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  Roses on Postage Stamps List
Please be sure to double check the catalog numbers before you purchase stamps in case the numbers are incorrect.
Generally I use the dates listed in the Scott Catalog.
I recently saw an image of this stamp and the flower is not a rose.
www.rosestamps.com /1Roses.htm   (848 words)

  
  Postage stamp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Later, the concept of the adhesive postage stamp was published by Rowland Hill, in Postal Reform: its Importance and Practibility in 1837.
perforated stamps - while this term is often used to refer to the perforations around the edge of a stamp (used to divide the sheet into individual stamps) it is also a technical term for stamps which have been additionally perforated across the middle leaving a distinctive pattern or monogram.
Stamps should be distinguished from cinderellas, stamp-like labels that resemble, but are not, postage stamps.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Postage_stamp   (1921 words)

  
 Postage stamp - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In 2002 the United States Postal Service licensed Stamps.com to issue NetStamps, postage that can be printed up on special labels and, unlike previous postage the USPS licensed individuals to print up on their computers, these stamps can be used on any date, not just the date one prints them up.
For instance, ATM stamps have been sold at automatic teller machines (ATMs), although the may be sold via stamp catalogues of the postal service or possibly at philatelic windows.
In addition the amount of ink used on the paper was the same as was used to produce the actual postage stamps, thus they could test the machines with, (as near as possible), the stamps that would be used in general use.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /postage_stamp.htm   (1971 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Postage stamp
This pair of coil stamps clearly shows the pattern of perforation holes; also, on the left side of the pair, the stamp was torn, while on the right the perforations were cut with scissors or knife.
Imperforate stamps have been issued occasionally since then, either because separation equipment was temporarily unavailable (in newborn nations for instance), or to makers of automatic stamp vending equipment (the United States did this in the 1900s and 1910s), as novelties for stamp collectors (particularly when stamps are issued in souvenir sheets), or as errors.
Stamps that are perforated on one pair of opposite sides and imperforate on the other have most often been produced in coils instead of sheets, but they can sometimes come from booklet panes.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Postage-stamp   (607 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: List of postage stamps
The VR official was one of three postage stamps introduced by the United Kingdom for the pre-payment of postage in May 1840.
The two pence (2d) Tyrian plum is a postage stamp that was produced by Britain in 1910 as a replacement for the bi-coloured stamp which was in current use at the time.
Basel Dove 1845 The Basel Dove is a notable stamp from Switzerland.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-postage-stamps   (1149 words)

  
 Postage Stamps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Postage stamps that depict libraries or librarians are a significant component of postal librariana.
Collecting postage stamps related to a topic or a theme is an increasingly popular approach to philately or stamp collecting.
The earliest discussion of libraries and librarians on postage stamps was an article by John Boynton Kaiser on "Librarianship and Philately" in Library Journal in July, 1955.
my.execpc.com /~nixlt/bibliophilately.htm   (595 words)

  
 Irish Stamps
On the Irish Stamp the Lady Liberty is depicted in front of the GPO and carries the Irish "tri-colour" (green, white and orange) rather than the French colors (blue, white and red).
The stamp design is based on the photograph of Collins on the right which was taken at the funeral of Arthur Griffith on August 12, 1922.
The stamp depicts the statue of Cuchulain that is displayed in the main lobby of the General Post Office on O'Connell Street in Dublin.
web.umr.edu /~greggjay/irstamp.html   (2810 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Postage stamp Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The adhesive postage stamp and the uniform postage rate was devised by James Chalmers around 1834.
In the United Kingdom test stamps for coil despencing machines have been known as poached eggs, due to their design.
Stamp collecting or philately is a popular hobby.
www.ipedia.com /postage_stamp_1.html   (1792 words)

  
 List of British postage stamps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of postage stamps issued by the United Kingdom (normally referred to as Great Britain in philatelic usage).
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
Centenary of the postage stamp 6 May 1940
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_British_postage_stamps   (213 words)

  
 Bears on Postage Stamps
Below are links to my ever-growing lists of bears on postage stamps.  The lists are far from complete!  I generally add to them whenever I happen to come across a listing in the Scott Catalog or see the stamp for sale.
This is very subjective, so bear with me (no pun intended).  I tend to move stamps from one list to another or place them on multiple lists as I find appropriate.  I don't mean to confuse anybody, but this is a work in progress.
I list stamps that have bears as the main theme as well as stamps that don't (such as a teddy bear being held by a child).
www.bearstamps.com   (484 words)

  
 airplane postage stamps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
postage stamp: macedonia: the national flag on postage stamps ; postal ensign: postal...
A stamp is much more than the physical evidence that postage has been paid.
United States postage stamp of 1918 in which the airplane in the center of the...
www.getstampinfo.com /5/airplane-postage-stamps.html   (311 words)

  
 PostalCode.info: How Your List Affects Postage Costs
HOW YOUR LIST AFFECTS POSTAGE COSTS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT!The quality and accuracy of address information in mailing lists is one of the areas least understood and largely overlooked by most businesses using direct mail.
Direct marketers need to be concerned about how many duplicates are in the list, determine how much it is costing and ask what can be done about it!What may look like a correct address may not be true when compared against the Canada Post master list of all addresses in Canada.
The updated list will include a new field coded in such a way to show which records were?
postalcode.info /News/25461-How-Your-List-Affects-Postage-Costs.asp   (1129 words)

  
 rare british postage stamps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The story of one of the British Guiana stamps is very well known because it belonged to an old...
Indian postage stamps were used in a wide area, including East Africa,...
Postage stamps are adhesive labels affixed to letters...
www.getstampinfo.com /32/rare-british-postage-stamps.html   (413 words)

  
 List of postage stamps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of postage stamps that are especially notable in some way.
Hong Kong Jubilee 1891 - first overprinted commemorative stamp in the world
Uganda Cowries - first stamps of Uganda, produced on typewriter
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_postage_stamps   (239 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Stamps show the original building of 1829 and the new bldg.Faroe Islands19Oct81S69Title page from Faeroae et Faeroa by Lucas Jacobson Debes, libraryFinland1932SB9Helsinku University Library (and Finnish State Library) founded 1640 in Turku, moved to Helsinki 1828.Finland1932SB11Helsinku University Library (and Finnish State Library) founded 1640 in Turku, moved to Helsinki 1828.Finland1970S498Public Library, Uusikaarlepyy (Bldg.
On block of this stamp: left the Marciana library in Venace.Hungary4Nov77S2505Ervin Szabo, Librarian Budapest Municipal Library, Founded 1904Hungary22Aug70SB279-82Initials and paintings from the Bibliotheca Corvina, Budapest (former library of King Matyas Corvinus) Hungary22Aug70SB283SSInitials and paintings from the Bibliotheca Corvina, Budapest (former library of King Matyas Corvinus)Hungary12Aug96S3537Central hall of the library Benedictin Abbey Pannonhalma.
On postage stamp printed “..Leibnitz, principal librarian for the Elector of Hannover…”.St. VincentJan94S2007100 Years of Library Service: Mobile librarySt. VincentJan94S2008100 Years of Library Service: Old public librarySt. VincentJan94S2009100 Years of Library Service: Family EducationSt. VincentJan94S2010100 Years of Library Service: Bridging the Generation GapSt. Vincent/ Grenadines1987?$6 “the librarian” Interior in cartoon of library.
my.execpc.com /~nixlt/Checklistlibs&libs9-20-02.doc   (3529 words)

  
 valuable canadian postage stamps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
that the postage stamp was "a valuable instrument of discreet national...
Office postage stamps are amongst the rarest and most valuable stamps in the world.
List of postage stamps This is a list of postage stamps that are especially notable...
www.getstampinfo.com /57/valuable-canadian-postage-stamps.html   (371 words)

  
 Postage Stamps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Instead of sending the entire FITS file, a postage stamp is extracted from each raw FITS file for the AQLC to use.
Only 1 postage stamp is extracted for each raw FITS file regardless of the number of windows that file may contain.
The disadvantage is that the time scale for each image is the total time of the raw FITS image (about 6sec), and if the user selects too small a postage stamp to extract, useful data may be lost.
www.astro.psu.edu /xray/docs/cal_report/node38.html   (226 words)

  
 Compass Roses - On Stamps
Compass roses also appear in the designs of postage stamps.
Here is a list of postage stamps which contain compass roses, eventually with pictures.
The ITY emblem - which is present in each of these stamps - includes an eight-point compass rose.
pages.prodigy.net /pizzabagel/CompassRoses_Stamps.htm   (3244 words)

  
 Studio Daiotaku
However, the CASH made from the mailing lists is secondary to the income that is made from people like you and me asking to be included in that list.
When your name is no longer on the list, you just take the latest posting in the newsgroups, and send out another $6.00 to names on the list, putting your name at number 6 again.
Keep an eye on the newsgroups and when the cash has stopped coming (that means your name is no longer on the list), you just take the latest posting at the newsgroups, send another $6.00 to the names stated on the list, make your corrections (put your name at #6) and start posting again.
www.network54.com /Forum/thread?forumid=70270&messageid=1043213813&lp=1043213813   (4424 words)

  
 Cyndi's List - Germany / Deutschland
A multilingual English-French- German mailing list for anyone with a genealogical, cultural or historical interest in the ancient nobility of the Alsatian-Rhenan area (Alsace, France and the Rhenish Palatinate/German Rheinpfalz, Germany).
A bilingual English-German mailing list for descendants of the Danube-Swabian German ethnic group from the Danubian Plain in Hungary, Romania, and the former Yugoslavia.
A multilingual English-French-German mailing list for anyone with a genealogical, cultural or historical interest in the city of Rosheim and surrounding areas at the foot of Mount Sainte-Odile, Alsace, nowadays France.
www.cyndislist.com /germany.htm   (3954 words)

  
 British Victorian Stamps
Stamp Domain is the complete resource centre on the internet for stamp collectors.
Windsor Philatelics - GB Line-engraved imperforate postage stamps, 1840 - 1854, and GB covers and Postal History from 1660 to 1950.
Simon Andrews Stamps Stamps and Postal History of the World, Specialising in Asia, China, Hong Kong, Thailand.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/rossuk/stamps.htm   (938 words)

  
 "Stamp List Page"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Instead, there will be a separate page for each stamp, set, or price list.
Prompt payment is expected once you have received and examined the stamps.
Besides being a stamp dealer, I have been working at Citibank for the past 19 years.
www.halcyon.com /alana/stamplist.html   (1036 words)

  
 Bophuthatswana - Complete list of mint postage stamps (1977-1994)
Mint postage stamps of Great Britain and countries of the British Commonwealth issued since 1946.
This is a complete list of Bophuthatswana (South Africa Homeland) issues for the years 1977 to 1994.
A blank space indicates that the catalog number is not yet assigned.
www.stanleylisica.com /plist_ag/boph.htm   (231 words)

  
 UNESCO World Heritage List
The World Heritage List was established under terms of the Convention Concerning the Protection of World Culture and Natural Heritage adopted in November, 1972 at the 17th General Conference of UNESCO.
The Convention states that a World Heritage Committee "will establish, keep up-to-date and publish" a World Heritage List of cultural and natural properties, submitted by the States and considered to be of outstanding universal value.
List of the 177 parties which have signed the convention
www.thesalmons.org /lynn/world.heritage.html   (1964 words)

  
 PCC Internet Swap List
Please send $3.00 US or sufficient postage and a return address label.
To join you are required to make one or more bookmarks based on, but not limited to polymer clay.
Be sure to wrap your items securely and include sufficient return postage to avoid complications.
www.polymerclaycentral.com /pcc/swaplist.html   (565 words)

  
 CANONICAL LIST OF FULLDECKISMS
There's more than enough pain in the world already, so I have a nagging concern that it's ultimately nasty and unhealthy to build a list like this, even though many of the entries are hilarious.
Snags a copy of this list to their own website without attribution and then allows it to grow stale.
Tries to forward this list to some friends, but instead ships six copies of it to the editor (groan).
www.herbison.com /canon/fulldeck.html   (7687 words)

  
 ELVIS INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE STAMPS
The world's first ELVIS POSTAGE STAMP was issued by Grenada in 1978 to commemorate the first anniversary of his death.
The majority of ELVIS postage stamps are commemorative of his anniversaries, and almost without exception are highly colourful and attractive.
Many are artist portraits depicting Elvis in the different stages of his life and on complete stamp sheets this is particularly effective - from the youthful performer of the 1950's, through his film career and fl leather-clad 'comeback' in 1968 to the more mature but equally dynamic concert artiste in the 1970's.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/joTCBuk   (1017 words)

  
 british postage stamps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Sahara Stamps are pleased to offer fellow postage stamp and postal history collectors this...
Limited, United Kingdom Further details about British postage stamps and philatelic facilities can be obtained from: British Philatelic...
Specialists in classic and rare mint postage stamps the British Empire and Commonwealth proudly serving philately since 1990.
basekbn.info /ip/stamps/british-postage-stamps   (231 words)

  
 Jersey - Complete list of mint postage stamps (1941-2003)
This is a complete list of Jersey issues from 1941 to 2003.
Dashes (---) are used instead of a catalog number if the item is not listed in the Scott or S.G. catalog.
A blank space for a catalog number indicates that the catalog number is not assigned yet.
www.stanleylisica.com /plist_hr/jers.htm   (275 words)

  
 Direct Marketing Association: Telephone, Mail & Internet Marketing
DMA's Jerry Cerasale told the panel, "The American public...deserves to know what they are getting for their postage costs, and feel confident that they are receiving the level of service that they have come to expect."
According to a recent JupiterResearch online survey commissioned by Silverpop, nearly four out of 10 email marketers (39%) said list turnover is their biggest challenge.
The survey polled 300 email marketers about their challenges and the assistance they seek from email service providers.
www.the-dma.org   (264 words)

  
 Stamp Collecting Supplies from Kenmore Stamp Company
You'll find a number of features that will make postage stamp collecting more convenient and enjoyable!
Wish List - create a personal list of postage stamps you've always dreamed of owning.
You can move items from your wish list to the shopping cart online at any time...
www.kenmorestamp.com   (163 words)

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