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  2. Postage stamps and postal history of Antigua - Wikipedia

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    First stamps. The postal arrangements of Antigua were controlled by the British Postmaster General in London till 1 May 1860. The island authorities set up an internal post in March 1841, between St John's and English Harbour, with Mr Scotland as the postmaster. From 1858 Great Britain stamps were made available for use in Antigua.

  3. Postage stamps and postal history of Guatemala - Wikipedia

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    The 1c value from the first postage stamp of Guatemala, issued 1871. An 1898 telegraph stamp of Guatemala, produced by overprinting an earlier postage stamp. Guatemala has been independent from Spain since 1847. The first adhesive stamps of Guatemala were revenue stamps issued in 1868. [1] [2] The first postage stamps were produced in 1871.

  4. Postage stamps and postal history of La Agüera - Wikipedia

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    A 1922 stamp of La Aguera. In June 1920, Spain issued postage stamps of its existing colony Río de Oro overprinted "LA AGÜERA", and followed those up in 1922 with a series portraying King Alfonso XIII and inscribed "SAHARA OCCIDENTAL / LA AGÜERA". [1] These were superseded in 1924 by stamps of Spanish Sahara, as La Güera was incorporated to ...

  5. Revenue stamps of Guatemala - Wikipedia

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    The 2 real stamp from the first revenue stamps of Guatemala. The first adhesive revenue stamps of Guatemala were issued in 1868 [1] and preceded the first postage stamps of that country by three years.

  6. Revenue stamps of Antigua - Wikipedia

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    The island of Antigua issued revenue stamps from 1870 to 1876. The island's short life as a revenue stamp-issuing country was mainly due to the use of postage stamps for most fiscal purposes from 1862 to 1870, and again from 1890 onwards. Therefore, the only revenues issued are more commonly found mint than used.

  7. Antigua Guatemala - Wikipedia

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    Antigua Guatemala (Spanish pronunciation: [anˈtiɣwa ɣwateˈmala]), commonly known as Antigua or La Antigua, is a city in the central highlands of Guatemala. The city was the capital of the Captaincy General of Guatemala from 1543 through 1773, with much of its Baroque -influenced architecture and layout dating from that period.

  8. Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Al–Aq) - Wikipedia

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    Postage stamps and postal history of Annam and Tongking See also Indochina Territories Antigua. Main island in the Antigua and Barbuda group. Dates 1862 – Capital St John's Currency (1862) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1951) 100 cents = 1 dollar Main article Postage stamps and postal history of Antigua Refer Antigua & Barbuda

  9. History of United States postage rates - Wikipedia

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    However, this legislation was set to expire in April 2016. As a result, the Post Office retained one cent of the price change as a previously allotted adjustment for inflation, but the price of a first-class stamp became 47 cents: for the first time in 97 years (and for the fourth time in the agency's history) the price of a stamp decreased ...