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  2. Postage stamps and postal history of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon. Sri Lanka is an island country in South Asia , located about 31 km off the southern coast of India .

  3. Postage stamps and postal history of Laos - Wikipedia

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    A 1951 stamp of Laos showing Sisavang Vong A 1958 stamp of Laos. This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Laos.. Laos is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and People's Republic of China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west.

  4. Postage stamps and postal history of Australia - Wikipedia

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    1928 postal stationery registered envelope uprated with stamp to pay the rate to Berlin. This is an overview of the postage stamps and postal history of Australia. encompassing some history of the Australian colonies and the main stamp issues that followed the takeover of the colonies as well as later issues and also an precis of the external territories.

  5. Postage stamps and postal history of China - Wikipedia

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    The "Large Dragons", China's first postage stamps, 1878, of the Chinese: 郵政局; pinyin: yóuzhèngjú post office. The history of the postage stamps and postal history of China is complicated by the gradual decay of Imperial China and the years of civil war and Japanese occupation in the 1930s and 1940s.

  6. Postage stamp demonetization - Wikipedia

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    1935 New Zealand Post Office stamp demonitization notice. The demonetization of postage and revenue stamps is the process by which the stamps are rendered no longer valid. In general, stamp demonetization is a rare event, since any unused stamp is effectively equivalent to its face value, and there is no financial disadvantage if postal customers use old stamps on their mail.

  7. Postage stamps and postal history of India - Wikipedia

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    Stamps for official use were prepared and carefully accounted for to combat the abuse of privileges by officials. In 1854 Spain had printed special stamps for official communications, but in 1866 India was the first country to adopt the simple expedient of overprinting 'Service' on postage stamps and 'Service Postage' on revenue stamps. This ...

  8. Postage stamps and postal history of Russia - Wikipedia

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    A Russian Empire postman First Russian stamp, 1857 1998 stamp of Russia dedicated to the World Stamp Day celebrated in conjunction with the World Post Day and in commemoration of the UPU foundation 35k "Sword Breaking Chain", 1918 250-ruble stamp of 1921, surcharged to 7,500 rubles in 1922 30r surcharge on 50k stamp A 1958 stamp of the Soviet Union depicting a 16th-century mail courier for the ...

  9. Postage stamps and postal history of Poland - Wikipedia

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    In total 20 different postage stamps, 5 different newspaper stamps and 12 different postage due stamps were overprinted with POCZTA POLSKA in two lines with a diamond shape or an ornament between. The stamps were made available for sale from 10 January 1919. [30] The following stamps and quantities of postage stamps were produced and issued. [31]