Postage stamps

small piece of paper that is purchased and displayed on an item of mail as evidence of payment of postage

thumb|The Penny Red was used in the UK for many years (1841–1879), and comes in hundreds of variations which are subject to detailed study by philatelists. thumb|Zeppelin mail from [[Gibraltar to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil via Berlin on the Christmas flight (12th South American flight) of 1934]]

world's first adhesive postage stamp

1855 cancelled Swedish unique definitive postage stamp with color error

United States postage stamp

rare stamp famous for only having one extant example

first stamps of the British Colony Mauritius (1847)

250px|thumb|Overprinted Iranian banknote with the seal of the Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, which was printed after the [[1979 revolution in Iran]] thumb|right|An 1897 Chinese Red Revenue stamp overprinted with small "one dollar" characters was sold for HK$ 6.9 million in 2013. thumb|right|Postage stamps and postal history of France|France, 1929: Commemorative overprint for the Philatelic Exposition in [[Le Havre]]

the first of the first three German postage stamps, issued by the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1849

issued annually since 1956, representing the founding six members of the European Coal and Steel Community

first Brazilian stamp edition, issued in 1843, consisting of three rare postage stamps with face values of 30, 60 and 90 Brazilian reals

type of postage stamp

rare Austrian newspaper stamp

stamps issued until permanent supplies are available

thumb|upright=.7|Se-tenant COLLECT and DUPLICATE stamps of the American Rapid Telegraph Company, 1881

use of postage from different authorities at the same time

postage stamp for airmail fees

Italian postage stamp with design error

type of postage stamp that is printed with the value of the user's choice on it

series of postage stamps from Germany

revenue stamp required in addition to regular postage during a war

rare unofficial German postage stamp (1901)

1851 German postage stamps of the Grand Duchy of Baden with a rare color misprint

right|thumb|U.S. 2¢ stamp of 1938 with New York precancel, Scott No. 806, PSS type 71 A precanceled stamp, or precancel for short, is a postage stamp that has been legitimately cancelled before being affixed to mail. A number of nations of the world use precancels, typically in the form of an overprint on definitive series stamps.

Postage stamps issued by multiple countries in the British Empire, featuring Queen Victoria, based on a portrait by Alfred Chalon

an issue of stamps by several countries with a common subject; the countries are mostly politically connected

unique stamp from Alexandria

Belgian postage stamp

type of stamp used for testing postal equipment

Paddle steamer ship that served as a private local post office

First Ugandan postage stamps

stamp design archetype

unissued German postage stamp, produced in 1948

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