This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Prince Edward Island .
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Prince Edward Island .
The first stamps of Prince Edward Island were issued in 1861. [1]
The postage stamps and postal history of British Columbia started in 1860 with the issue of a single brownish-rose stamp depicting Queen Victoria in profile and denominated as 2½ pence. It was issued jointly by Vancouver Island and British Columbia as each colony had insufficient postal trade to justify printing separate stamps. In 1862, Vancouver Island adopted decimal currency and sold the stamp for 5 cents, before issuing its own 5 and 10 cent stamps in September 1865. Meanwhile, British Columbia had increased the postal rate to 3 pence but continued to use the unified stamp. In November 1865, British Columbia issued its own stamps and the unified stamp became invalid. In 1866, the two colonies were united as British Columbia.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the Falkland Islands.
The Straits Settlements of the Malayan Peninsula have a postal history distinct from the other Malayan areas.
The postal history of the Bahamas begins in the 18th century, with the earliest known letters dating from the 1760s. In 1804 a straight-line "BAHAMAS" handstamp came into use. The Royal Mail Line initiated a regular mail service in 1841, and from 1846 used a "Crown Paid" handstamp along with a dated postmark for New Providence.
In 1892 the French omnibus Navigation and Commerce issue of postage stamps included types specifically intended for use in the island of Anjouan. These were inscribed "SULTANAT / D'ANJOUAN". A series of surcharged values issued in 1912 was available for use in Madagascar and all of the Comoros, and thereafter stamps of Madagascar were used. In 1950 Anjouan used the stamps of the Comoros.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Cyprus. The country's postal history is intricately linked to the island's political past.
The postage stamps and postal history of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands is linked to those of the two British colonies and of Australia to which the Indian Ocean archipelago was successively attached.
Nevis, a British colony in the Leeward Islands, began issuing stamps in 1861.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the Isle of Man.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Brunei.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Liechtenstein.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Saint Helena.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Newfoundland.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of New Brunswick.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Nova Scotia.
The first postage stamps marked Jersey were issued during the occupation of the island by the Germans during World War II.
The first postal service took place using mail sent with captains of packet ships, using agents in the England and in the islands for the end delivery. The cost was normally 3d. The first pillar boxes in Britain were introduced in the Channel Islands as an experiment in 1852, to collect mail for the Royal Mail packet boats. The oldest pillar box in use in the British Isles is in Guernsey.
Solomon Islands is a sovereign nation state since 1978, formerly a British protectorate known as the British Solomon Islands. They comprise nearly 1,000 islands and lie to the south-east of Papua New Guinea.
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