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White and blue Scinde Dawks. Postage stamps of Pakistan are those issued since Pakistan's independence in 1947. Pakistan Post has issued more than 600 sets and singles totalling more than 1300 stamps. Immediately after the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the new Pakistan government was preoccupied with setting up the government so British ...
These stamps were designed by Abdul Rehman Chughtai First regular series (Crescent and Star facing Northeast) – 14 August 1948 20 definitive stamps were issued on this occasion; Values: 3P, 6P, 9P, 1a, 1½a, 2a, 2½a, 3a, 3½a, 4a, 6a, 8a, 10a, 12a, Rs.1, Rs.2, Rs.5, Rs.10, Rs.15, R50 1949. 1st Anniversary of the Death of Quaid-e-Azam – 11 ...
Benjamin Franklin — George Washington The First U.S. Postage Stamps, issued 1847. The first stamp issues were authorized by an act of Congress and approved on March 3, 1847. [20] The earliest known use of the Franklin 5¢ is July 7, 1847, while the earliest known use of the Washington 10¢ is July 2, 1847.
Scinde Dawk (Sindhi: سندي ڊاڪ) was a postal system of runners that served the Indus Valley of Sindh, an area of present-day Pakistan.The term also refers to the first adhesive postage stamps in Asia, the forerunners of the adhesive stamps used throughout India, Burma, the Straits Settlements and other areas controlled by the British East India Company.
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Three stamps were issued on this occasion These stamps were printed in vertical se-tanent strip of three stamps throughout the sheet. Value: 40p, 75p, Rs. 1.60 1979 –6 Pakistan Handicraft Series – 23 August 1979; Four stamps were issued on this occasion These stamps were printed in se-tanent Block of Four stamps throughout the sheet.
Franklin became a hero in America when, as an agent in London for several colonies, he spearheaded the repeal of the unpopular Stamp Act by the British Parliament. An accomplished diplomat, he was widely admired as the first U.S. ambassador to France and was a major figure in the development of positive Franco–American relations .
List of postage stamps of Pakistan from 1947 to 1966; List of postage stamps of Pakistan from 1967 to 1976; List of postage stamps of Pakistan from 1977 to 1986; List of postage stamps of Pakistan from 1987 to 1996; List of postage stamps of Pakistan from 1997 to 2006; List of postage stamps of Pakistan from 2007 to 2016