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On November 12, 1903, because of public dissatisfaction with the 1903 2-cent Washington "Flag" stamp, the Post Office issued a new 2-cent stamp featuring Washington's portrait within a shield of stars and stripes. Often referred to as the 2-cent Washington "Shield" stamp, this issue was released on November 12, 1903.
The first stamp in Sarawak was issued in 1869, featuring the portrait of James Brooke with facial value of three cents. A $1 revenue stamp issued in 1918 featuring the portrait of Charles Vyner Brooke. The Brooke government first issued postage rules on 1 March 1869, after the death of James Brooke.
Ten-cent stamps were surcharged for use as five-cents in 1908 following a shortage of stamps. Later that year a numeral 5c stamp was issued replacing these provisionals. A new set in a design similar to the 1903 issue but with the portrait of King George V was issued in 1912, with twenty three values from 5c to $200.
The first insurance stamps of Mauritius were issued on 1 March 1869. They were Queen Victoria postage stamps handstamped INCE in black. From later that year to 1879, all insurance stamps were internal revenue stamps handstamped or overprinted INCE, sometimes the stamps were also surcharged. In 1879 a new set of internal revenue stamps but in ...
The bicentennial stamps were first placed on sale January 1, 1932, at the post office in Washington, D.C. While the bicentennial issue presents many unfamiliar images of Washington, the Post Office took care to place the widely loved Gilbert Stuart portrait of the president on the 2-cent stamp, which satisfied the normal first-class letter rate and would therefore get the most use.
From 1896 to 1899 postage stamps showing tigers or elephants were overprinted Judicial or JUDICIAL while dual-purpose postage & revenue stamps were used for other fiscal purposes. In 1900 a postage stamp was issued overprinted Three Cents Revenue only for fiscal use, and later that year Federated Malay States revenues began to be used. Between ...