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Revenue stamps of Guyana refer to the various revenue or fiscal stamps, whether adhesive, directly embossed or otherwise, which have been issued by Guyana since its independence in 1966. Prior to independence, the country was known as British Guiana , and it had issued its own revenue stamps since the 19th century.
A 2003 stamp of Guyana. Guyana became independent from Great Britain on 26 May 1966 and began producing its own stamps as an independent nation from that date. [1] Previously the country was British Guiana and had printed stamps. In 1969, some issues were put on the market cancelled to order in such a way as to be indistinguishable from genuine ...
The 3c stamp from the 1888 Inland Revenue issue, depicting the colonial badge. Revenue stamps of British Guiana refer to the various revenue or fiscal stamps, whether adhesive or directly embossed, which were issued by British Guiana prior to the colony's independence as Guyana in 1966.
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With 215,000 square kilometres (83,000 sq mi), Guyana is the fourth-smallest country on mainland South America after Uruguay, Suriname and French Guiana. The main economic activities in Guyana are agriculture (production of rice and Demerara sugar ), bauxite mining, gold mining, timber, shrimp fishing and minerals.
issued in 1860 An overprinted Mount Roraima commemorative stamp of 1898 The 1954 72 cent stamp billed the Arapaima as the largest freshwater fish in the world. A privately run packet service for mail existed in British Guiana in 1796, and continued for a number of years. Postage stamps of Britain were used in those days at Georgetown (Demerara ...
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Guyana portal; This article is within the scope of WikiProject Guyana, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Guyana on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. Guyana Wikipedia:WikiProject Guyana Template:WikiProject Guyana Guyana: Low