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• Postage stamps and postal history of the United States — This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the United States of America (USA).Early postal historyIn the American colonies, informal independently run postal routes began in Boston as early as 1639, with Boston to New York City… …   Wikipedia

• Postage stamps and postal history of Iceland — This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Iceland. Regular mail service in Iceland was first established by a charter of 13 May 1776, and on 1 January 1873, Iceland issued its first postage stamps. The design was the same as… …   Wikipedia

• Postage stamps and postal history of Armenia — The postage stamps and postal history of Armenia describes the history of postage stamps and postal systems in Armenia. Czarist Russian postmarks and stamps were in used in the territory of Armenia from 1858. The early postmarks were composed of… …   Wikipedia

• Postage stamps and postal history of Switzerland — This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Switzerland. (pre stamp postal history here) Cantonal issues The first stamps used in Switzerland were issued by the cantons of Zürich, Geneva and Basel for their own use, with the… …   Wikipedia

• Postage stamps and postal history of the Canal Zone — The Panama Canal Zone issued its own postage stamps beginning in 1904. Initially they were the current stamps of Panama or (less often) the US, overprinted with CANAL ZONE in various ways. Philatelists have identified over 100 varieties, some of… …   Wikipedia

• Postage stamps and postal history of Eastern Rumelia — Eastern Rumelia or Eastern Roumelia was an autonomous province (vilayet) in the Ottoman Empire from 1878 to 1908; however it was under Bulgarian control from 1885 (see Bulgarian unification). The province is remembered today by philatelists for… …   Wikipedia

• Postage stamp design — is the activity of graphic design as applied to postage stamps. Many thousands of designs have been created since a profile bust of Queen Victoria was adopted for the Penny Black in 1840; some considered very successful, othersless so.A stamp… …   Wikipedia

• Counterfeit money — See also: Coin counterfeiting and Slug (coin) Counterfeit money is currency that is produced without the legal sanction of the state or government to resemble some official form of currency closely enough that it may be confused for genuine… …   Wikipedia

• counterfeit — Verb: To make a copy without authority or right and with the view to deceive or defraud by passing the copy as original or genuine; to fabricate a false image or representation. But as ordinarily understood in law, the term is confined to the… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Stamp collecting — is the collecting of postage stamps and related objects, such as covers (envelopes or packages with stamps on them). It is one of the world s most popular hobbies, with estimates of the number of collectors ranging up to 20 million in the United… …   Wikipedia

• Art, Antiques, and Collections — ▪ 2003 Introduction       In 2002 major exhibitions such as Documenta 11 reflected the diverse nature of contemporary art: artists from a variety of cultures received widespread recognition for work ranging from installation to video to painting …   Universalium