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History. 1892 Straits Settlements stamp. A postal service had been available in Singapore since the contemporary city was founded by Stamford Raffles in 1819. Postal services were first directly organised in Singapore in 1826, and from 1829 rectangular postmarks began to be used on local correspondence.
A stamp catalog (or stamp catalogue) is a catalog of postage stamp types with descriptions and prices. The stamp catalog is an essential tool of philately and stamp collecting. Stamp catalogs are part of philatelic literature . Similar catalogs of other collectible objects. such as matchboxes ( phillumeny) and postcards ( deltiology ), have ...
Domfil (Spain) Edifil (Spain) Facit catalog (all countries of Scandinavia) Farahbakhash Catalogue Of 2010: The Stamps Of Iran – Qajar, Pahlavi, Islamic Republic Of Iran (Iran) Fischer catalog (Poland) Find Your Stamps Value (online only) (specializing in US, GB, and other stamps) [3] Freestampcatalogue.
In 1910 new stamps appeared with values of $25 and $500 (although available for postage, their more usual use was fiscal). George V replaced Edward VII on stamps beginning in 1912, reusing the frames and replacing only the vignettes. These stamps were overprinted in 1922 to mark the Malaya-Borneo Exhibition. The Straits Settlements also joined ...
The first Stanley Gibbons stamp catalogue was a penny price list issued in November 1865 and reissued at monthly intervals for the next 14 years. [1] The company produces numerous catalogues covering different countries, regions and specialisms; many of them are reissued annually. The catalogues list all known adhesive postage stamp issues and ...
This is a list of the highest known prices paid for philatelic items, including stamps and covers. The current record price for a single stamp is US$9,480,000 paid for the British Guiana 1c magenta. This list is ordered by consumer price index inflation-adjusted value (in bold) in millions of United States dollars in 2023.
Michel catalog. The Michel catalog ( MICHEL-Briefmarken-Katalog) is the largest and best-known stamp catalog in the German -speaking world. First published in 1910, it has become an important reference work for philately, with information not available in the English-language Scott catalogue .
One kreuzer black – issued 1849 in Bavaria, first German postage stamp; Sachsen 3 Pfennige red – Saxony was the second German state to issue postage stamps; Vineta provisional – an unauthorized issue; Yacht issue – a common design of postage stamps for the German colonies; India. Scinde Dawk – First stamps in Asia; Inverted Head Four ...