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A cancelled Penny Black. The Penny Black was the world's first adhesive postage stamp used in a public postal system. It was issued in Britain on 1 May for official use from 6 May of that year. Uk Stamps, Postage Stamps, Penny Black Stamps, Maltese Cross, Stamp Collecting, Mail Art, Great Britain, Ephemera, Vintage World Maps
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The "Penny Black" - The World's First Postage Stamp from Great Britain, 1840

On July 1982 Grenda issued "Official" stamps by overprinting regular issues "P. Slightly more than a year later Maurice Bishop's New Jewel Movement Government collapsed and the United States invaded Grenada. July 15, Holiday Pictures, My Land, Caribbean Sea, West Indies, Heaven On Earth, Revolutionaries, Grenada, Exploring
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On July 15, 1982 Grenda issued "Official" stamps by overprinting regular issues "P.R.G." (People's Revolutionary Government). Slightly more than a year later Maurice Bishop's New Jewel Movement Government collapsed and the United States invaded Grenada.

Canada's First Postage Stamp Old Letters, Snail Mail, Stamp Collecting, Postage Stamps, Exploring, Vintage World Maps, The Past, Miniatures, Cards
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Canada's First Postage Stamp

Remote Penrhyn Island in the Cook Islands used overprinted definitives from New Zealand for its first stamps. Cook Islands, Commonwealth, Tao, New Zealand, Exploring, Remote, Trust, Stamps, British
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Penrhyn Island Blue Tai Peni Overprint 1902

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Andorra, Exploring, Stamps, Rugs, Detail, Image, Home Decor, Seals, Homemade Home Decor
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Seals, Envelopes, Effort, Exploring, Label, War, Harbor Seal, Explore, Research
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These are charity stamps, not postage, but for the benefit of PTT. There were 67 different issues from 1938 to 1966 listed in old catalogs like Maury. Exploring, Charity, Benefit, Stamps, Quilts, Image, Seals, Comforters, Patch Quilt
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These are charity stamps, not postage, but for the benefit of PTT. There were 67 different issues from 1938 to 1966 listed in old catalogs like Maury.

Henry William Cave came to Ceylon in 1872, at the age of eighteen, to work as the Secretary to the Archbishop of Colombo. Four years later he established a bookstore. Soon the business expanded its merchandise to include musical instruments and eventually a wide variety of other consumer goods which found a ready market amongst entertainment hungry planters. Cave returned to England in 1886, the year in which this stamp, bearing the imprint of his company was issued. Henry Williams, Secretary, Musical Instruments, Exploring, Cave, Stamps, Planters, England, Entertainment
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Henry William Cave came to Ceylon in 1872, at the age of eighteen, to work as the Secretary to the Archbishop of Colombo. Four years later he established a bookstore. Soon the business expanded its merchandise to include musical instruments and eventually a wide variety of other consumer goods which found a ready market amongst entertainment hungry planters. Cave returned to England in 1886, the year in which this stamp, bearing the imprint of his company was issued.

Bavarian State Railway (Eisenbahn) E perfins Alexander Mcqueen Scarf, Exploring, Stamps, Image, Collection, Seals, Explore, Postage Stamps, Research
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Bavarian State Railway (Eisenbahn) E perfins

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