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The British £1 stamp for the 1929 Postal Union Congress, designed by Harold Nelson.. The Postal Union Congress is the main international meeting of the Universal Postal Union, used to discuss various issues affecting international postal services, such as legislation, the political climate, and other strategic issues.
The stamp was issued along with four other small format stamps to mark the 1929 Postal Union Congress of the Universal Postal Union and was criticised at the time for its high face value. As the other stamps in the set were low values, it has been speculated that the value of the large stamp may have been set at £1 to produce a more impressive ...
Apart from the interest to the student of 'specimen' stamps the value of this collection lies in its world-wide scope, as it provides the general public with the stamps of almost 500 postal administrations. [2] As of 2007 the stamps in the collection were held in 228 albums and the postal stationery in 22.
Next month, on Jan. 21, 2024, the price of some Postal Service mail will increase. Forever stamp prices will rise from 66 cents to 68 cents.
The Universal Postal Union responded in May 2019 by calling, for only the third time in its history, an Extraordinary Congress for 24–26 September 2019. [28] The members voted down a proposal submitted by the United States and Canada, [ 29 ] which would have allowed immediate self-declaration of terminal dues. [ 30 ]
Postage due stamps, 1914 (halfpenny to 1s) British Empire Exhibition Postage Stamps (first commemorative issue) Universal Postal Union Congress, London 10 May 1929 (halfpenny to twopence halfpenny and £1) Low value definitives, 1934–36 (halfpenny to 1s) High value definitives, 1934, "Seahorses" (re-engraved)
Postage stamps were first used in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 6 May 1840, with the introduction of the world's first adhesive postage stamps, the Penny Black and Two Pence Blue. Until 1924, all British stamps depicted only the portrait of the reigning monarch, with the exception of the 'High Value' stamps (the so-called ...
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