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“The post office stamps from Mauritius”

“The post office stamps from Mauritius”

Hello all you stamp friends out there. I represent Stampstars.com. We bring you all the exiting stamp stories from around the world. Five stamps compete to be the most famous of the world: The british “One penny black” from 1840, British Guiana one cent magenta from...
FIRST STAMPS OF THE WORLD – Mauritius

FIRST STAMPS OF THE WORLD – Mauritius

The 5th country to issue stamps was the small island Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. This English colony issued their first two stamps on 21. September 1847. They show the portrait of Queen Victoria taken from the first stamp of the world: The one penny black from...