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H make up rate stamp is valued at 1 cent. They were made because they didn't know if the rate increase would be 1 or 2 cents. The 'Make Up Rate' stamp was designed to be used with the existing 1st Class stamps.
This company produces a variety of products. Their first-day covers are real enough. I think they make gold or gold-plated replicas of certain stamps, which of course, are not real postage stamps. They offer some stamp and coin combinations that contain real US stamps and coins. I think they all sell at a discount of the secondary market.
No, "stamp" is not considered an onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeias are words that imitate the sound they describe, such as "buzz" or "hiss." "Stamp" is a verb that describes an action, not a sound.
The error on the Gerty Cori stamp issued in 2008 is that it incorrectly identified the image as Gerty Cori, when in fact, the image on the stamp was of Rosa Parks, a civil rights activist. The incorrect image was a result of a design error made by the United States Postal Service.
Great Britain issued the first postage stamp in 1840.
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Brazil was the second country to use adhesive postage stamps, issuing its first stamp in 1843. The stamp was known as the "Bull's Eye" due to its design.
Cost of a postage stamp was dependent on the face value of the stamp and the country. The most common rate stamp is for First Class Mail. In 1989 it was 25 cents for the first ounce.
Austria is not a "postage stamp country". See Related Question, below.
Yes, it is a postage stamp country. It does not refer to the small size of the country. It references the fact that they make a good revenue from the production and sale of postage stamps to collectors.
Germany as a country did not have a postage stamp until 1872. Various German states had postage stamps dating back to 1850.
A profile bust of Queen Victoria was pictured on the first postage stamp.
The penny black was the worlds first postage stamp in 1840.