The World's First Postage Stamp
Author : Alan Holyoake
Publisher :
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 31,53 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Postage stamps
ISBN : 9780900631733
Author : Alan Holyoake
Publisher :
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 31,53 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Postage stamps
ISBN : 9780900631733
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,55 MB
Release : 1979-11
Category :
ISBN :
Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.
Author : Chris West
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,73 MB
Release : 2014-10-28
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1250043689
"From George Washington's dour gaze to the charging buffalo of the western frontier and Lindbergh's soaring biplane, American stamps are a vivid window into our country's extraordinary and distinctive past. With ... West as your guide, discover the remarkable breadth of America's short history through a fresh lens"--
Author : Jennifer Fandel
Publisher : The Creative Company
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 46,32 MB
Release : 2007-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781583415542
Looks at how the Industrial Revolution itself revolutionized the postal service in Great Britain, discussing how Rowland Hill developed the idea of stamps, how they were first designed and created, and their impact on the postal service.
Author : Roshan Prasad
Publisher : OrangeBooks Publication
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 32,97 MB
Release : 2023-10-21
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN :
The author is a postgraduate in Social Work, with 8+ years of experience as a developmental professional. She has worked in different capacities through which she acquired skills such as monitoring & evaluation, research, analytical, critical thinking, training, capacity building, developing community institution models, creating content for the community, etc. The author worked closely with the community during her career, inclination towards community institutions was when she was working in the Tourism sector in the institution-building domain. Through her hands-on experience in these roles, she has contributed to the empowerment of communities, allowing them to take control of their development. Her experience likely includes mobilizing community members, facilitating discussions, and guiding the process of leadership development and institution formation.
Author : Charles W. Deaton
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 19,90 MB
Release : 2012-09-15
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0292745737
Among the many difficulties the newly formed Confederate States of America endured in the summer of 1861 was the failure of its post office department to provide sufficient numbers of that item most crucial to its service: the postage stamp. Faced with the resulting din of customer complaints, a handful of industrious Texas postmasters solved the problem by simply making their own homemade stamps. In this thoroughly researched history of these rare and highly coveted stamps, The Great Texas Stamp Collection traces their journey from creation through their rediscovery years later by local, and then international, stamp collectors—a journey that culminated in the sale of a few pieces at a recent auction in New York that fetched more than $250,000. Weaving the larger contexts of Texas and U.S. postal history together with individual tales of greed, intrigue, forgery, and discovery, Deaton’s book is rich with characters from European royalty to early stamp dealers to common criminals, while also providing detailed examinations of the stamps themselves, including a complete census of the stamps now known as the Texas Confederate Postmasters’ Provisionals. Appealing at once to devoted philatelists, Texas and U.S. history buffs, and amateur collectors of all kinds, The Great Texas Stamp Collection offers a unique vantage point from which to view our history as well as the very nature of collecting.
Author : Ven Sumedh
Publisher : BFC Publications
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 26,19 MB
Release : 2022-08-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9356321914
Buddhism as a model of religious life and spiritual path has been widely practiced across the world. It began around 2,610 years ago in India when Siddhartha Gautama discovered how to bring happiness into the world. Edwin Arnold has fittingly called Gautama Buddha the "Light of Asia" Wisdom of the world. Buddhism is relevant to the present world because of the environment crisis we are facing at present and we are heading towards mass extinction of species. We live in an age of conflict and war, of hatred and violence all over the world. This book besides being a visual delight for any reader, will be useful to people from all walks of life whether they are Academicians, Philatelists, Researchers on Buddhism or Non-violence and World Peace
Author : United States. Office of Special Assistant to the Postmaster General
Publisher :
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 41,12 MB
Release : 1966
Category : Postage stamps
ISBN :
Author : Cheryl Ganz
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 41,91 MB
Release : 2014-12-02
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1935623540
Every stamp and piece of mail tells a story. In fact, each often tells multiple stories, ranging from concept to art design to production to usage, often with tales of politics, history, technology, biography, genealogy, economics, geography, disaster, and triumph. The lens of philately offers a fresh and engaging story of American history, culture, and identity, and it can also help deepen the understanding of world cultures. The William H. Gross Stamp Gallery, opened at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum in September 2013, has many such stories to tell. Chief philately curator Cheryl R. Ganz guides readers through some of the gallery's nearly 20,000 objects that together illustrate the history of our nation's postal operations and postage stamps.
Author : Anonymous
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 35,90 MB
Release : 2022-12-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3368139797
Reprint of the original, first published in 1871.