This is a list of postage stamps that are especially notable in some way, often due to antiquity or a postage stamp error.
The best-known stamps:
- 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)
By country:
Read more about List Of Postage Stamps: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, British Guiana, Buenos Aires, Canada, Cape of Good Hope, China, Confederate States, Falkland Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hawaii, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Libya, Mauritius, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay
Famous quotes containing the words postage stamps, list of, list, postage and/or stamps:
“Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the silent ambassadors on national taste.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“Love’s boat has been shattered against the life of everyday. You and I are quits, and it’s useless to draw up a list of mutual hurts, sorrows, and pains.”
—Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930)
“Hey, you dress up our town very nicely. You don’t look out the Chamber of Commerce is going to list you in their publicity with the local attractions.”
—Robert M. Fresco, and Jack Arnold. Dr. Matt Hastings (John Agar)
“Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the silent ambassadors on national taste.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“In Stamps the segregation was so complete that most Black children didn’t really, absolutely know what whites looked like.”
—Maya Angelou (b. 1928)