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  2. Postage stamps and postal history of the Danish West Indies

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    The first postage stamp of the Danish West Indies was issued in 1856. It had the same square coat of arms design as the contemporary stamps of Denmark, but it was denominated 3 cents and of a dark carmine color on yellowish paper. A yellow burelage of wavy lines covered the stamp. (In the illustration at right, it is most easily seen along the ...

  3. Postage stamp color - Wikipedia

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    Postage stamp color. The four stamps issued in 1936 for the UK's Edward VIII include the three UPU standard colors of green, red, and blue. The colors of postage stamps are at once obvious, and among the most difficult areas of philately. Different denominations of stamps have been printed in different colors since the very beginning; as with ...

  4. Azad Hind stamps - Wikipedia

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    Azad Hind Stamps. The Azad Hind stamps are a set of prepared but never issued stamps for the planned Provisional Government of Free India under Subhas Chandra Bose. All stamps were printed by photogravure in sheets of 100 at the Reichsdruckerei, the Government Printing Bureau in Berlin. [1] The smaller nominal values of the Azad Hind stamps.

  5. Postage stamps and postal history of Azerbaijan - Wikipedia

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    A postcard from Azerbaijan to Germany during the Russian Empire era, 1896. The modern postal service in Azerbaijan began in the early 19th century, when Azerbaijan became a part of the Russian Empire. [1] The first post office was opened in 1818 in Yelizavetpol (now Ganja). [1] The first mail forwarding service was established in 1826 in Baku ...

  6. 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. After over two thousand years of rule by local kingdoms, parts of Sri Lanka were colonized by Portugal and the Netherlands beginning in the 16th ...

  7. Excise stamp - Wikipedia

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    Excise stamps are most commonly found on tobacco and alcohol products, which reach the consumer in neatly packaged units (namely packets and bottles) to which the adhesive stamp is easily affixed. [1] Since counterfeit alcohol and cigarettes are extremely common in many countries, the presence of a genuine excise stamp also goes some way ...

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