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2d Map of Ireland: first Irish postage stamp The postage stamps of Ireland are issued by the postal operator of the independent Irish state. Ireland was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland when the world's first postage stamps were issued in 1840. These stamps, and all subsequent British issues, were used throughout Ireland until the new Irish Government assumed power in ...
An Post (Irish pronunciation: [ənˠ ˈpˠɔsˠt̪ˠ]; literally 'The Post') is the state-owned provider of postal services in Ireland. An Post provides a "universal postal service" to all parts of the country as a member of the Universal Postal Union .
Hibernian Handbook and Catalogue of the Postage Stamps of Ireland 1922–2001. Rodgau Philatelic Service GmbH, Rodgau, Germany. ISBN 3-9807973-0-9. Miller, Liam (1983). Kane, William (ed.). Postage Stamps of Ireland 1922–1982. Dublin, Ireland: Philatelic Section, Department of Posts and Telegraphs. ISBN 0-946521-01-8
The price of a First-Class stamp reached 10 cents in 1974, just before the 200th anniversary of the service. As recently as 2002 it stood at 34 cents, or half of the current price.
Starting April 10, stamps for 1-ounce letters will drop in price from 49 cents to 47 cents after the expiration of a 2-year agreement. Starting April 10, stamps for 1-ounce letters will drop in ...
A Belgian railway parcel stamp used in 1881 at Verviers. The international parcel service, which allowed the orderly shipment of mailed packages and parcels from one country to another according to predetermined rates, was established by the Universal Postal Union on 1 October 1881 (Great Britain, India, The Netherlands and Persia, 1 April 1882), following the agreement of 1880 in Paris during ...
The USPS filed a notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission, which was approved by the Postal Service governors in May, raising the price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp from 68 cents to 73 ...
Definitive postage stamps of Ireland; P. List of people on the postage stamps of Ireland This page was last edited on 3 June 2022, at 20:50 (UTC). Text is ...