World Number Ones

Cayman Islands no. 1. Issued 1900.

Is this really postal tax stamp no.1 ?
It should be coloured black on blue-green.I think,it is the re-issue in chocolate or violet-brown (depending on the catalogue) from 1926.

Thought I would add all the Belgian #1s I've found so far (as per the COB catalog):

The original Belgian stamp:


First airmail stamp:


First military stamp:


First newspaper stamp:


First occupation stamp:


First official stamp:


First postage due stamp:


First railway & parcelpost stamp:

anglobob. nice postmark!

Bhor (Indian Feudatory State)

Mohéli YT#1, issued in 1906:

FIRST ISSUE of the Day: Crete - Provisional Government Sc 50/SG #1 issued in 1900. The provisional government of Crete issued a set of four stamps (Sc50-53, SG1-4). In 1908 the Cretan parliament announced union with Greece and in 1913 it became a Greek province.

French Offices Abroad –Canton
Scott 1, 1901 – Stamp of Indochina (1892-1900) overprinted in Red and the forged stamp.

MARIANA ISLANDS
FIRST ISSUE of the Day: Mariana Islands Sc/SG #1 issued 1899. The Mariana islands were discovered by Magellan in 1521. Following the Spanish-American War, 1898, the US took Guam. Handstamped Philippine stamps were then used in the remaining Spanish possessions.

Some more #1s for your entertainment:

Falkland Islands Dependencies, Michel #1 II, 1948:


South Georgia, Falkland Island Dependencies, Scott #3L 1, 1944:


South Shetlands, Falkland Island Dependencies, Scott #5L 1, 1944:


Russian Occupation of Saxony Province, Germany, Scott #13NB 1, 1946:


And some Back-of-Book #1s:

Barbados, War Tax, Scott #MR 1, 1917:


Belgian Congo, Postage Due, Scott #J 1, 1923:


Bulgaria, Official, Scott #O 1, 1942:


Chile, Telegraph, Michel #1, 1891:

Diligencia 60c #1 Uruguay

Northern Rhodesia Sc/SG #1 issued April 1, 1925. British Central Africa 1889 to 1924, the area was divided into Northern and a separate Southern Rhodesia until 1954 when they both joined Rhodesia and Nyasaland until 1963.

Zambia Sc1 SG91 issued October 24, 1964. Northern Rhodesia became an independent republic within the British Commonwealth as Zambia. While Scott lists Zambia from #1, Gibbons continues sequentially from Northern Rhodesia SG1-SG88.

Yemen Arab Republic Sc144 SG176 issued 1962. The northern portion of Yemen gained independence from Turkish rule in 1918 as an aftermath of WW1. This area then became the Yemen Arab Republic on 27 Oct 1962.



This is a table from the First Issues Collectors Club firstissues.org that provides a summary of the Yemen first issues.



† The List column shows where the entity is listed in the catalogues, Scott (and Gibbons in brackets where it differs). The abbreviations are A(den), SA (South Arabia), Y(emen), PDRY (People's Democratic Republic of Yemen).
‡ Gibbons begins a little earlier than Scott with unified Yemen, SG1 is Sc512.