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71. Varieties of Stamps Variety – Stamps that have some omission from or addition to the original design caused by an error or fault in the plate making or printing process. Collectors differentiate between c...
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72. Airmail Airmail (sometimes written air mail) refers to items of mail that have been delivered using aircraft for some part of the journey. Surface mail refers to land and sea deliveries - this usually takes much longer. The United States Postal Service o...
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73. Stamp Design Not all stamps are square, or rectangular, in shape. Circles, triangles and pentagons have been produced. Sierra Leone and Tonga made stamps which were sh...
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74. Stamps - Early History Postage stamps first appeared in Great Britain and Ireland in May 1840 as part of Rowland Hill's postal reforms. From this point on, the postage fee would be paid by the sender rather than the recipient...
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