List of postage stamps

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This is a list of postage stamps that are especially notable in some way, often due to antiquity or a postage stamp error. Among the best-known stamps are:

Current political entities

Austria

Belgium

Bermuda

Brazil

Canada

China

Hong Kong

Finland

France

Germany

Honduras

India

Ireland

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Libya

  • "Khadafi" 1986 – Ordinary set of 12 stamps; error in design resulted in its withdraw from circulation hours after being issued on 1 January 1986
  • "Khadafi Prize" 1994 – Minisheet of 16 stamps; errors in design resulted in them not being released and instead substituted with a correct minisheet on 31 December 1994

Malta

Mauritius

The Netherlands

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New Zealand

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Philippines

Romania

  • Cap de bour – Issued by the principality of Moldavia in 1858

Russia

Russian Empire

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  • First stamp of the Russian Empire (1857)
  • Three pearls (Q4462850) (1908) – A very rare Russian stamp with "Three pears" design; 15–20 specimens may exist

RSFSR

  • ru (1922) – A rare 50-kopeck Russian consular tax stamp with Air Post and 1,200m overprint; estimated 50–75 specimens in existence; overprint type IV occurs only twice per setting of 25, hence only four can exist
  • R.S.F.S.R. Definitives tête-bêche block (1922) – 7,500-ruble blue, horizontal watermark, gutter tête-bêche block of four; possibly unique
  • 70r Red Army Soldier error (1922) – 70-ruble perforated 12.5 or imperforate orange red error; position 72 in part of the issue; 4 imperforate specimens known

Soviet Union

South Africa

Sweden

  • Treskilling Yellow – Unique error, world's record auction sales price for a postage stamp

Switzerland

Uganda

United Kingdom

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Falkland Islands

Gibraltar

United States

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Uruguay

Former political entities

British Guiana

Ceylon

  • Dull Rose – A 4 pence denomination issued on 23 April 1859, considered the most valuable stamp of Ceylon

Confederate States of America

  • CSA #10 – Rarest Confederate stamp

Kingdom of Hawaii

State of Buenos Aires

Western Australia (British colony)

References

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