rare varieties of stamps
1Postage stamps and postal history of Mexico — One and two reales stamps, 1856, with Morelia overprints and Pátzcuaro cancellation Mexico s postal system has its roots in the Aztec system of messengers which the Spanish adopted after the Conquest. During the 18th century, Spain established a… …
2Postage stamps and postal history of New South Wales — This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of New South Wales, a former British colony now part of Australia.New South Wales was the first part of Australia to be settled by Europeans, and the first to operate a postal service,… …
3Postage stamps and postal history of the United States — This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the United States of America (USA).Early postal historyIn the American colonies, informal independently run postal routes began in Boston as early as 1639, with Boston to New York City… …
4Postage stamps and postal history of Canada — The postal history of Canada falls into four major periods: French control (1604 1763), British control (1763 1841) [ [http://www.civilisations.ca/cpm/chrono/chcmene.html A Chronology of Canadian Postal History] ] , the Province of Canada (1841… …
5Postage stamps and postal history of India — * For the states with their own stamps, See: main|Stamps and postal history of Indian states * For current information on India Post, See: main|Indian Postal ServiceThis is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of India. As the… …
6Postage stamps and postal history of Turkey — Turkey became a republic in 1923, and in the following years, its postal service became more modernized and efficient and its postage stamps expertly designed and manufactured.The Ottoman Empire s early or classic stamp issues between 1863 and… …
7Postage stamps and postal history of Switzerland — This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Switzerland. (pre stamp postal history here) Cantonal issues The first stamps used in Switzerland were issued by the cantons of Zürich, Geneva and Basel for their own use, with the… …
8Postage stamps and postal history of Greece — This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Greece.There was no organized civilian postal system in Greece under the Ottoman Empire, but by the 1850s a limited system had been established by independent Greece.In 1859, Britain… …
9Postage stamps and postal history of the Canal Zone — The Panama Canal Zone issued its own postage stamps beginning in 1904. Initially they were the current stamps of Panama or (less often) the US, overprinted with CANAL ZONE in various ways. Philatelists have identified over 100 varieties, some of… …
10Expertization — is the process of authentication of an object, usually of a sort that is collected, by an individual expert or a committee of experts.The expert committee will examine the collectible and issue a certificate typeically including:# A statement of …
