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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.
Philatelists and stamp collectors often refer to the entities that no longer issue stamps as dead countries. The dates are the generally agreed-upon dates of first and last stamp issues. "Date of issue" is taken to mean the date when a particular type or variation was first issued but its usage would often continue for many years. For example ...
www .phlpost .gov .ph. The Philippine Postal Corporation ( Filipino: Korporasyong Pangkoreo ng Pilipinas ), [3] abbreviated and stylized as PHLPost and also known as the Philippine Post Office, is a government-owned and controlled corporation under the Office of the President, responsible for providing postal services in the Philippines.
Singapore Post Limited ( SGX: S08 ), commonly abbreviated as SingPost, is an associate company of Singtel [2] and Singapore 's designated Public Postal Licensee which provides domestic and international postal services. It also provides logistics services in the domestic and international markets, warehousing and fulfillment, and global ...
More Postage Due. The U.S. Postal Service is planning to raise postage costs for a second time this year on July 14 with the price of a first-class stamp rising to 73 cents from 68 cents.
The U.S. Postal Service's attempt to raise the price of a first-class stamp to 46 cents from 44 cents was unanimously rejected today by an oversight board, which said the Postal Service failed to ...
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 US Postal Service will increase prices on first-class mail stamps to 66 cents from 63 cents. The change goes into effect Sunday, raising the cost of mailing a first-class letter by about 5.4%.