The first stamp was the One Penny Black. And it was black in color. It was soon change to red to allow the cancellations to show more clearly.
An Austrian stamp of 1937 is cited as the first. It does not look very "Christmasy" but may have been specially made for use on Christmas greetings. It shows a vase of roses and the signs of the zoidiac.
The very first US stamp pictures Washington. It was a 5 cent black stamp. Benjamin Franklin was pictured on the 10 cent stamp.
It was 29 cents from the first of the year until 22 January 2012 when the price was increased to 32 cents. That was a very hefty increase in the postage rate for the penny postcard.
FO i think means First Officer. Its the post that one gets after completing his CPL or you can say the very first post in this business.
FO i think means First Officer. Its the post that one gets after completing his CPL or you can say the very first post in this business.
If you are certain that it is from 1919, then it must be Scott Catalogue number OX21. The catalogue value is $0.20. That is the minimum value for any stamp listed. Therefore, the true market value for the stamp is very small - maybe around $0.05-0.10.
The stamp is from 1972 and is listed in the 2008 Scott Stamp Catalouge at $0.20 in very good condition used and unused.
Queen Victoria. The very first postage stamps were produced in England in 1840.
Death first appeared in the Discworld novel "The Colour of Magic."
The very first postage stamp in the world pictured a woman, namely Queen Victoria in 1840. Except for some allegorical figures and namely Indian women, Queen Isabella of Spain was the first woman to be seen on US stamps.
It was the first time Parliament had tried to tax colonists directly.
during post the very first work is done by the ram,all the memory in the ram is first transferred to the hard disk,and remains active until turned off.