List of Notable Postage Stamps

This is a list of postage stamps that are especially notable in some way, often due to antiquity or a postage stamp error. Among the best-known stamps are:

  • Treskilling Yellow (Sweden)
  • Penny Black (Britain)
  • Bull's Eye (Brazil)
  • British Guiana 1c magenta
  • Mauritius "Post Office"
  • Inverted Jenny (United States)
  • Basel Dove (Switzerland)
  • Benjamin Franklin Z Grill (United States)


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