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Bhor SG1/Sc1 issued 1st January 1879. Bhor was a princely state in the Kolhapur Residency and Decca States Agency (presently part of Bombay State). Raja Pandit Shankar Rao (ruling from 1871-1922) issued the first stamps in 1879
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Bhopal Sc/SG #1 issued 1st January 1876. Bhopal was a princely state of central India in the Bhopal Agency. It became part of the Bhopal state of India from 1947-56, then was integrated into the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
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Bogota Sc-LX1 issued 1889. Not strictly a provincial issue, Scott lists Bogota as a Local Stamp. Not found in Gibbons. All the provinces are listed in the main Colombia entry. (Image from First Issues Collectors Club)
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Bolivar Sc #1 issued 1863. Bolivar has the distinction of issuing the smallest stamp and thus the smallest first issue on record, narrowly beating Mecklenburg-Schwerin’s, 12x12mm and Brunswick, Bolivar’s measures 8x9.5mm.
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Bolivia Sc/SG #1 issued 1867. Less than half the issue was postally used, most often canceled with a straightline cancel, but sometimes a pen cancel. Oval and round cancels were also used, most commonly a La Paz circular date stamp. (image from First Issues Collectors Club)
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Bosnia & Herzegovina Scott #1 was issued in 1894. Scott #2 was issued first on 1st July 1879. Gibbons, Michel and Y&T list the 1/2 novcica black as #9. (image from First Issues Collectors Club)
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The collected Parts of this great thread could make a great book!
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Botswana Independence Sc #1/SG 202 issued 1966. British Bechuanaland achieved independence in 1966 as Botswana. Scott resets the counter at that point, Gibbons lets it run.
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Bosnia & Herzegovina SG383 Sc-B1 issued 1914. After WW1, B&H became part of Yugoslavia. There were numerous admin changes from the 1990s onwards as the Balkans ‘balkanised’. This is a Scott number 1 because Scott treats semi-postal differently,
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Brazil Sc/SG #1 issued on 1st August 1843. The reason for Brazil’s early entry is that J. D. Sturz, a Brazilian diplomat, witnessed the postal reforms in Europe and took the idea back to Brazil. (Image from First Issues Collectors Club)
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Brazil Sc B1/ SG 555 issued 1934. Stamp provided funds for the National Philatelic Exhibition. It was Brazil's first charity stamp. (image from First Issues Collectors Club)
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On 1st July 1850, came British Guiana's first issue, the 'cottonreel' type-set design. With only 10 of #1 known, here is Sc/SG #3 issued in 1851. British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies, which resides on the northern coast of South America.
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Those can't both be Brazil #1. What happened?
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Thanks. Fixed it. I thought I fixed it just after I posted but obviously not.
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German State - Bremen Sc 1/ SG 1 issued 10th April 1855. Most of the German States had issued stamps by the mid-1850s, but Bremen, an important seaport, was the first of the free cities to do so. Bremen joined the North German Confederation in 1867.
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British Honduras Sc/SG #1 issued January 1866. Printed by De La Rue, London. The Central American region bordering Mexico, Guatemala, and the Caribbean became a Crown Colony in 1862. (image from First Issues Collectors Club).
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FIRST ISSUES: British Virgin Islands Sc/SG #1 issued 1st December 1866. Part of the Leeward Islands group (whose stamps were used concurrently) in the West Indies/ (image: First Issues Collectors Club)
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FIRST ISSUES: Brunswick Sc/SG 1-3 issued 1st January 1852. Brunswick joined the North German Confederation at the end of 1867 and ceased to issue its own stamps. (Images from First Issues Collectors Club)
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Bulgaria Sc/SG #1 issued 1st May 1879. The #1, depicting a crest showing the Lion of Bulgaria, is similar to those of Russia and Poland. Printed at the Russian State Printing Works, St. Petersburg. (image from Stamp World)
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FIRST ISSUES: Bulgaria SG286b Sc-RA1 issued the World's First Sunday Delivery Stamp in 1925. More Info: http://www.firstissues.org/countries/bul ...
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Calimno SG3A Sc1 issued 1912. Aegean Islands in the Scott catalogues, Dodecanese Islands in Gibbons. Italian offices abroad in Scott, occupation
issues in Gibbons.
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Calimno SG3A Sc1 issued 1912. Aegean Islands in the Scott catalogues, Dodecanese Islands in Gibbons. Italian offices abroad in Scott, occupation issues in Gibbons.
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Calchi (Karki) SG3D Sc1 issued 1912. The islands declared their independence from Turkey in 1912, later invaded by Italy in May of that year as part of the Turco-Italian War. Italy retained control following the Graeco-Italian Agreement of August 1920.
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Canada (Province) Sc/SG #1 issued April 23, 1851. Printed by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson. The stamps were withdrawn after New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and the Province of Canada formed the Dominion of Canada on July 1, 1867. More Info: http://www.firstissues.org/countries/can ...
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Canada (Dominion) Sc 21/SG 46 issued April 1, 1868. On July 1, 1867, the colony of Canada combined with New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to form the Dominion of Canada. Other British N. American Colonies followed with Newfoundland being last in 1949. More info: http://www.firstissues.org/countries/can ...
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Canada Sc C1/SG 274 issued on Sept 21, 1928. An example of a first day cover with an image of Lindberg.
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Canada Sc B1/SG 772 issued in 1974. Like Great Britain and the US, Canada was late to the game on semi-postals (charity stamps). This issue supported the 1976 Montreal Olympics. It is a number 1 for Scott because they list semi-postals separately,
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The Cape of Good Hope (Sc/SG 1-2) is famed for its first issue, 1st September 1853, the world’s first triangular stamp. Designed by Charles Bell (Surveyor-General at the Cape) and Engraved by W. Humphries, Printed by Perkins Bacon.
I do not own these stamps.
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Cape Verde Islands (Sc/SG #1) issued 1st January 1877. A group of 10 islands 5 islets 500 miles west of Senegal in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. Printed at the Lisbon Mint
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Caso SG3B Sc1 issued 1912. It is the southernmost island in the Aegean Sea. On 12 May 1912, during the Italo-Turkish War of 1911–1912, after the so-called "Battle of Cassos" which took place on 29 January 1912.
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July 4th is not only Independence Day for the United States. After periods of colonization/occupation by Spain, the United States and Japan, the Philippines became independent on July 4, 1948
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Thanks Al, for the reminder!
I had forgotten about that!
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Ceylon Sc #1/ SG #2 issued April 1, 1857. The British colonized the island from 1815 to 1948. Attempts by Sri Lankan noblemen to undermine British power in 1818 during the Uva Rebellion were thwarted by Governor Robert Brownrigg. More info: http://www.firstissues.org/countries/cey ...
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Sri Lanka Sc SG591 Sc470 issued in 1972. Sri Lanka means "Resplendent Island". Both Scott and Gibbons continued the numbering system from the Celyon listing. In Scott, Ceylon and Sri Lanka are in two different catalogs.
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Indian Convention State - Chamba Sc/SG #1. The rulers of Chamba princely state belonged to the Suryavanshi Mushana Rajput Dynasty. Its last ruler signed the accession to the Indian Union of 15 April 1948.
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Chinese Treaty Port Cheefoo SG/Sc #1 issued 6th October 1893. These posts were set up by foreign traders to save the expense of the existing private mail services. Starting in Shanghai, they expanded along the coast and extended to Japan.
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Chile Sc/SG #1 issued 1st July 1853. The first 2 stamps were printed in London and Perkins Bacon. The same decoration around the central image was used for the first issues of New Zealand and South Australia two years (image credit: colnect)
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FIRST ISSUE of the Day: Chinese Republic SG352 Sc-C1 issued 1921.
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East China SG-EC120 Sc5L1 issued 1948. During this conflict between communist and nationalist forces, postal services were administered on a regional basis, although the regional stamps could be used throughout China.
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China - North China SG-NC17 Sc3L1 issued 1946. Regional issue used during post WWII fighting between the communists and the nationalist.
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South China SG-CC201 Sc7L1 issues 1949. With the proclamation of the People's Republic in 1949, general issues replaced all locals. More info;
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Chinese People's Republic SG 1401/ Sc 1 issued 8th October 1949. The first stamp is also the first commemorative, the set celebrating the first session of the Chinese People's Political Conference. Scott starts at #1 while SG continues the China listing.
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Cochin China Sc/SG 1-4 issued 1886-87. The southernmost state of French Indo-China in the Cambodian Peninsula. There are only four stamps from Cochin China, all French Colony overprints. Joined Indo-China in 1888.
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Colombia (New Granada Confederations) Sc/SG #1 issues 1859. When Ecuador and Venezuela left the Republic of Colombia in 1830, the remainder became the Republic of New Granada and in 1858 the Grenadine Confederation which issued stamps in 1859
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Antioquia Scott #1 issued in 1868. Antioquia State was one of the states of Colombia. Today the area of the former state makes up most of modern-day Antioquia Department, Colombia.
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Colombia - Cundinamarca Sc/SG #1 issued 1870. It was created on 15 June 1857 as Estado Federal de Cundinamarca, in 1858 was recognized as Estado de la Federación, and in the constitution of 1863 renamed as Estado Soberano of the United States of Colombia.
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Colombia-Tolima Sc #1 issued 1870. On July 12, 1861, after raising arms against the constitutional government of the president Mariano Ospina Rodríguez, the general Tomas Cipriano de Mosquera created the Tolima State, carved out of Cundinamarca State.
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Colombia - Boyaca Sc #1 issued 1902. A state within Colombia.
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Belgian Congo C1 SG87 Sc-C1 issued 1920. First airmail issue of Belgian Congo.
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Belgian Congo (Belgian Colony) Sc31 issued 1908. First issue after Belgium annexed the territory.
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Congo Democratic Republic c323 SG360 issued in 1960. Congo DR was granted independence from Belgium in 1960.
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Zaire Sc750 SG788 issued 1971. Previously and is now again known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zaire was, by area, the third-largest country in Africa (after Sudan and Algeria), and the 11th-largest country (from 1965-1997) in the world.
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Coo / Cos SG3C Sc1 issued 1912. The islands declared their independence from Turkey in 1912, only to then be occupied by Italy. Stamps were issued during the Italian occupation.
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Costa Rica Sc/SG #1 issued March 1963. Costa Rica was a colony of the Spanish Empire from the 16th century until its independence as part of the First Mexican Empire, followed by the Federal Republic of Central America, before declared independence in 1847
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Argentina - Corrientes SG-P56 Sc1 issued 21st August 1856. Two Argentinian provinces issued stamps before the Argentinian Confederation itself. Corrientes (21st August 1856) and Buenos Aires (29th April 1858) preceded Argentina’s issue on 1st May 1858.
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Cuba Sc 1/ SG 1 issued April 24, 1855. Cuba was a Spanish possession when its first stamp was issued. The country made several attempts to gain independence and in 1898 the U.S. intervened, eventually leading to the Republic being established in 1902.
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Cuba SG353 Sc-C1 issued 1927. Cuba's first airmail pictured a seaplane over Havana Harbour. It was issued under the Republic.
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World's First Rocket Mail Stamp Cuba SG433 Sc-C31. Cuba’s minor postal innovation is a 1939 stamp for a Rocket Mail service that never materialized but was nevertheless celebrated in 1995 with a miniature sheet (Sc3592 SG-MS3915).
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Cundinamarca SG1 Sc1 was issued 1870. One of three Colombian provinces that issued stamps.
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FIRST ISSUES: Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao) SG 13/ Sc 1 issued 23rd May 1873. Two groups of islands in the West Indies, 500 miles apart. In 1954 they became part of the Netherlands and in 1986, Aruba was given separate status and issued its own stamps
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If anyone has an SG listing for SG 13?
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a small clarification :
"Zaire Sc750 SG788 issued 1971. Previously and is now again known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zaire was, by area, the third-largest country in Africa (after Sudan and Algeria), and the 11th-largest country (from 1965-1997) in the world."
After the division of Sudan into 2 countries in 2011, the Democratic Republic of the Congo became the second largest country in Africa.
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Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao) Sc C1/SG 123 issued 1929. The first airmail issue of the Dutch colony in the West Indies. Wonder if the flights in 1929 landed so close to the beach as the airlines do now at Maho Beach in Saint Maarten.
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Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao) Sc J1/SG D42 issued 1889 was the 1st postage due. Later the 1st semi-postal Sc B1/ SG 282 was issued in 1947 to benefit the Social Welfare Fund. The Netherlands Antillean Guilder and US Dollar were both official currencies.
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Cyprus Sc/SG #1 issued 1st April 1880. The British took over the island in 1878. British colonial administration under the 1st British High Commissioner and Governor of Cyprus, Sir Garnet Wolseley, set about establishing a British-style postal service.
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Cyprus (Independence) Sc 183/ SG 188 issued in 1960. A legacy of British colonial rule is the use of pillar boxes (mailboxes) with the initials of the British monarch, although after independence they were painted yellow.
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Danish West Indies Sc/SG #1 issued 1st April 1856. Danish administration ended on 31 March 1917, when the US took formal possession of the territory and renamed it the US Virgin Islands. The US paid $25 million ($571m in 2022 $'s).
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Danish West Indies Sc J1/SG D43 issued in 1902. In addition to postage stamps, DWI issued postage dues (J1), postal stationary (U1), postal cards (UX1) and postal reply card (UY1). The postage due it pictured below.
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Denmark Sc/SG #2. The first stamp issued was not the catalog first but rather SG2, Sc2, the 4 rigsbank skilling brown on 1st April 1851. The 2 rbs blue (SG1, Sc1) followed on 29th April. A rare example of an 1800's first-day of issue cover.
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Where is the cover?
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Denmark SG224 Sc-C1 issued 1925. As of 2013, the Kingdom of Denmark, including the Faroe Islands and Greenland, had a total of 1,419 islands above 100 square meters (1,100 sq ft); 443 of these have been named and 78 are inhabited.
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Denmark Sc/SG #1 issued May 1, 1951 a month after Sc/SG #2.
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Dominica Sc/SG #1 issued 4th May 1874. Dominica is the largest of the Windward Islands in the West Indies. Great Britain took possession in 1763 from France after the Seven Years' War.
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Dominica (West Indies Federation) Sc161 SG159 issued in 1958. Dominica became a separate British colony in January 1940 and joined the West Indies Federation in April 1958.
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Dominica (Associate State) Sc211 SG214 issued in 1968. After the West Indies Federation dissolved in 1962, Dominica became an associated state of the United Kingdom in 1967, and formally took responsibility for its internal affairs.
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Dominica (Independence) Sc584 SG632 issued in 1978. On 3 November 1978, the Commonwealth of Dominica was granted independence as a republic, led by Prime Minister Patrick John (who was voted out in mid-1979 with a no-confidence vote).
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Dominica SG55 Sc-MR1 issued in 1916. A war tax stamp was issued in 1916 to assist with the cost of World War II. Mail sent at this time required payment of
postal tax in addition to normal postage.
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Dominican Republic Sc/SG #1 issued 19th August 1865. The Spanish occupation government was overthrown in 1865 and the restored Republic issued stamps later that year.
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Dominican Republic Sc C1/SG 256 issued in 1929. First airmail of the Dominican Republic. Picturing the shared island with HaIti.
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Dominican Republic Sc-G1 SG-R339 issued in 1935. The Dominican Republic (along with Mexico) invented the Insured Letter in 1935, not to be confused with the Registered Letter initiated by Victoria in 1854.
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East China SG-EC120 Sc5L1 issued in 1948. After WW 2 Japanese occupation, hostilities resumed between the communist and nationalist forces. Postal services were administered on a regional basis, although the regional stamps could be used throughout China.
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Eastern Rumelia Sc/SG #1 issued 1st July 1885. Handstamped overprints on Turkish stamps. The creation resulted from the 1878 Congress of Berlin that followed the Russo-Turkish War.
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Ecuador Sc #2/ SG #1 issued Sunday, January 1, 1865. Printed by M. Rivadeneira in Quito. The printer apparently also was the master behind some of the existing forgeries
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Egypt Sc/SG #1 issued 1st January 1866. The earliest Egyptian issues were made under Turkish Suzerainty, a set of seven definitives overprinted in Turkish.
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For Egypt, the first Charity stamp, from 1940, shows Princess Ferial and benefitted the Child Welfare Fund. The first Official and Post Due stamps are, by contrast, rather dull.
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El Salvador Sc/SG #1 issued 17th January 1867. Printed by ABNCo in September of 1866, arriving in El Salvador on December 17, 1866. Not mandatory until March 1, 1867. The earliest known use is March 11, 1867.
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El Salvador SG771 Sc-C1 issued 1929. The first handful of airmail stamps were overprints on standard postage stamps. The first dedicated airmail stamp was issued in 1930 SG775 Sc-C11.
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Indian State Faridkot SG N1/ SC #1 issued 1st January 1879. Faridkot moved to Convention issues in 1887. A lovely look at the Feudatory States..
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Falkland Islands Sc/SG #1 issued June 19, 1878. The first issue was printed on unwatermarked paper. Later issues with the same design used watermarked paper. Beware of stamps with watermarks being passed as #1.
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Indian Convention State Faridkot SG1 Sc4 issued 1st January 1887. After initially issuing stamps as a Feudatory State, Faridkot transitioned to a Convention State in 1887.
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Scott catalog have an "strange" listing when talking about No. 1 of each country.
This You show us, from Bosnia and Herzegovina come as one sample of this.
Bosnia and Herzegovina was not independent country at this time, it was AUSTRO-HUNGARIA that issued for its own territory (Bosnia and Herzegovina) postage stamps, than come Kingdom of Serb, Croatia and Slovenia, and than come Kingdom of Yugoslavia which issued stamps for "new" Republic part of Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, again NEVER as Independent Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Even in modern time, after destruction of SFR Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina have an hard time to decide what is No.1, because this country have three entity, and each one issue postage stamps.
(shown issue for Bosnia and Herzegovina under Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1918)
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Bhor SG1/Sc1 issued 1st January 1879. Bhor was a princely state in the Kolhapur Residency and Decca States Agency (presently part of Bombay State). Raja Pandit Shankar Rao (ruling from 1871-1922) issued the first stamps in 1879
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Bhopal Sc/SG #1 issued 1st January 1876. Bhopal was a princely state of central India in the Bhopal Agency. It became part of the Bhopal state of India from 1947-56, then was integrated into the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
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Bogota Sc-LX1 issued 1889. Not strictly a provincial issue, Scott lists Bogota as a Local Stamp. Not found in Gibbons. All the provinces are listed in the main Colombia entry. (Image from First Issues Collectors Club)
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Bolivar Sc #1 issued 1863. Bolivar has the distinction of issuing the smallest stamp and thus the smallest first issue on record, narrowly beating Mecklenburg-Schwerin’s, 12x12mm and Brunswick, Bolivar’s measures 8x9.5mm.
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Bolivia Sc/SG #1 issued 1867. Less than half the issue was postally used, most often canceled with a straightline cancel, but sometimes a pen cancel. Oval and round cancels were also used, most commonly a La Paz circular date stamp. (image from First Issues Collectors Club)
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Bosnia & Herzegovina Scott #1 was issued in 1894. Scott #2 was issued first on 1st July 1879. Gibbons, Michel and Y&T list the 1/2 novcica black as #9. (image from First Issues Collectors Club)
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The collected Parts of this great thread could make a great book!
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Botswana Independence Sc #1/SG 202 issued 1966. British Bechuanaland achieved independence in 1966 as Botswana. Scott resets the counter at that point, Gibbons lets it run.
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Bosnia & Herzegovina SG383 Sc-B1 issued 1914. After WW1, B&H became part of Yugoslavia. There were numerous admin changes from the 1990s onwards as the Balkans ‘balkanised’. This is a Scott number 1 because Scott treats semi-postal differently,
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Brazil Sc/SG #1 issued on 1st August 1843. The reason for Brazil’s early entry is that J. D. Sturz, a Brazilian diplomat, witnessed the postal reforms in Europe and took the idea back to Brazil. (Image from First Issues Collectors Club)
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Brazil Sc B1/ SG 555 issued 1934. Stamp provided funds for the National Philatelic Exhibition. It was Brazil's first charity stamp. (image from First Issues Collectors Club)
Fixed description
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On 1st July 1850, came British Guiana's first issue, the 'cottonreel' type-set design. With only 10 of #1 known, here is Sc/SG #3 issued in 1851. British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies, which resides on the northern coast of South America.
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Those can't both be Brazil #1. What happened?
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Thanks. Fixed it. I thought I fixed it just after I posted but obviously not.
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German State - Bremen Sc 1/ SG 1 issued 10th April 1855. Most of the German States had issued stamps by the mid-1850s, but Bremen, an important seaport, was the first of the free cities to do so. Bremen joined the North German Confederation in 1867.
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***corrected image updated 6/25/23
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British Honduras Sc/SG #1 issued January 1866. Printed by De La Rue, London. The Central American region bordering Mexico, Guatemala, and the Caribbean became a Crown Colony in 1862. (image from First Issues Collectors Club).
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FIRST ISSUES: British Virgin Islands Sc/SG #1 issued 1st December 1866. Part of the Leeward Islands group (whose stamps were used concurrently) in the West Indies/ (image: First Issues Collectors Club)
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FIRST ISSUES: Brunswick Sc/SG 1-3 issued 1st January 1852. Brunswick joined the North German Confederation at the end of 1867 and ceased to issue its own stamps. (Images from First Issues Collectors Club)
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Bulgaria Sc/SG #1 issued 1st May 1879. The #1, depicting a crest showing the Lion of Bulgaria, is similar to those of Russia and Poland. Printed at the Russian State Printing Works, St. Petersburg. (image from Stamp World)
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FIRST ISSUES: Bulgaria SG286b Sc-RA1 issued the World's First Sunday Delivery Stamp in 1925. More Info: http://www.firstissues.org/countries/bul ...
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Calimno SG3A Sc1 issued 1912. Aegean Islands in the Scott catalogues, Dodecanese Islands in Gibbons. Italian offices abroad in Scott, occupation
issues in Gibbons.
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Calimno SG3A Sc1 issued 1912. Aegean Islands in the Scott catalogues, Dodecanese Islands in Gibbons. Italian offices abroad in Scott, occupation issues in Gibbons.
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Calchi (Karki) SG3D Sc1 issued 1912. The islands declared their independence from Turkey in 1912, later invaded by Italy in May of that year as part of the Turco-Italian War. Italy retained control following the Graeco-Italian Agreement of August 1920.
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Canada (Province) Sc/SG #1 issued April 23, 1851. Printed by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson. The stamps were withdrawn after New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and the Province of Canada formed the Dominion of Canada on July 1, 1867. More Info: http://www.firstissues.org/countries/can ...
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Canada (Dominion) Sc 21/SG 46 issued April 1, 1868. On July 1, 1867, the colony of Canada combined with New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to form the Dominion of Canada. Other British N. American Colonies followed with Newfoundland being last in 1949. More info: http://www.firstissues.org/countries/can ...
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Canada Sc C1/SG 274 issued on Sept 21, 1928. An example of a first day cover with an image of Lindberg.
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Canada Sc B1/SG 772 issued in 1974. Like Great Britain and the US, Canada was late to the game on semi-postals (charity stamps). This issue supported the 1976 Montreal Olympics. It is a number 1 for Scott because they list semi-postals separately,
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The Cape of Good Hope (Sc/SG 1-2) is famed for its first issue, 1st September 1853, the world’s first triangular stamp. Designed by Charles Bell (Surveyor-General at the Cape) and Engraved by W. Humphries, Printed by Perkins Bacon.
I do not own these stamps.
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Cape Verde Islands (Sc/SG #1) issued 1st January 1877. A group of 10 islands 5 islets 500 miles west of Senegal in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. Printed at the Lisbon Mint
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Caso SG3B Sc1 issued 1912. It is the southernmost island in the Aegean Sea. On 12 May 1912, during the Italo-Turkish War of 1911–1912, after the so-called "Battle of Cassos" which took place on 29 January 1912.
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July 4th is not only Independence Day for the United States. After periods of colonization/occupation by Spain, the United States and Japan, the Philippines became independent on July 4, 1948
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Thanks Al, for the reminder!
I had forgotten about that!
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Ceylon Sc #1/ SG #2 issued April 1, 1857. The British colonized the island from 1815 to 1948. Attempts by Sri Lankan noblemen to undermine British power in 1818 during the Uva Rebellion were thwarted by Governor Robert Brownrigg. More info: http://www.firstissues.org/countries/cey ...
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Sri Lanka Sc SG591 Sc470 issued in 1972. Sri Lanka means "Resplendent Island". Both Scott and Gibbons continued the numbering system from the Celyon listing. In Scott, Ceylon and Sri Lanka are in two different catalogs.
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Indian Convention State - Chamba Sc/SG #1. The rulers of Chamba princely state belonged to the Suryavanshi Mushana Rajput Dynasty. Its last ruler signed the accession to the Indian Union of 15 April 1948.
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Chinese Treaty Port Cheefoo SG/Sc #1 issued 6th October 1893. These posts were set up by foreign traders to save the expense of the existing private mail services. Starting in Shanghai, they expanded along the coast and extended to Japan.
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Chile Sc/SG #1 issued 1st July 1853. The first 2 stamps were printed in London and Perkins Bacon. The same decoration around the central image was used for the first issues of New Zealand and South Australia two years (image credit: colnect)
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FIRST ISSUE of the Day: Chinese Republic SG352 Sc-C1 issued 1921.
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East China SG-EC120 Sc5L1 issued 1948. During this conflict between communist and nationalist forces, postal services were administered on a regional basis, although the regional stamps could be used throughout China.
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China - North China SG-NC17 Sc3L1 issued 1946. Regional issue used during post WWII fighting between the communists and the nationalist.
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South China SG-CC201 Sc7L1 issues 1949. With the proclamation of the People's Republic in 1949, general issues replaced all locals. More info;
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Chinese People's Republic SG 1401/ Sc 1 issued 8th October 1949. The first stamp is also the first commemorative, the set celebrating the first session of the Chinese People's Political Conference. Scott starts at #1 while SG continues the China listing.
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Cochin China Sc/SG 1-4 issued 1886-87. The southernmost state of French Indo-China in the Cambodian Peninsula. There are only four stamps from Cochin China, all French Colony overprints. Joined Indo-China in 1888.
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Colombia (New Granada Confederations) Sc/SG #1 issues 1859. When Ecuador and Venezuela left the Republic of Colombia in 1830, the remainder became the Republic of New Granada and in 1858 the Grenadine Confederation which issued stamps in 1859
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Antioquia Scott #1 issued in 1868. Antioquia State was one of the states of Colombia. Today the area of the former state makes up most of modern-day Antioquia Department, Colombia.
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Colombia - Cundinamarca Sc/SG #1 issued 1870. It was created on 15 June 1857 as Estado Federal de Cundinamarca, in 1858 was recognized as Estado de la Federación, and in the constitution of 1863 renamed as Estado Soberano of the United States of Colombia.
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Colombia-Tolima Sc #1 issued 1870. On July 12, 1861, after raising arms against the constitutional government of the president Mariano Ospina Rodríguez, the general Tomas Cipriano de Mosquera created the Tolima State, carved out of Cundinamarca State.
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Colombia - Boyaca Sc #1 issued 1902. A state within Colombia.
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Belgian Congo C1 SG87 Sc-C1 issued 1920. First airmail issue of Belgian Congo.
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Belgian Congo (Belgian Colony) Sc31 issued 1908. First issue after Belgium annexed the territory.
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Congo Democratic Republic c323 SG360 issued in 1960. Congo DR was granted independence from Belgium in 1960.
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Zaire Sc750 SG788 issued 1971. Previously and is now again known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zaire was, by area, the third-largest country in Africa (after Sudan and Algeria), and the 11th-largest country (from 1965-1997) in the world.
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Coo / Cos SG3C Sc1 issued 1912. The islands declared their independence from Turkey in 1912, only to then be occupied by Italy. Stamps were issued during the Italian occupation.
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Costa Rica Sc/SG #1 issued March 1963. Costa Rica was a colony of the Spanish Empire from the 16th century until its independence as part of the First Mexican Empire, followed by the Federal Republic of Central America, before declared independence in 1847
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Argentina - Corrientes SG-P56 Sc1 issued 21st August 1856. Two Argentinian provinces issued stamps before the Argentinian Confederation itself. Corrientes (21st August 1856) and Buenos Aires (29th April 1858) preceded Argentina’s issue on 1st May 1858.
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Cuba Sc 1/ SG 1 issued April 24, 1855. Cuba was a Spanish possession when its first stamp was issued. The country made several attempts to gain independence and in 1898 the U.S. intervened, eventually leading to the Republic being established in 1902.
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Cuba SG353 Sc-C1 issued 1927. Cuba's first airmail pictured a seaplane over Havana Harbour. It was issued under the Republic.
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World's First Rocket Mail Stamp Cuba SG433 Sc-C31. Cuba’s minor postal innovation is a 1939 stamp for a Rocket Mail service that never materialized but was nevertheless celebrated in 1995 with a miniature sheet (Sc3592 SG-MS3915).
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Cundinamarca SG1 Sc1 was issued 1870. One of three Colombian provinces that issued stamps.
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FIRST ISSUES: Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao) SG 13/ Sc 1 issued 23rd May 1873. Two groups of islands in the West Indies, 500 miles apart. In 1954 they became part of the Netherlands and in 1986, Aruba was given separate status and issued its own stamps
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If anyone has an SG listing for SG 13?
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a small clarification :
"Zaire Sc750 SG788 issued 1971. Previously and is now again known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zaire was, by area, the third-largest country in Africa (after Sudan and Algeria), and the 11th-largest country (from 1965-1997) in the world."
After the division of Sudan into 2 countries in 2011, the Democratic Republic of the Congo became the second largest country in Africa.
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Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao) Sc C1/SG 123 issued 1929. The first airmail issue of the Dutch colony in the West Indies. Wonder if the flights in 1929 landed so close to the beach as the airlines do now at Maho Beach in Saint Maarten.
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Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao) Sc J1/SG D42 issued 1889 was the 1st postage due. Later the 1st semi-postal Sc B1/ SG 282 was issued in 1947 to benefit the Social Welfare Fund. The Netherlands Antillean Guilder and US Dollar were both official currencies.
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Cyprus Sc/SG #1 issued 1st April 1880. The British took over the island in 1878. British colonial administration under the 1st British High Commissioner and Governor of Cyprus, Sir Garnet Wolseley, set about establishing a British-style postal service.
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Cyprus (Independence) Sc 183/ SG 188 issued in 1960. A legacy of British colonial rule is the use of pillar boxes (mailboxes) with the initials of the British monarch, although after independence they were painted yellow.
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Danish West Indies Sc/SG #1 issued 1st April 1856. Danish administration ended on 31 March 1917, when the US took formal possession of the territory and renamed it the US Virgin Islands. The US paid $25 million ($571m in 2022 $'s).
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Danish West Indies Sc J1/SG D43 issued in 1902. In addition to postage stamps, DWI issued postage dues (J1), postal stationary (U1), postal cards (UX1) and postal reply card (UY1). The postage due it pictured below.
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Denmark Sc/SG #2. The first stamp issued was not the catalog first but rather SG2, Sc2, the 4 rigsbank skilling brown on 1st April 1851. The 2 rbs blue (SG1, Sc1) followed on 29th April. A rare example of an 1800's first-day of issue cover.
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Denmark SG224 Sc-C1 issued 1925. As of 2013, the Kingdom of Denmark, including the Faroe Islands and Greenland, had a total of 1,419 islands above 100 square meters (1,100 sq ft); 443 of these have been named and 78 are inhabited.
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Denmark Sc/SG #1 issued May 1, 1951 a month after Sc/SG #2.
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Dominica Sc/SG #1 issued 4th May 1874. Dominica is the largest of the Windward Islands in the West Indies. Great Britain took possession in 1763 from France after the Seven Years' War.
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Dominica (West Indies Federation) Sc161 SG159 issued in 1958. Dominica became a separate British colony in January 1940 and joined the West Indies Federation in April 1958.
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Dominica (Associate State) Sc211 SG214 issued in 1968. After the West Indies Federation dissolved in 1962, Dominica became an associated state of the United Kingdom in 1967, and formally took responsibility for its internal affairs.
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Dominica (Independence) Sc584 SG632 issued in 1978. On 3 November 1978, the Commonwealth of Dominica was granted independence as a republic, led by Prime Minister Patrick John (who was voted out in mid-1979 with a no-confidence vote).
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Dominica SG55 Sc-MR1 issued in 1916. A war tax stamp was issued in 1916 to assist with the cost of World War II. Mail sent at this time required payment of
postal tax in addition to normal postage.
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Dominican Republic Sc/SG #1 issued 19th August 1865. The Spanish occupation government was overthrown in 1865 and the restored Republic issued stamps later that year.
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Dominican Republic Sc C1/SG 256 issued in 1929. First airmail of the Dominican Republic. Picturing the shared island with HaIti.
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Dominican Republic Sc-G1 SG-R339 issued in 1935. The Dominican Republic (along with Mexico) invented the Insured Letter in 1935, not to be confused with the Registered Letter initiated by Victoria in 1854.
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East China SG-EC120 Sc5L1 issued in 1948. After WW 2 Japanese occupation, hostilities resumed between the communist and nationalist forces. Postal services were administered on a regional basis, although the regional stamps could be used throughout China.
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Eastern Rumelia Sc/SG #1 issued 1st July 1885. Handstamped overprints on Turkish stamps. The creation resulted from the 1878 Congress of Berlin that followed the Russo-Turkish War.
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Ecuador Sc #2/ SG #1 issued Sunday, January 1, 1865. Printed by M. Rivadeneira in Quito. The printer apparently also was the master behind some of the existing forgeries
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Egypt Sc/SG #1 issued 1st January 1866. The earliest Egyptian issues were made under Turkish Suzerainty, a set of seven definitives overprinted in Turkish.
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For Egypt, the first Charity stamp, from 1940, shows Princess Ferial and benefitted the Child Welfare Fund. The first Official and Post Due stamps are, by contrast, rather dull.
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El Salvador Sc/SG #1 issued 17th January 1867. Printed by ABNCo in September of 1866, arriving in El Salvador on December 17, 1866. Not mandatory until March 1, 1867. The earliest known use is March 11, 1867.
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El Salvador SG771 Sc-C1 issued 1929. The first handful of airmail stamps were overprints on standard postage stamps. The first dedicated airmail stamp was issued in 1930 SG775 Sc-C11.
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Indian State Faridkot SG N1/ SC #1 issued 1st January 1879. Faridkot moved to Convention issues in 1887. A lovely look at the Feudatory States..
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Falkland Islands Sc/SG #1 issued June 19, 1878. The first issue was printed on unwatermarked paper. Later issues with the same design used watermarked paper. Beware of stamps with watermarks being passed as #1.
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Indian Convention State Faridkot SG1 Sc4 issued 1st January 1887. After initially issuing stamps as a Feudatory State, Faridkot transitioned to a Convention State in 1887.
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Scott catalog have an "strange" listing when talking about No. 1 of each country.
This You show us, from Bosnia and Herzegovina come as one sample of this.
Bosnia and Herzegovina was not independent country at this time, it was AUSTRO-HUNGARIA that issued for its own territory (Bosnia and Herzegovina) postage stamps, than come Kingdom of Serb, Croatia and Slovenia, and than come Kingdom of Yugoslavia which issued stamps for "new" Republic part of Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, again NEVER as Independent Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Even in modern time, after destruction of SFR Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina have an hard time to decide what is No.1, because this country have three entity, and each one issue postage stamps.
(shown issue for Bosnia and Herzegovina under Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1918)
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