philatelia
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Post by philatelia on Feb 21, 2024 13:18:42 GMT
How many countries can you think of whose earliest or first “stamp” isn’t actually a stamp but a printed stationery, cancel or something similar? Let’s see how many examples we can list. The first example that I can think of is the early Finland printed stationery. Here is a picture of a page from LaPe catalog. The design was reissued years later as an adhesive postage stamp.  |
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Post by franoise on Feb 21, 2024 13:44:54 GMT
The first Polish "stamp" was issued on 1st of January 1860,but two postal stationeries were issued one year before. Here is Michel U1 (not mine)  |
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vikingeck
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What I collect: Samoa, Tobacco theme, Mail in Wartime, anything odd and unusual!
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Post by vikingeck on Feb 21, 2024 13:57:10 GMT
When Rowland Hill's postal reforms changed the cost of a letter with in the UK to 1 penny , irrespective of distance, in 1840 he believed a folded letter sheet ,prepaid for postage would be more popular, more useful and more readily accepted than the idea of licking a new-fangled "stamp label". They were issued as letter sheet or folded envelopes with 1d postage or 2d postage prepaid   The cover designed by artist William Mulready, issued at the same time as the Penny Black Stamp, May 1840, bombed however, and was ridiculed with mock cartoon versions quickly killed it off |
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vikingeck
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What I collect: Samoa, Tobacco theme, Mail in Wartime, anything odd and unusual!
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Post by vikingeck on Feb 21, 2024 14:10:11 GMT
1814–1860. The Cavallini ("little horses") of Sardinia was an early private mail service, notable for the introduction of prepaid stamped lettersheets in 1819.  [ |
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salmantino
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What I collect: Specialised UK and overprints, Ireland, Netherlands, Spanish permanent stamps.
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Post by salmantino on Feb 22, 2024 10:59:37 GMT
What we call a stamp was called an 'adhesive label' when introduced on 6 May 1840. The word stamp, at the time, still referred to the stamp applied to the mail, like a cancellation mark (Maltese Cross), or a receiving mark. The postage stamp, or adhesive label was conceived as a small piece of gummed paper that would be stamped.
Essentially, every country that existed at the time these adhesive labels were introduced and that already had a functioning postal system would fall in the category of countries for which its 'earliest or first “stamp” isn’t actually a stamp but a printed stationery, cancel or something similar,' being a stamp in the true sense of the word.
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Post by greaden on Feb 22, 2024 14:05:32 GMT
Morocco's earliest issues were proper perforated stamps from the foreign offices and from local private companies.
But the first stamps produced by the Sultan's central government, the Makhzen, were directly stamped onto the envelopes. Here is an example from Casabalanca:
These began in 1892.
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Londonbus1
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What I collect: Cinderellas and some Ephemera from Great Britain, France and Israel plus a few beautiful bits from elsewhere !! Topical interests include Flags & Judaica, the latter with an emphasis on the Jewish National Fund.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Feb 22, 2024 19:23:50 GMT
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