July 9th, 2008 Posted in Glossary, Great Britain, New Zealand, Queen Victoria, Topicals or Thematics, West Africa
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 the backing paper. Some times known as Adson.
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