STAMPS

On May 6, 1840, the first stamp, the so-called “Penny Black” was put in circulation in Great Britain. Rowland Hill rightly claimed a place in the world community and the profile bust of Queen Victoria on a black background was destined to become a collector’s item, valued much more than a penny, that was the postage then for sending a letter. The innovation introduced by the British to the postal world was followed by Brazil (1843), Switzerland (1844), Finland (1845), the United States (1846), Russia (1848), France, Belgium, Bavaria (1849) and other countries, while Greece’s first efforts to issue a postage stamp date back to 1855.

The postage revenue systems, which applied something that could be called a self-adhesive seal, existed before the “Penny Black”. The idea seems to have already gone on for example in Austria and Sweden, and maybe even in Greece.

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