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| First stamp auction in London |
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| 5/15/2002 8:05:14 PM, by Stamp2 Staff Writer |
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Organised by John Walter Scott, the noted American dealer, on 18th March 1872. He had two years previously organised the first stamp auction in New York which is the first in the western hemisphere.
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| First stamp magazine |
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| 5/15/2002 3:39:03 PM, by Stamp2 Staff Writer |
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The first stamp magazine, the short-lived British Monthly Intelligence was published in 1862, followed by the British Monthly Advertiser (1862-64). Among the earliest journals still in existence today...
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| First postage stamp |
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| 4/2/2002 3:30:50 PM, by Stamp2 Staff Writer |
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 Issued in England in 1840 from a proposal by Rowland Hill in his essay Post Office Reform written in 1837.
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First woman auctioneer
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5/15/2002 8:05:57 PM, by Stamp2 Staff Writer |
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First advertisement for stamps
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5/15/2002 8:04:48 PM, by Stamp2 Staff Writer |
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First stamp dealer
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5/15/2002 8:03:32 PM, by Stamp2 Staff Writer |
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First stamp album
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5/15/2002 3:45:30 PM, by Stamp2 Staff Writer |
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First philatelic handbook
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5/15/2002 3:43:37 PM, by Stamp2 Staff Writer |
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First philatelic journal
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5/15/2002 3:41:22 PM, by Stamp2 Staff Writer |
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First stamp price list or catalogue
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5/15/2002 3:37:31 PM, by Stamp2 Staff Writer |
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Countries with most post offices
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5/15/2002 3:35:39 PM, by Stamp2 Staff Writer |
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Oldest society
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5/15/2002 3:33:57 PM, by Stamp2 Staff Writer |
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First perforation gauge
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5/15/2002 3:30:43 PM, by Stamp2 Staff Writer |
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First Philatelic Position Finder
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5/15/2002 3:28:08 PM, by Stamp2 Staff Writer |
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First stamp booklet
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5/15/2002 3:25:44 PM, by Stamp2 Staff Writer |
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First Dominican Republic Airmail Service
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5/15/2002 2:19:34 PM, by Stamp2 Staff Writer |
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First official air stamps
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4/4/2002 7:51:30 PM, by Stamp2 Staff Writer |
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Mauritius 2d 'Post Office'
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4/4/2002 7:48:07 PM, by Stamp2 Staff Writer |
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