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History
Although there have been several claimants to priority, it is generally held that postage stamps were first introduced in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in May 1, 1840 as part of the postal reforms promoted by Rowland Hill. The Penny Black, the world's first adhesive Postage stamp of a public postal system was issued by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom from 1 January 1801 until 12 April 1927 Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Sir Rowland Hill KCB FRS ( December 3, 1795 - August 27, 1879) was a British teacher and social reformer With its introduction the postage fee was now to be paid by the sender and not the recipient as heretofore, though sending mail prepaid was not a requirement. The first postage stamp, the Penny Black, while put on sale on the 1st of May, was postally valid from May 6, 1840; two days later the Two pence blue was issued. The Penny Black, the world's first adhesive Postage stamp of a public postal system was issued by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Both stamps show an engraving of the young Queen Victoria and were an immediate success though refinements like perforations were instituted with later issues. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland For Postage stamps separation is the means by which individual stamps are made easily detachable from each other At the time of the Penny Black, there was no reason to include the United Kingdom's name on the stamp, and to this day the UK remains the only country that does not identify itself on its stamps.
Other countries followed suit by introducing their own postage stamps: the Canton of Zürich in Switzerland issued the Zurich 4 and 6 rappen on 1 March 1843. The Canton of Zürich (German Kanton) has a population of about 1 Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation The Zürich 4 and 6 were the first postage stamps issued in continental Europe on 1 March, 1843. In Switzerland, one-hundredth of one Swiss franc is called Rappen in German. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Although the Penny Black could be used to send a letter weighing less than half an ounce anywhere within the United Kingdom, the Swiss continued to calculate mail rates based on the distance travelled. Brazil issued the Bull's Eye stamps on 1 August 1843. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld The Bull's Eye ( Portuguese Olho-de-boi Postage stamps were a set of three stamps issued by Brazil on 1 August, 1843 Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Using the same printer as that used for the Penny Black, the Brazilian government opted for an abstract design instead of an image of emperor Pedro II so that his image would be not be disfigured by the postmark. The Penny Black, the world's first adhesive Postage stamp of a public postal system was issued by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on Pedro II, (ˈpedɾu seˈgũdu December 2, 1825 December 5, 1891) was the second and last Emperor of Brazil. A postmark is a Postal marking made on a letter, Package, Postcard or the like indicating In 1845 some postmasters in the U.S. issued their own stamps, but the first officially issued stamps came in 1847, with the 5 and 10 cent stamps depicting Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. Postmaster (or Postmistress) refers to the head of an individual Post office. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Benjamin Franklin ( April 17 1790 was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. George Washington (February 22 1732 December 14 1799 served as the first President of the United States of America (1789&ndash1797 and led the A few other countries issued stamps in the late 1840s. Many more, such as India, started in the 1850s and by the 1860s most countries of the world had issued postage stamps. For the states with their own stamps See See also Stamps and postal history of Indian states For current information on India Post See See also
Following the introduction of the postage stamp in the United Kingdom the number of letters mailed increased from 82 million in 1839 to 170 million in 1841. Today an average of 21 billion items are delivered by post every year in the UK alone.
Postage stamp design
Stamps have been issued in other shapes besides the usual square or rectangle, including circular, triangular and pentagonal. Postage stamp design is the activity of Graphic design as applied to Postage stamps Many thousands of designs have been created since a profile bust of Queen Sierra Leone and Tonga were among the first countries to have issued self-adhesive stamps in these instances some in the shapes of fruit; Bhutan has issued a stamp with its national anthem on a playable record, etc. Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. The Kingdom of Tonga is an Archipelago in the south Pacific Ocean comprising 169 islands 36 of them inhabited stretching over a distance of about 800 kilometres (500 miles A self-adhesive stamp is a Postage stamp with a Pressure sensitive adhesive that does not require moistening in order to adhere to paper The Kingdom of Bhutan (buːˈtɑːn is a Landlocked nation in South Asia. Stamps have also been made of materials other than paper, commonly embossed foil (sometimes of gold); Switzerland made a stamp partly out of lace and one out of wood; the United States produced one made of plastic, and the German Democratic Republic once issued a stamp made entirely of synthetic chemicals. Embossing is the process of creating a three-dimensional image or design in Paper and other Ductile materials Gold (ˈɡoʊld is a Chemical element with the symbol Au (from its Latin name aurum) and Atomic number 79 Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Wood is hard fibrous lignified structural tissue produced as secondary Xylem in the stems of Woody plants notably trees but also shrubs The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state A chemical substance is a Material with a definite chemical composition. In the Netherlands a stamp was issued made of silver foil.
Types of stamps
- Airmail – for payment of airmail service. Early life Juan Carlos was born in Rome, where his grandfather Alfonso XIII of Spain lived in exile after the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic Joseph Stalin ( ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი|Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili; March 5 1953 was General Secretary of the Communist Party Mao Zedong ( 26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976) was a Chinese Military and political leader who led Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Airmail (or air mail) is Mail that is transported by Aircraft. While the word or words "airmail" or equivalent is usually printed on the stamp, Scott (the dominant U. A word is a unit of Language that carries meaning and consists of one or more Morphemes which are linked more or less tightly together and has a Phonetic The Scott catalogue of Postage stamps published by Scott Publishing Co a subsidiary of Amos Press, is updated annually and lists all the stamps of the entire S. cataloguing firm) has recognised as airmail stamps some U. S. stamps issued in denominations good for then-current international airmail rates, and showing the silhouette of an aircraft. Overview Fixed-wing aircraft range from small training and recreational aircraft to Wide-body aircraft and military cargo aircraft. The other three major catalogs do not give any special status to airmail stamps.
- ATM, stamps dispensed by automatic teller machines (ATMs) whose sheets are paper currency sized and of similar thickness. [1]
- carrier's stamp
- certified mail stamp
- coil stamps – tear-off stamps issued individually in a vending machine, or purchased in a roll that often comprise 100 stamps
- commemorative stamp – a limited run of stamp designed to commemorate a particular event
- computer vended postage – advanced secure postage that uses Information-Based Indicia (IBI) technology. Certified Mail is a type of Special Service mail offered by the United States Postal Service and other postal services which allows the sender proof of mailing as A coil stamp is a type of Postage stamp sold in strips one stamp wide A vending machine is a machine that provides various snacks beverages and other products to consumers A commemorative stamp is a Postage stamp issued to honor or commemorate a place event or person Computerized postage is the use of electronic equipment to meter and pay Postage. IBI uses a 2-dimensional bar code (either Datamatrix or PDF417) to encode the Originating Address, Date of Mailing, Postage Amount, and a Digital signature to verify the stamp's authenticity. A Data Matrix code is a two-dimensional matrix Barcode consisting of black and white square modules arranged in either a square or rectangular PDF417 is a stacked linear Bar code symbol used in a variety of applications primarily Transport, Identification cards and Inventory management A digital signature or digital signature scheme is a type of asymmetric cryptography used to simulate the security properties of a handwritten Signature [1]
- customised stamp – a stamp the picture or image in which can in some way be chosen by the purchaser, either by sending in a photograph or by use of the computer. Some of these are not truly stamps but are technically meter labels.
- definitive – stamps issued mainly for the everyday payment of postage. A definitive Postage stamp is a Regular issue stamp that is part of a definitive issue or definitive series consisting of a range of denominations They often have less appealing designs than commemoratives. The same design may be used for many years. Definitive stamps are often the same basic size. The use of the same design over an extended period of time often leads to many unintended varieties. This makes them far more interesting to philatelists than commemoratives.
- express mail stamp / special delivery stamp
- late fee stamp – issued to show payment of a fee to allow inclusion of a letter or package in the outgoing dispatch although it has been turned in after the cut-off time
- local post stamps – used on mail in a local post; a postal service that operates only within a limited geographical area, typically a city or a single transportation route. In most postal systems express mail refers to an accelerated delivery service for which the customer pays a Surcharge and receives faster delivery Special Delivery is a Postal service for urgent postal packets A local post is a Mail service that operates only within a limited geographical area typically a City or a single transportation route Some local posts have been operated by governments, while others, known as private local posts, have been for-profit companies.
- military stamp – stamps issued specifically for the use of members of a country's armed forces, usually using a special postal system
- official mail stamp – issued for use solely by the government or a government agency or bureau
- occupation stamp – a stamp issued for use by either an occupying army or by the occupying army or authorities for use by the civilian population
- perforated stamps – while this term can be used to refer to the perforations around the edge of a stamp (used to divide the sheet into individual stamps) it is also a technical term for stamps that have additionally been perforated across the middle with letters or a distinctive pattern or monogram known as perfins. A military stamp, is a Postage stamp used by a military organisation in time of war or while ensuring a peace keeping operation For the military meaning see Armed forces. For the Soviet sports society see Armed Forces (sports society Armed Forces Official mail is Mail sent from or by an authorised department of government governmental agency or international organization and normally has some indication that it is official An army (from Latin Armata "act of arming" via Old French armée) in the broadest sense is the land-based Armed forces A perfin (a contraction of 'PERForated INitials' also called SPIFS (a contraction of 'Stamps Perforated by Initials of Firms and Societies' is a pattern of tiny holes These modified stamps are usually purchased by large corporations to guard against theft by their employees.
- permanent stamps – have no face value and is always equal to the letter rate as issued. Non-denominated postage is postage intended to meet a certain postage rate that retains full validity for that intended postage rate even after the rate is increased [2]
- personalised – allow user to add his own personalised picture or photograph
- postage due – a stamp applied showing that the full amount of required postage has not been paid, and indicating the amount of shortage and penalties the recipient will have to pay. A personalised stamp is a Postage stamp where a picture or Photograph can be added to the stamp by a member of the public some non-governmental entity or a governmental Postage due is the term used for Mail sent with insufficient postage (Collectors and philatelists debate whether these should be called stamps, some saying that as they do not pre-pay postage they should be called "labels". ) The United States Post Office Department issued "parcel post postage due" stamps.
- postal tax – a stamp indicating that a tax (above the regular postage rate) required for sending letters has been paid. This stamp is often mandatory on all mail issued on a particular day or for a few days only.
- self-adhesive stamp – stamps not requiring licking or moisture to be applied to the back to stick. A self-adhesive stamp is a Postage stamp with a Pressure sensitive adhesive that does not require moistening in order to adhere to paper Self-sticking.
- semi-postal / charity stamp – a stamp issued with an additional charge above the amount needed to pay postage, where the extra charge is used for charitable purposes such as the Red Cross. A semi-postal stamp or semipostal stamp is a Postage stamp issued to raise money for some purpose (such as a charitable cause and thus sold over and above the The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an International humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers worldwide who stated The usage of semi-postal stamps is entirely at the option of the purchaser. Countries (such as Belgium and Switzerland) that make extensive use of this form of charitable fund-raising design such stamps in a way that makes them more desirable for collectors. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation
- test stamp – a label not valid for postage, used by postal authorities on sample mail to test various sorting and cancelling machines or machines that can detect the absence or presence of a stamp on an envelope. A test stamp, dummy stamp, or training stamp, is a label resembling a Postage stamp that is used by postal authorities for testing equipment and/or training May also be known as "dummy" or "training" stamps.
- war tax stamp – A variation on the postal tax stamp intended to defray the costs of war. A war tax stamp is a type of Postage stamp added to an envelope in addition to regular postage
- water-activated stamp – for many years "water-activated" stamps were the only kind so this term only entered into use with the advent of self-adhesive stamps. In Philately, gum is the substance applied to the back of a Postage stamp to enable it to adhere to a letter or other mailed item The adhesive or gum on the back of the stamp must be moistened (usually it is done by licking, thus the stamps are also known as "lick and stick") to affix it to the envelope or package.
Dispensing
Since their inception there have been numerous innovative developments in how stamps are dispensed and sold. Usually, they can be purchased over the counter or from vending machines at post-offices or selected retail outlets, as "books" or loose stamps. They are traditionally made as a perforated sheet which is gummed on the reverse, so that the purchaser may tear off each stamp, moisten it (frequently by licking), and apply it to the envelope, but self-adhesive stamps are now commonplace.
IBI stamps
In the United States, the introduction of Information Based Indicia (IBI) technology has allowed newer ways to sell stamps. Information Based Indicia refers to a system used by the United States Postal Service (USPS for labels or marks to be applied to the mail item to indicate electronic postage IBI is an encrypted 2-dimensional bar code that makes counterfeiting more difficult and easier to detect, offering value beyond postage. Unlike traditional postage meter indicia, each IBI is unique. The IBI contains security critical data elements as well as other information, such as point of origin and the sender. The IBI is human and machine-readable.
Prior to IBI being introduced, postage vault devices were used on personal computers to allow postage stamps to be printed from one's computer. The postage vault device is a tamper resistant postal security device to disable postage equipment when tampered with. The postage vault can be also identified as the means to store (and keep track of) monetary funds in the postage vault. You can think of this as prepaying for the right to print postage from your personal computer. The Internet is used to reset or replenish funds in the postage vault.
In March 2001, the United States Postal Service authorized Neopost Online and Northrop Grumman Corporation to test an innovative purchasing stamp system. Northrop Grumman Corporation ( is an Aerospace and defense technology company formed by the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. This self-service stamp vending system allows the consumer to peruse through a variety of denominations and quantities, select the desired purchase and swipe his/her credit card to submit a purchase order. The stamp vending system then authorizes the purchase order, prints the stamp sheet(s) and finally dispenses them to the consumer. The ability to peruse, request, authorize, print, and dispense a stamp purchase using the Internet makes these the world's first browser-based stamps. This is the first instance where IBI was utilized on adhesive labels. The product from this self-service stamp vending system is aptly named by collectors as Neopost web-enabled stamps. These stamps were available from March 2001 through August 2003 and were denominated (fixed value) stamps.
In 2002 the United States Postal Service authorized Stamps.com to issue NetStamps. Stampscom is a Los Angeles California -based company that provides Internet-based mailing and shipping services The NetStamps utilizes IBI technology and can be printed from personal computers with postal vaults. In 2004 the United States Postal Service introduced the Automated Postal Centers (APC). These kiosks provided non-denominated ($0. 01 to $99. 99) stamps. The intent of the APC is to reduce labor required to service consumers at the postal counters. Recently, personal pictures have been paired with IBI technology to provide a personalized stamp for the consumer. These stamps are custom made and require a period of time (days) to produce.
The push towards using IBI technology aids the United States Postal Service in finding new venues to sell stamps. It also reduces the burden of maintaining the mechanical machines to sell stamps. The United States Postal Service still relies on consigning stamps to retailers and banks (via automatic teller machines (ATMs). They must be the same size and thickness as currency in order to be dispensed by the ATM.
Similarly, Royal Mail in the United Kingdom has recently launched a "Print-your-own-postage" service allowing the general public to purchase IBI-style codes online, and print them onto address stickers or directly onto envelopes, in lieu of using First Class postage stamps. Royal Mail is the national postal service of the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located This was much remarked-upon in the press as the first time a consumer "stamp" has not featured an image of the reigning monarch. It joins the existing "SmartStamp" subscription service, which performs the same function but is primarily aimed at business customers.
First day covers
On the first day of issue a set of stamps can be purchased attached to an envelope that has been postmarked with a special commemorative postmark. The first day of issue is the day on which a Postage stamp, Postal card or Stamped envelope is put on sale within the country or territory of the Known as a "First Day Cover", it can also be assembled from the component parts by stamp collectors, who are the most frequent users. Stamp collecting is the Collecting of Postage stamps and related objects such as covers (envelopes or packages with stamps on them These envelopes usually bear a commemorative cachet of the subject for which the stamp was created. In Philately, a cachet is a printed or stamped design or inscription other than a cancellation or pre-printed postage on an Envelope, Postcard, or
Souvenir or miniature sheets
Postage stamps are sometimes issued in souvenir sheets or miniature sheet containing just one or a small number of stamps. A souvenir sheet or miniature sheet is a small group of Postage stamps still attached to the sheet on which they were printed A souvenir sheet or miniature sheet is a small group of Postage stamps still attached to the sheet on which they were printed A souvenir sheet or miniature sheet is a small group of Postage stamps still attached to the sheet on which they were printed Souvenir sheets typically include additional artwork or information printed on the selvage (border surrounding the stamps). Sometimes the stamps make up part of a greater picture. Some countries, and some issues, are produced as individual stamps as well as in the sheet format.
Collecting
Stamp collecting is a popular hobby, and stamps are often produced as collectibles. Stamp collecting is the Collecting of Postage stamps and related objects such as covers (envelopes or packages with stamps on them A hobby is a spare-time Recreational pursuit Etymology A Hobby horse is a wooden or Wickerwork toy made to be Some countries are known for producing stamps intended for collectors rather than postal use. This practice produces a significant portion of the countries' government revenues. This has been condoned by the collecting community for places such as Liechtenstein and Pitcairn Islands that have followed relatively conservative stamp issuing policies. The Principality of Liechtenstein (Fürstentum Liechtenstein) is a tiny doubly landlocked Alpine country in Western Europe, bordered by Switzerland Abuses of this policy, however, are generally condemned. Among the most notable abusers have been Nicholas F. Seebeck and the component states of the United Arab Emirates. Nicholas Frederick Seebeck (1857 Germany - June 23, 1899) was a Stamp dealer and printer, best known for his stamp-printing contracts Seebeck operated in the 1890s as an agent of Hamilton Bank Note Company when he approached several Latin American countries with an offer to produce their entire postage stamp needs for free. In return he would have the exclusive rights to market the remainders of the stamps to collectors. Each year a new issue of stamps was produced whose postal validity would expire at the end of the year; this assured Seebeck of a continuing supply of remainders. In the 1960s certain stamp printers such as the Barody Stamp Company arranged contracts to produce quantities of stamps for the separate Emirates and other countries. These abuses combined with the sparse population of the desert states earned them the reputation of being known as the "sand dune" countries.
The combination of hundreds of countries, each producing scores of different stamps each year has resulted in a total of some 400,000 different types in existence as of 2000. In recent years, the annual world output has averaged about 10,000 types each year.
Famous stamps
- See also: List of notable postage stamps
- Penny Black
- Cottonreels
- Mauritius "Post Office"
- Treskilling Yellow
- Inverted Jenny
- Inverted Head 4 Annas of India
- British Guiana 1c magenta
- Perot provisional
- Hawaiian Missionaries
- Basel Dove
- Uganda Cowries
- Scinde Dawk
- Gronchi Rosa very rare Italian stamp error
See also
- List of entities that have issued postage stamps
- List of philatelic bureaus
- Revenue stamp
- Timeline of postal history
- Philatelic fakes and forgeries
- Sheet of stamps
Themed lists
- List of birds on stamps
- List of bonsai on stamps
- List of fish on stamps
- List of martial arts on stamps (external link)
- List of people on stamps
- List of ships on stamps
References
- ^ Freepatentsonline: United States Patent 5503436 (retrieved 10 June 2007)
- ^ Canada Post Press Release
External links
- Joseph Luft's Philatelic Resources on the Web (While this is one of the largest philatelic links web sites it has not been updated since January 2003, many links are broken. The Penny Black, the world's first adhesive Postage stamp of a public postal system was issued by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on The Mauritius "Post Office" stamps are among the rarest Postage stamps in the world and are of legendary status in the world of Philately The "Treskilling" Yellow, or 3 skilling banco error of color (Swedish Gul treskilling banco, Gul=yellow is a Postage stamp of Sweden The (C3a Inverted Jenny (or Jenny Invert) is a United States Postage stamp first issued on May 10 1918 in which the image of the Curtiss JN-4 The Inverted Head Four Annas of India is a famous stamp prized by collectors The British Guiana 1¢ magenta is "egarded by many as the world's most famous stamp. The Hawaiian Missionaries are the first Postage stamps of the Kingdom of Hawaii, issued in 1851 The Basel Dove ( Swiss German Basler Dybli or (older Basel Dybli; German Basler Taube) is a notable stamp issued by the Swiss The Uganda Cowries, also known as the Uganda Missionaries, were the first adhesive Postage stamps of Uganda. Scinde Dawk was a very old postal system of runners that served the Indus Valley of Sindh, an area of present-day Pakistan. The Gronchi Rosa is a rare Italian Postage stamp Design error. See also: List of entities that have issued postage stamps (F - L List of entities that have issued postage stamps (M - Z Introduction This a list of Philatelic bureaus across the world Bureaus by country Afghanistan Afghan Post A revenue stamp, tax stamp or fiscal stamp is a type of Adhesive label used to collect Taxes or fees on various items This is a timeline of significant events in Postal history, including dates relating to Postage stamps Sixteenth Century In general philatelic fakes and forgeries refers to labels that look like Postage stamps but aren't A sheet of stamps or sheet is a unit of stamps as printed usually on large sheets of paper based on the size of the Printing plate that are separated Birds on stamps is a common theme in Philately and a popular subject for topical Stamp collectors. List of stamps with bonsai Angola 2000 A fraudulent set of stamps Since 1840, when the Penny Black featured a profile of Queen Victoria, it has been a tradition worldwide for nations to honor individuals on their Postage stamps Many nations have depicted ships on stamps, since Ships have long been a means of transporting the Mail over long distances )
- Stamp Collecting News — Provides updates on new stamp issues from around the world
- Philatelic Dictionary
- Philatelic Terms
- U.S. Postal rates through the years
- History of postage stamps and collecting of stamps
- American Philatelic Society
- British North American Philatelic Society
Dictionary
postage stamp
-noun
- A small piece of printed paper stuck on an item to be mailed, indicating that postage has been paid.
- (figurative, colloquial) A very small area.
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