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The Tuvalu Philatelic Bureau was established on 1 January 1976, which was the day the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony was dissolved and Tuvalu established as a separate British dependency. The first stamp issue was a set of provisional overprinted definitive stamps [ 3 ] and a commemorative set of three stamps. [ 4 ]
Before the first postage stamps of Fiji, mail was carried by trading vessels to Sydney, Australia, and other ports, where it was placed in the mail. [1] The first stamps of Fiji were issued on 1 November 1870 by the local newspaper, the Fiji Times. The British Consul objected to the service and tried to close it in 1871 and appointed an ...
This is a list of philatelic bureaus across the world. In philately , a philatelic bureau is the part of a national postal administration that sells philatelic items to stamp collectors , tourists and stamp dealers .
Post Fiji is the national post office of Fiji.The group was founded in 1871 by the Cakobau Postal Act. [1]The full range of postal, courier and related services are provided by Post Fiji Pte Limited, a state-owned enterprise and runs 58 post offices plus 100 postal agencies. the modern organisation was set up under the Public Enterprise Act controlled by the 2015 Companies Act.
This is a list of postal entities by country. It includes: The governmental authority responsible for postal matters. The regulatory authority for the postal sector. Postal regulation may include the establishment of postal policies, postal rates, postal services offered, budgeting for and financing postal operations.
Philately portal Subcategories. This category has the following 149 subcategories, out of 149 total. ... Philately of Fiji (3 P) ... List of philatelic bureaus * List ...
The philatelic business activities are authorised by the Tuvalu Philatelic Bureau Ordinance (1982). Karl Tili was the first Tuvaluan general manager of the Bureau from 1989 to 31 December 2011. [9] Between 1984 and 1988, stamps were issued for the individual islands – Funafuti, Nanumaga, Nanumea, Niutao, Nui, Nukufetau, Nukulaelae, Vaitupu.
Stamp of Fiji overprinted 'New Hebrides Condominium', 1908 The first British issues, in 1908 and 1910, were produced by overprinting stamps of Fiji with "NEW HEBRIDES / CONDOMINIUM". These were followed by a joint issue with the French authorities, inscribed "NEW HEBRIDES" over a design including the coats of arms of both France and Britain and ...