Genesis Of Stamps
From earliest times the peoples of the world have sought means of communicating with each
other. These efforts may be traced to the very mists of antiquity, and before any means of
written thoughts...
Later the merchants of the Hanse towns along the Baltic coast set up their Hanseatic
League and employed a postal service for their own convenience and occasionally, as a
favor perhaps, a message...
England's postal system was more or less well established along designated postal roads
throughout the kingdom. Overseas mail was carried at the sufferance of ship owners and
masters. In our own...
The world's first postage stamp, Great Britain's famous "Penny Black," did present
somewhat of an innovation in that it was gummed on the back. This caused considerable
public comment at...
This, then, is the genesis of the postal systems as we know them today. We have telescoped
the centuries and, perhaps, have not paid too strict attention to the actual chronological
order of the...
Following the appearance of the world's first postage stamp on May 6, 1840, the next ten
years saw the postage stamp idea spread throughout the world. Stamp and stamped envelope
issuing countries...
Strangely enough the use of postage stamps in the United States was not inaugurated by the
Government but, instead, by a private carrier, one Alexander M. Greig of New York City.
Greig established...