List of postage stamps
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This is a list of postage stamps that are especially notable in some way.
The best-known stamps:
By country:
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Australia
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Austria
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Bermuda
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Brazil
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British Guiana
- British Guiana 1c magenta - unique
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Canada
- Canada 12d black
- Canada 2c Large Queen on laid paper - rarest Canadian stamp
- Bluenose
- St. Lawrence Seaway invert
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Cape of Good Hope
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Falkland Islands
- Falkland Islands HMS Glasgow error - wrong ship on a modern stamp
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Finland
- Finland 20k black stamped envelope - most valuable postal stationery
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France
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German East Africa
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Germany
- Baden 9kr blue-green error of color
- Saxony 3pf red sheet
- Saxony 1/2g on light blue paper error
- Vineta provisional
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Gibraltar
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Great Britain
- Penny Black - world's first postage stamp
- Penny Blue - Trial printings from a penny black plate
- VR official - first official stamp
- Prince Consort Essay
- Penny Red - improved follow ons to the Penny Black
- Archer Roulette - experimental separation of stamps
- Edward VII 2d Tyrian plum - withdrawn before issue, but one used
See also list of British postage stamps
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Hawaii
- Hawaiian Missionaries - first stamps of Hawaii
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Honduras
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Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Jubilee 1891 - first overprinted commemorative stamp in the world
- George VI - Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee 1948
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India
- Scinde Dawk - first stamps of India
- India Queen Victoria invert
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Italy
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Jamaica
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Japan
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Macedonia
- Mount Athos An issue contemplated for the Holy community
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Mauritius
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Pakistan
- Set of Four Stamps
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Sweden
- Treskilling Yellow - unique error, most valuable stamp
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Switzerland
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Uganda
- Uganda Cowries - first stamps of Uganda, produced on typewriter
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United States
- Available US stamp denominations
- St. Louis Bear
- New York Postmaster's Provisional
- United States 1c Z grill - rarest US stamp
- Black Bull - dollar value of 1898 Trans-Miss
- Inverted Jenny - the "upside-down airplane"
- Dag Hammersjold invert - error deliberately mass-produced
- CIA invert - modern error
