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A 1951 perfin stamp of the UK (used by HMSO) showing front (top) and reverse (bottom) A 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 An unusual curved perfin INVENTION from Patent Agents G.F. Redfern & Co. of London, whose telegraphic ...
A 1919 stamp from Georgia. This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Georgia. Georgia is in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Situated at the juncture of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the south by Turkey and Armenia, and to the east by Azerbaijan.
Much wider adoption followed in the 1950s. The first postage stamps with the motto appeared in 1954. A law passed in July 1955 by a joint resolution of the 84th Congress (Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 84–140) and approved by President Dwight Eisenhower requires that "In God We Trust" appear on all American currency.
Postage stamps and postal history of Singapore surveys postal history from Singapore and the postage stamps issued by that country and its various historical territories until the present day. Postal service in Singapore began with the delivery of stampless letters whose cost was borne by the receiving person, later encompassed pre-paid letters ...
One particular diagram of an eight-geared device could be considered an ancestor of later Muslim astrolabes and clocks. [15] More recently, Biruni's eclipse data was used by Dunthorne in 1749 to help determine the acceleration of the Moon , and his data on equinox times and eclipses was used as part of a study of Earth's past rotation.
The first Lithuanian postage stamps ("Baltukai" issue) were issued in Vilnius in 1918. A total of 768 stamps of different designs were issued by the Republic of Lithuania between 1918 and 1940, with more than 2,000 variations due to errors, misprints or perforations.
The United States Postal Service proposed a price increase for Forever stamps in July 2024, raising the cost from 68 to 73 cents. This follows an increase in January 2024 and marks the sixth increase since January 2021. Despite these ongoing price hikes, the United States maintains relatively inexpensive postage compared to other developed ...
The Postal History and Stamps of Bermuda. Lawrence, Mass.: Quarterman Publications, 1978 432p. This is a revision of the author's Bermuda: the Post Office, postal markings, and adhesive stamps, published in 1962 by Robson Lowe, and of its Supplement (1968), with additional new material. Poole, B. W. H. The Postage Stamps of Bermuda. London: D ...