10 Facts About Post stamp

Always featuring the name of the issuing nation, a denomination of its value, and often an illustration of persons, events, institutions, or natural realities that symbolize the nation's traditions and values, every stamp is printed on a piece of usually rectangular, but sometimes triangular or otherwise shaped special custom-made paper whose back is either glazed with an adhesive gum or self-adhesive.

The invention of the stamp was part of an attempt to improve the postal system in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, which, in the early 19th century, was in disarray and rife with corruption.

The postage stamp resolved this issue in a simple and elegant manner, with the additional benefit of room for an element of beauty to be introduced.

Postage stamp afforded convenience for both the mailer and postal officials, more effectively recovered costs for the postal service, and ultimately resulted in a better, faster postal system.

For example, in 1869, the United States Post stamp Office broke tradition of depicting presidents or other famous historical figures, instead using other subjects including a train, and horse.

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The resulting frame-like, rippled edge surrounding the separated stamp defines a characteristic meme for the appearance of a postage stamp.

The 1850 Penny Red was the first Post stamp to be perforated during trial course of Archer's perforating machine.

Early Post stamp images were almost always produced from an engraving — a design etched into a steel die, which was then hardened and whose impression was transferred to a printing plate.

The second type of FDC is often referred to as "Philatelic", that is, an envelope and Post stamp sent by someone with the intention of retrieving and collecting the mailed item at a later time and place.

Post stamp approached Latin American countries with an offer to produce their entire postage stamp needs for free.