury (newspaper stamp)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Bull%27s_Eye_(postage_stamp)" title="Bull's Eye (postage stamp)">Bull's Eye (postage stamp)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Canada_2c_Large_Queen_on_laid_paper" title="Canada 2c Large Queen on laid paper">Canada 2c Large Queen on laid paper</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Bluenose_(postage_stamp)" title="Bluenose (postage stamp)">Bluenose (postage stamp)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Red_Revenue" title="Red Revenue">Red Revenue</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/The_Whole_Country_is_Red" title="The Whole Country is Red">The Whole Country is Red</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Monkey_stamp" title="Golden Monkey stamp">Golden Monkey stamp</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Baden_9_Kreuzer_error" title="Baden 9 Kreuzer error">Baden 9 Kreuzer error</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/One_kreuzer_black" title="One kreuzer black">One kreuzer black</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ceres_series_(France)" title="Ceres series (France)">Ceres series (France)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sachsen_3_Pfennige_red" title="Sachsen 3 Pfennige red">Sachsen 3 Pfennige red</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Vineta_provisional" title="Vineta provisional">Vineta provisional</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Yacht_issue" title="Yacht issue">Yacht issue</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Scinde_Dawk" title="Scinde Dawk">Scinde Dawk</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_10_Rupee_Mahatma_Gandhi_postage_stamp" title="Indian 10 Rupee Mahatma Gandhi postage stamp">Indian 10 Rupee Mahatma Gandhi postage stamp</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Inverted_Head_4_Annas" title="Inverted Head 4 Annas">Inverted Head 4 Annas</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1935_Irish_2d_coil_stamp" title="1935 Irish 2d coil stamp">1935 Irish 2d coil stamp</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Gronchi_Rosa" title="Gronchi Rosa">Gronchi Rosa</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_6d_abolition_of_slavery_postage_stamp" title="Jamaica 6d abolition of slavery postage stamp">Jamaica 6d abolition of slavery postage stamp</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_1968_human_rights_stamps" title="Jamaica 1968 human rights stamps">Jamaica 1968 human rights stamps</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_1956-58_%C2%A31_chocolate_and_violet" class="mw-redirect" title="Jamaica 1956-58 £1 chocolate and violet">Jamaica 1956-58 £1 chocolate and violet</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_1_shilling_inverted-frame_stamp_error" title="Jamaica 1 shilling inverted-frame stamp error">Jamaica 1 shilling inverted-frame stamp error</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Halfpenny_Yellow" title="Halfpenny Yellow">Halfpenny Yellow</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Malta_Saint_Paul_10s_black" title="Malta Saint Paul 10s black">Malta Saint Paul 10s black</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Melita_issue" title="Melita issue">Melita issue</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Mauritius_%22Post_Office%22_stamps" title="Mauritius "Post Office" stamps">Mauritius "Post Office" stamps</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1904_Pictorial_4d_Lake_Taupo_invert" title="1904 Pictorial 4d Lake Taupo invert">1904 Pictorial 4d Lake Taupo invert</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/70r_Red_Army_Soldier_error" title="70r Red Army Soldier error">70r Red Army Soldier error</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Treskilling_Yellow" title="Treskilling Yellow">Treskilling Yellow</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/First_stamp_of_the_Russian_Empire" title="First stamp of the Russian Empire">First stamp of the Russian Empire</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Moldavian_Bull%27s_Heads" title="Moldavian Bull's Heads">Moldavian Bull's Heads</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Double_Geneva" title="Double Geneva">Double Geneva</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich_4_and_6" title="Zürich 4 and 6">Zürich 4 and 6</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Glasgow_error" title="HMS Glasgow error">HMS Glasgow error</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Buenos_Aires_1859_1p_%22In_Ps%22_tete-beche_pair" class="mw-redirect" title="Buenos Aires 1859 1p "In Ps" tete-beche pair">Buenos Aires 1859 1p "In Ps" tete-beche pair</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div> <div class="box-header-title-container flex-columns-noflex" style="clear:both;color:white;margin-bottom:0px;border:solid #4682B4;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;font-size:100%;background:#4169E1;font-family:sans-serif;padding:.1em;border-width:1px 1px 0;padding-top:.1em;padding-left:.1em;padding-right:.1em;padding-bottom:.1em;moz-border-radius:0;webkit-border-radius:0;border-radius:0"><div class="plainlinks noprint" style="float:right;margin-bottom:.1em;color:white;font-size:80%"></div><h2 id="List_articles" 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entities that have issued postage stamps (F–L)">List of entities that have issued postage stamps (F–L)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_entities_that_have_issued_postage_stamps_(M%E2%80%93Z)" title="List of entities that have issued postage stamps (M–Z)">List of entities that have issued postage stamps (M–Z)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_postal_services_abroad" title="List of postal services abroad">List of postal services abroad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_postal_history" title="Timeline of postal history">Timeline of postal history</a></li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div> <div class="box-header-title-container flex-columns-noflex" style="clear:both;color:white;margin-bottom:0px;border:solid #4682B4;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;font-size:100%;background:#4169E1;font-family:sans-serif;padding:.1em;border-width:1px 1px 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href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_of_Ireland" title="Postage stamps of Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_the_Isle_of_Man" title="Postage stamps and postal history of the Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Italy" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Jersey" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Jersey">Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Karelia" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Karelia">Karelia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Kastellorizo" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Kastellorizo">Kastellorizo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Kosovo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Kosovo (page does not exist)">Kosovo</a></li> <li><a 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title="Postage stamps and postal history of Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Tuscany" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Tuscany">Tuscany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Ukraine" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Ukraine">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Vatican_City" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Vatican City">Vatican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_West_Ukrainian_National_Republic" title="Postage stamps and postal history of West Ukrainian National Republic">West Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Yugoslavia" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_postal_services_abroad" title="List of postal services abroad">Post 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occupation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/French_post_offices_abroad" title="French post offices abroad">French</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/French_post_offices_in_China" title="French post offices in China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_post_offices_in_Crete" title="French post offices in Crete">Crete</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_post_offices_in_Egypt" title="French post offices in Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_post_offices_in_the_Ottoman_Empire" title="French post offices in the Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_post_offices_in_Zanzibar" title="French post offices in Zanzibar">Zanzibar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/German_post_offices_abroad" title="German 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title="Postage stamps and postal history of Schleswig-Holstein">Schleswig-Holstein</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Russian_post_offices_abroad" title="Russian post offices abroad">Russian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russian_post_offices_in_China" title="Russian post offices in China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_post_offices_in_Crete" title="Russian post offices in Crete">Crete</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_post_offices_in_the_Ottoman_Empire" title="Russian post offices in the Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <dl><dt>See also</dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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Victoria">Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Western_Australia" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Western Australia">Western Australia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_the_Australian_Antarctic_Territory" title="Postage stamps and postal history of the Australian Antarctic Territory">Australian Antarctic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_the_British_Antarctic_Territory" title="Postage stamps and postal history of the British Antarctic Territory">British Antarctic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_the_Caroline_Islands" title="Postage stamps and postal history of the Caroline Islands">Caroline Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Christmas_Island" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Christmas Island">Christmas Island</a></li> <li><a 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</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <dl><dt>See also</dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Stamp_UK_Penny_Red_pl148.jpg/13px-Stamp_UK_Penny_Red_pl148.jpg" decoding="async" width="13" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Stamp_UK_Penny_Red_pl148.jpg/20px-Stamp_UK_Penny_Red_pl148.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Stamp_UK_Penny_Red_pl148.jpg/27px-Stamp_UK_Penny_Red_pl148.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="534" /></span></span> </span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Philately portal</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Postal_history_of_Africa" title="Template:Postal history of Africa">Africa</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Postal_history_of_the_Americas" title="Template:Postal history of the Americas">Americas</a></dd> <dd><a 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and Lesotho">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_stamps_of_Libya" title="Revenue stamps of Libya">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_stamps_of_Nyasaland_and_Malawi" title="Revenue stamps of Nyasaland and Malawi">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_stamps_of_Mali" title="Revenue stamps of Mali">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_stamps_of_Mauritius" title="Revenue stamps of Mauritius">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_stamps_of_Nigeria" title="Revenue stamps of Nigeria">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_stamps_of_Nyasaland_and_Malawi" title="Revenue stamps of Nyasaland and Malawi">Nyasaland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_stamps_of_Rhodesia" title="Revenue stamps of Rhodesia">Rhodesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_stamps_of_the_Federation_of_Rhodesia_and_Nyasaland" title="Revenue stamps of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland">Rhodesia and Nyasaland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_stamps_of_Seychelles" title="Revenue 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href="/wiki/Revenue_stamps_of_Dominica" title="Revenue stamps of Dominica">Dominica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_stamps_of_the_Falkland_Islands" title="Revenue stamps of the Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_stamps_of_Guatemala" title="Revenue stamps of Guatemala">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_stamps_of_Guyana" title="Revenue stamps of Guyana">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_stamps_of_Jamaica" title="Revenue stamps of Jamaica">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_stamps_of_the_Leeward_Islands" title="Revenue stamps of the Leeward Islands">Leeward Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_stamps_of_Montserrat" title="Revenue stamps of Montserrat">Montserrat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_stamps_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Revenue stamps of Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_stamps_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" title="Revenue stamps of the Turks and Caicos 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.cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFWilliams,_Louis_N.,_&_Williams,_Maurice1990" class="citation book cs1">Williams, Louis N., & Williams, Maurice (1990). <i><span></span><b>Fundamentals of Philately</b> {revised ed.)</i>. <a href="/wiki/American_Philatelic_Society" title="American Philatelic Society">American Philatelic Society</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9335-8013-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-9335-8013-4"><bdi>0-9335-8013-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Fundamentals+of+Philately+%7Brevised+ed.%29&rft.pub=American+Philatelic+Society&rft.date=1990&rft.isbn=0-9335-8013-4&rft.au=Williams%2C+Louis+N.%2C+%26+Williams%2C+Maurice&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APortal%3APhilately" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list" title="Category:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list">link</a>)</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHornung1970" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Otto_Hornung" title="Otto Hornung">Hornung, Otto</a> (1970). <i><span></span><b>The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Stamp Collecting</b><span></span></i>. <a href="/wiki/Hamlyn_(publishers)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamlyn (publishers)">Hamlyn</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-600-01797-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-600-01797-4"><bdi>0-600-01797-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Illustrated+Encyclopedia+of+Stamp+Collecting&rft.pub=Hamlyn&rft.date=1970&rft.isbn=0-600-01797-4&rft.aulast=Hornung&rft.aufirst=Otto&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APortal%3APhilately" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStuart_RossiterJohn_Fowler1991" class="citation book cs1">Stuart Rossiter & John Fowler (1991). <i><span></span><b>World History Stamp Atlas</b><span></span></i> (reprint ed.). pub: Black Cat. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7481-0309-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-7481-0309-0"><bdi>0-7481-0309-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=World+History+Stamp+Atlas&rft.edition=reprint&rft.pub=pub%3A+Black+Cat&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=0-7481-0309-0&rft.au=Stuart+Rossiter&rft.au=John+Fowler&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APortal%3APhilately" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div> <div class="box-header-title-container flex-columns-noflex" style="clear:both;color:white;margin-bottom:0px;border:solid #4682B4;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;font-size:100%;background:#4169E1;font-family:sans-serif;padding:.1em;border-width:1px 1px 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.plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul id="sister-projects-list"> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search/Category:Philately"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/31px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="42" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/47px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/62px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div><span><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search/Category:Philately" class="extiw" title="commons:Special:Search/Category:Philately">Commons</a></span><br />Free media repository</div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Special:Search/Philately"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikibooks-logo.svg/35px-Wikibooks-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikibooks-logo.svg/53px-Wikibooks-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikibooks-logo.svg/70px-Wikibooks-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div> <div><span><a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Special:Search/Philately" class="extiw" title="wikibooks:Special:Search/Philately">Wikibooks</a></span><br />Free textbooks and manuals</div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a 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width="51" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/77px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/102px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="759" data-file-height="415" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div><span><a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:Search/Philately" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Special:Search/Philately">Wikinews</a></span><br />Free-content news</div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:Search/Philately"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/35px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="41" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/53px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/70px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="355" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div><span><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:Search/Philately" class="extiw" title="wikiquote:Special:Search/Philately">Wikiquote</a></span><br />Collection of quotations</div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Special:Search/Philately"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/35px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="37" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/53px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/70px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div><span><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Special:Search/Philately" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Special:Search/Philately">Wikisource</a></span><br />Free-content library</div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Special:Search/Philately"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg/41px-Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg.png" decoding="async" width="41" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg/62px-Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg/82px-Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="626" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div><span><a href="https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Special:Search/Philately" class="extiw" 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