Sardinia, Kingdom of: Kingdom of Savoy, Piedmont and Sardinia; formed in 1815; 1817: world's first postal stationery, carried by private agencies, each sheet embossed with a figure of a horse and rider, known as "little horses," 1851, Jan. 1: No.
'Some of my topical interests are horses, dogs, ducks (including Federal duck stamps), lighthouses, carousels, teddy bears (including Winnie-The-Pooh), love stamps, and anything dealing with West Point, Pennsylvania or Hawaii.
Definitive stamps are the workhorses of a postal service. They are printed in much greater numbers than commemorative stamps.
Post riders rode horses between towns on the road and milestones marked the distance between cities. Many of these milestones still exist on older highways such as the Boston Post Road.
The far-reaching system contained relays of messengers who changed their horses every 9 miles (14.5 kilometers) apart.
Some people save stamps from one country like the USA or France or even Canada.
Other people save stamps that have Horses on them or buildings or cars. The great thing
about stamp collecting is YOU! ...
Topical or Thematic. A stamp or piece of stationery showing a particular subject; i.e., horses, birds, pandas, automobiles, athletic events, etc.
Webster, a representative for a group lobbying for cheap ocean postage wrote "I am unable to understand why a half-ounce letter should be transported three thousand miles in the United States (often in coaches, wagons, or on the backs of horses) at a ...
Granted, neither of these paid a foreign rate, but they were the workhorses of the series they belonged to, and caused a huge furor.
Its was Sher Shah Suri, who during his short reign of 5 years, built the 2000 mile long road from Bengal to Peshawar for the use of his postal services. He built 1700 "serais", relay posts where horses were changed. He died on May 22, 1545.
‘the unprinted marginal paper on a sheet or pane of stamps’, but these days, there is often wording or design included in the selvage. Some marcophilists love having a postmark covering selvage, others simply can’t abide it. Horses ...
Jude, Samuel - (b. d. ) In 1625 Jude established the first private postal messenger service for his own letters and those of his business colleagues and contacts.He kept horses for posting at various places on the West Road, England.
house' a postmaster was kept in charge of receiving the message from the couriers on their arrival and giving them other-orders and instructions from the Monarch to his governors and commanders on matters of State affairs and changing their horses ...
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