af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | jun 30, 2023 | Stamp of the day
In 1849 Vancouver Island became a British crown colony with Fort Victoria as its capital. More settlers arrived, and a small village arose near the fort. By the early 1850s the village site had been formally surveyed, and in 1852 the settlement was named Victoria....
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | apr 18, 2023 | Stamp of the day
The 11th country to issue stamps was Victoria, a British colony, that is now part of Australia. On 3. January 1850 Victoria issued todays one penny stamp showing the portrait of Queen Victoria (1819-1901). She was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and...