“Neopost” Franking Machine Advertisment (Philatelic Magazine, 1934)
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A Colour Box (1935)
This is one of a number of short films produced by the General Post Office Film Unit in the 1930s and 1940s. The British Film Institute and the British Postal Museum Archive have now collected these on three volumes of ...
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A payer (French)
Postage Due If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...A percevoir (French)Postes Persanes (French)Service de l’Etat (French)
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A percevoir (French)
Postage Due If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Afrique Equatoriale Francaise (French)Afrique Occidentale Francaise (French)A payer (French)
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Aalesund
Aalesund is a Norwegian fishing port where a local post was organised by H. S. Oyen between 1880 and 1884. A 3 øre stamp, printed in brown on various coloured papers in December 1880. The design (below) featured a codfish in ...
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ABNC, ABNCo.
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Abnormal
Certain surface printed stamps of Great Britain of the period 1862-80. They come from plates, or in colours, not normally issued for postal use, but which were prepared for registration at Somerset House and have subsequently found their way into ...
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Acacia Gum
A water-soluble gum obtained from several species of the Acacia (Acacia Senegal and Acacia arabica, used in the manufacture of adhesives. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Bleuté, or Blued PaperAdvertisementAcknowledgement of receipt
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Accessories
Products used by the stamp collector to aid stamp identification and handling. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...CachetAgencyBack-Stamped
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Accountable Mail
Mail, which requires the addressee’s signature on receipt to provide proof of delivery. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Carriers’ StampsAcknowledgement of receiptDead Letter
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Acid-free Paper
Paper manufactured under neutral conditions with a pH greater than 7.0, containing no acidic additives. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Chalky, or Chalk-Surfaced PaperCigarette PaperBleuté, or Blued Paper
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Acknowledgement of receipt
A stamp issued against payment of a special fee, so that acknowledgement of receipt of the postal item will be obtained. Mostly countries collect such fees using normal postage stamps and attach a suitable etiquette to the envelope (see recorded ...
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Across–the-lines Mails
U.S. Civil War term for mail carried by private express between the North and the South. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...AirmailDead LetterOxidised
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Adhesive
a stamp which has to be affixed to a letter, postcard or packet with gum or other. As apposed to a stamp already printed on the envelope. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Die CutAlbinoCachet
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Admirals
In 1912 and 1925, Canadian stamp series depicting King George V in full dress uniform as admiral for the Royal Navy. Also New Zealand 1926 issue and the first stamps of Southern Rhodesia (1924-30). If you enjoyed this article, you might ...
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Advertisement
Some stamps have been issued having an advertisement printed on the back. The most well-known are certain Queen Victoria issues of New Zealand, but some British stamps were also printed experimentally. Modern self-adhesives from Sierra Leone have advertisements printed on ...
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Advertisement Pane
More common than advertisements on stamps, these are booklet panes, which contain advertisements on labels se-tenant with the postage stamps. Collectors try to assemble complete collections of panes, which have suitable advertisements, although the stamps may be the same. No related posts.
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Advertising Cover
Envelope, which advertises a commercial product. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...On CoverCrash CoverAlbino
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Aero-Philately
a branch of philately concerned with the study and/or collection of air-stamps. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...CarnetPhilately
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Aerogramme
A special lightweight single sheet of paper printed and gummed and designed when sealed to form an air letter. The official ones carry a printed stamp and they sometimes attract a lower airmail rate. If you enjoyed this article, you might ...
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Afghanistan & Baluchistan Map (1935)
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Africa Map (1890)
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Africa Map (1899)
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Africa Map (Strand Album 1908)
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Afrique Equatoriale Francaise (French)
French Equatorial Africa If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Afrique Occidentale Francaise (French)A payer (French)A percevoir (French)
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Afrique Occidentale Francaise (French)
French West Africa If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Afrique Equatoriale Francaise (French)A payer (French)A percevoir (French)
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Agency
A commercial firm, which promotes and sells the postal products of the country or countries it represents; a post office maintained in one country’s territory by another country. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Carriers’ StampsBack-StampedAdvertising Cover
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Air Label
Labels inscribed Par Avion or equivalent, which means by air. France had the first example in black on red paper (August 17, 1918); the UPU adopted a standard blue colour in 1922 for affixing to material carried by air. If you enjoyed ...
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Air Stamp
a stamp issued specifically for mail transported by air. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Sweden’s First Air Mail StampAIF First Day Covers by Air 1940Airmail
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Airgraph
Used by British forces in the Middle East during World War II. A special form was used for the message and the recipient’s address. This, when completed, was autographed and the negative flown to the appropriate post office. Here a ...
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Airmail
A general term to denote letters and postal items carried by air. The cost is usually more than the surface mail, particularly on the longer distances, and of course the time taken is much less than by surface mail. Many ...
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Airmail Stamp
Stamp intended to prepay airmail postage; the first recorded is the 25 cent rose, Italian express stamp, 200, 000 of which were overprinted in 1917. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Acknowledgement of receiptAirmailAerogramme
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Albino
an impression made without colour from an uninked stamp plate or die or from the printers' type. They usually occur when two stamps or envelopes are fed into a press at the same time creating an embossed imprint on the ...
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Allen’s City Dispatch
Local stamp issued in Chicago, U.S.A. in 1882. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...American Letter MailAir StampAmur Province
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Allenstein
Former district of East Prussia, Germany, that is now part of Poland, known as Olsztyn. Occupied by an Allied Commission from the end of World War I until 1920 when a plebiscite returned the area to Germany. German stamps were ...
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Allied Military Post
British and American Zones used their stamps; 1946 saw three general issues of these stamps with the same design; America (Bureau of Engraving and Printing); Britain (Harrison and Sons Ltd.) and Germany (G. Westermann). If you enjoyed this article, you might ...
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Alsace and Lorraine
French border province that has been occupied by Germany twice, first during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and again in 1940, during World War II. During the 1870 occupation, Germany issued stamps for the province with values expressed in French ...
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Alwar
A feudatory state of Rajasthan, British India which issued its own locals from 1877-1899. Now part of India. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...BPA CertificateAdvertisementAngola
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