Postage stamps and postal history of china wikipedia. This inflationadjusted graph proves that the price of a stamp has remained surprisingly stable over more than a century. The price of a stamp over time compared to its inflationadjusted price. Resource page for collectors of south africa stamps and.
Confederate states of america stamps and postal history, by douglas n. A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail, who then affix the stamp to the face or addressside of any item of mail an envelope or other postal cover e. Your stamps and postcard will arrive in a plain, discrete envelope. Comparing the postage stamps of sudan and burkina faso core. Postal history explore the past, glimpse the future. Romance of postage stamps it was the evening of 26 january 1965. Postage stamps and postal history of the united states.
History of postage stamps who created postage stamps. Initial united states postage rates were set by congress as part of the postal service act signed into law by president george washington on february 20, 1792. The birth of the postage stamp dates back to may 6, 1840, when britain issued its first stamp, the penny black. United states code, 2006 edition, supplement 5, title 18 crimes and criminal procedure lists and prices all 9,559 stamps precanceled by. On may 6, 1840, the british penny black stamp was released. Stamp collecting basics mar 3, 2017, 2 pm marine insurance stamps filled a special use on letter mail aboard ships, but some of them were overprinted for use as netherlands antilles postage stamps in 1927.
Pieces of mail handled, number of post offices, income, and expenses since 1789 pdf htm. The fairs celebrated the progress of industrial civilization, in part by anchoring themselves to a historical origin point such as columbus voyages, and the post. In a history of america in thirtysix postage stamps, chris west explores americas own rich philatelic history. But, how did people receive mail before this time, and what led to the idea of using stamps.
These stamps, known as postmastersprovisionals are now quite rare. Usually a small paper rectangle which is attached to an envelope, signifying that the person sending the letter or package has paid for delivery, it is the most popular alternative to using a prepaidpostage envelope stamps have been issued in other shapes, however. A short history of tibet postage stamps malaria, stamps. Postage stamps have been used around the world to commemorate, in miniature, significant events and people, including those of importance in the history of metals and mineral production.
Analyze your data by cost type, location, user, mail class, or cost code. This innovation was later widely adopted by other countries. From george washingtons dour gaze to the charging buffalo of the western frontier and lindberghs soaring biplane, american stamps are a vivid window into. The postal rate varied according to distance zone, the distance a letter was to be carried from the post office where it entered the mail to its final destination. I want to thank the parties who contributed to this album. Want bulk mail rates or po box rental fees since 1970. An earlier historical article in applied spectroscopy used postage stamps to provide colorful illustrations for a short history of spectroscopy. Postage stamp 299 books 2 dvd history post office mail. The unified administration issued its first postage stamps on october 8, 1949, consisting of a set of four depicting a lantern and the gate of heavenly peace, commemorating the 1st session of the chinese peoples consultative political conference. Spanish ships are repelled by drakes men in the spanish armada issue of 1988. In 1854 spain had printed special stamps for official communications, but in 1866 india was the first country to adopt the expedient of overprinting service on postage stamps and service postage on revenue stamps. Finally, by 1847, officials ofthe federal government decided that the whole idea ofstamps seemed sound enough, and issued the first official u. In the more than two centuries since benjamin franklin was appointed our first postmaster general in 1775, the postal service has grown and changed with america, boldly embracing new technologies to better serve a growing population. A postage stamp is evidence of prepaying a fee for postal services.
Special stamps are utilized to honor holidays, such as christmas, halloween, thanksgiving, valentines day, independence day and presidents day. Rowland hills reforms of postage by means of adhesive stamps sold by the post office. The postage for the mailed item was prepaid by the use of a hand stamp to frank the mailed item, confirming payment of postage. We offer stamps, postal history, philately and paraphilately for sale. A postage stamp history of chemistry sage journals.
By the 1860s, the number of countries that used postage stamps as a. History of the postage stamps of the united states of america kindle edition by tiffany, john kerr. Shapes and materials in addition to the most common rectangular shape, stamps have been printed in geometric circular, triangular and pentagonal and irregular shapes. A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other. Revenue stamps nonpostage receipts representing a tax paid for a variety of needs. They are protected by international laws at least until 70 years after authors death. Resources and materials are available to educators and youth club leaders for teaching youth the stories behind the stamps history, social studies, literacy, mathematics, science, the arts, etc. Brief history of sudan and burkina faso illustrated by postage stamps. Hill managed to put his program into effect in 1840, despite bureaucratic hostility. In minute artistic detail 50 years of british stamps have mapped over 2,000 years of british history from roman occupation to the internet age. A short history of tibet postage stamps briti deb introduction historically, tibet refers to a plateau region in central asia known to be located at the roof of the world and at the foot of the snow mountains, bordering china in the east, india through west to south, nepal, bhutan and myanmar in south and turkestan in northwest. Though some of the rarer hitler stamps from the 1930s can be of high value, these particular 1940s editions wont exactly make you rich. The penny black engraved the profile of queen victorias head, who remained on all british stamps for the next 60 years.
A silverred boeing 707 from new york landed at london airport. Postage rates and historical statistics who we are usps. Commemorative stamps are designed to honor special events and important people like marilyn monroe, martin luther king, jr. Shortages developed, so stamps also had to be improvised. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading history of the postage stamps of the united states of america. History of indian stamps the east indian company issued the first stamps valid for postage throughout india in 1854. A crowd of press reporters, newsreelcameramenand others milled around, filled with excitement.
Medical philately provides a useful medium for the study of medical history. United states postage stamps of the 20th century, part 1. View your data as a bar chart to see historical trends, a pie chart to see. The idea of the postage stamp was invented by james chalmers and it was the first time that people could prepay for mailing a letter. The first issues were printed in india but later issues were printed in. The history of postal service of the united states began with the delivery of stampless letters, whose cost was borne by the receiving person, later also encompassed prepaid letters carried by private mail carriers and provisional post offices, and culminated in a system of universal prepayment that required all letters to bear nationally issued adhesive postage stamps. Modern stamps of this country are not in public domain or their status is unknown. The first issued postage stamp began with great britains penny post. A historical overview of the world of postage stamps and of stamp collecting.
Canadian law stamp, irish dog license stamp, revenues from. This is because even though the cost of postage was increasing steadily, the value of the us dollar was inflating. Pdf history of rare earths on postage stamps fathi. Ounce july 1, 1863 3 october 1, 1883 2 effective date postage in cents, per ounce1 july 1, 1885 2 november 2, 1917 3 july 1, 1919 2 july 6, 1932 3 august 1, 1958 4 january 7, 1963 5 january 7, 1968 6 may 16, 1971 8 march 2, 1974 10 december 31, 1975. Please do not upload photographs or scans of stamps of this country, except pdold70. Media in category stamps of hungary the following 9 files are in this category, out of 9 total. We believed the facts as presented and began to try to trace how some of the stamps. A history of britain in thirtysix postage stamps lives up to its title. The example was soon widely followed, so much so that within about 20 years, the issuance of postage stamps had come to be widely regarded as an incident of sovereignty, and a. Coins and postage stamps of sealand simple english. Louis postmaster, 18451847 mekeel, c 1895 the hobbyist a monthly publication for stamp collectors volume 2 1909 the illustrated catalogue of postage stamps john edward gray 1870.
There are a handful of iranian stamps which have been issued with a medical theme. This issue also inaugurated the innovative practice of numbering each type of. Since then, the postal service has issued triangular, round, and holographic stamps. Rates for domestic letters since 1863 effective date postage in cents, per.
History of the postage stamps of the united states. An analysis of the imagery on postage stamps suggests that. The stamp and history definition of philately as an historical. See the postal services domestic rate history and special services fee history on the postal regulatory commissions web site for rates for all categories of mail and services since 1970. Though stamps may be the subject of the book, its content is full of insight into the full history of the british empire. It provides a beautiful portrait of the celebrations of this 2010 international year of biodiversity, a time when the countries of the world have come. Mr finber kenny climbed out with the onecentbritish guiana stamp. The concept of the postage stamp took off and became very popular. History of united states postage rates zirinsky stamps. With s reports you get predesigned postage spending and usage reports to gain insights into your business. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Jerusalemstamps is a professional online mailorder philately dealership run by the jerusalembased philatelist alex benarieh, with almost 40 years experience.