af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | apr 8, 2023 | Stamp of the day
As earlier shown the British ”One Penny Black” was the first stamp of the world when it was issued on 6. May 1840. The second country to issue stamps was Brazil. On 1. August 1843 Brazil issued three so called Bull`s Eyes stamps. Here the 30 Real stamp is...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | apr 6, 2023 | Stamp of the day
In 1974 around 150 different countries celebrated the 100th Aniversary of the UPU. Here one of the stamps issued by Liberia on that occation.
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | apr 6, 2023 | Stamp of the day
Remember from yesterday, that the cost of sending a letter on 1. December 1923 was 100.000.000.000 Mark. On that particular day, a currency reform was adopted that stopped the German inflation and reduced the cost of sending a letter to 10 rentenpfennigt – the...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | apr 3, 2023 | Stamp of the day
Remember from yesterday, that the cost of sending a letter on 1. November 1923 was 100.000.000 Mark. Just 30 days later, on 1. December 1923, the price has increased to no less than 100.000.000.000 M – yes one hundred billion Mark. That is two copies of todays...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | apr 2, 2023 | Stamp of the day
Remember from yesterday, that the cost of sending a letter on 20. September 1923 was 250.000 M. Just 41 days later, on 1. November 1923, the price has increased to no less than 100.000.000 M – yes one hundred million Mark. Exactly the denomination of todays...
