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Postage Due Stamps – Barbados 1950-65.
Postage due is a term used for mail sent with insufficient postage. Postage Due stamp is a stamp added to an underpaid piece of mail to indicate the extra postage due.
Barbados issued a set of 03 Postage Due stamps between 1950 -1965 with Numerals.
Postage Due Stamps – Guernsey 1982.
Postage due is a term used for mail sent with insufficient postage. Postage Due stamp is a stamp added to an underpaid piece of mail to indicate the extra postage due.
Guernsey issued a set of 12 Postage Due stamps on 13 Jul 1982. It features Local Motifs.
5 P – Woman. 16 P- Agriculture, Woman, Cattle.
18 P- Towers 20 P – Castles
British Land Speed record-holders – Great Britain 1998.
Great Britain issued a set of five stamps on 29 Sep 1998 featuring British Land Speed record-holders and their automobiles. A Limited edition (2500 Covers) First Day Covers with stamps is listed.
20 p- Sir Malcolm Campbell’s Bluebird 1925.
26 p – Sir Henry Seagrave’s Sunbeam 1926.
30 p – John G Parry Thomas’s Babs 1926.
43 p – John R Cobb’s Railton Mobil Special 1947
63 p – Donald R Campbell’s Bluebird CN7 1964.
Stamps on Vintage Spanish Cars -Spain 1977.
Spain issued a set of Four stamps on Vintage Spanish Cars on 23 Apr 1977. A FDC with stamps is listed. The Cover also commemorates 197 Barcelona Automobile Show.
2 Pta – La Cuadra 1900 4 Pta–Hispano Suiza 1916
5 Pta – Elizalde 1915 7 Pta -Abadal 1914.
Vintage Cars on Stamps – Sweden 1997.
Sweden issued a set of six stamps on Vintage Cars on 04 Oct 1997. A First day Cover with six stamps is listed. All stamps are No Value Indicator stamps.
NVI – Volvo Duett NVI -Chevrolet Bell-Air NVI -Porsche 356
NVI – Citroen B 11 NVI- Saab -Rallye Monte Carlo 1963 NVI -E -Type Jaguar.
Historic Homesteads of Australia Werribee Park- Pre Stamped Envelopes 1988.
Australia issued a set of Seven Pre-Stamped envelopes on 28 Sep 1988 on Historic Homesteads. All are 39c envelopes. PSE serial nos 150-156.
Werribee Park: Werribee Victoria – One of Australia’s grandest houses, WerribeePark was built between 1874 & 1877 for the wealthy Victorian pastoral family, Chirnsides. It is known for its freestone exterior. An earlier bluestone homestead built in1864 remains behind the mansion. Today it has an Equestrian Centre, Victoria State Rose Garden, Open range zoo etc
Stamps on 117th IOC Session –Singapore 2005
The 117th IOC Session was held in Singapore from 6-9 July 2005. Up to 5000 officials, media people came to Singapore to witness five of the world’s most glamorous and vibrant cities – Paris, New York, Moscow, London and Madrid-contend for the privilege to host 2012 Summer Olympics. The destiny and Olympic Programmes of each of 28 Olympic Sports was also on the agenda.
London won the right to host the 2012 Summer Olympics.
The 2012 Summer Olympics or XXX Olympics were held in London from 27 July to 12 Aug 2012. A total of 10,768 athletes from 204 Nations participated in 26 Sports, 39 Disciplines and 302 events. The USA topped the medals tally with 46 Gold Medals
Singapore issued a set of four stamps to commemorate the 117th IOC Session. The Stamps featured the location of five contenders for 2012 Olympics onWorld Map and Olympic sports
A FDC with four stamps is listed
