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Illustrated below is a stamp set issued in the early 1960's when Burundi first became independent. Formerly part of the Belgian Colony o...

Illustrated below is an old album page of early Chinese Peoples Rublic stamps. With details of some of the stamps. To enlarge the album page...

Illustrated below is an example of the 1 Pound note issued by the Clydesdale bank of Scotland. Founded in Glasgow in 1838 the bank is one of...

(See details of the history of the "Custom Gold Unit 500" blog post). Illustrated are the obverse and reverse of the 5000 Custom G...

Below are the obverse and reverse of the 1000 Custom Gold Unit used originally for payment of custom duties at Chinese ports. Later used as ...

Illustrated below is the obverse and reverse of the Custom Gold Unit note. The notes were not originally an issue of banknotes but were used...

Illustrated below are the obverse and reverse of the British 10 Shilling banknote. The first 10 Shilling note was introduced in November of ...

Illustrated is the obverse and reverse of the Queen Elizabeth 1974 issue of the Bahamas 50 Cent banknote.

Illustrated below are the obverse and reverse of two banknotes with values of a Half Gulden and 1 Gulden. The notes were printed in America ...

Illustrated below are the obverse and reverse of three banknotes issued by Japanese occupying forces during World War 2. These notess were c...

Issued in 1893 during the reign of Jam Vibhaji (1882-1895) and in values of Docras. The set consists of a 1 Docra (black), 2 Docra (deep-gr...

Illustrated below are the reprints of the original stamp issue of 1878. MAde about 1891 the reprints were issued in 1892 to supply stamp col...

Illustrated below are the first postage stamps issued in Sirmoor during the rule of Raja Shamsher Parkesh (1886-1898) they were issued betwe...

Below are some of the 2 Annas and a Quarter (yellow-green) issued by the Cochin Maharajas. Examples shown are of Sri Rama Varma the 3rd, Ker...

Illustrated below are some of the 2 Anna issues of 4 of the Cochin Maharajas. From upper left are Sri Rama Varma the 1st, 2nd and 3rd with a...

Below are some of the varieties of the 1 Anna 8 Pies issue of Sri Rama Varma the 3rd, Maharaja of Cochin 1932-1941. The stamps were issued b...

Below are two varieties of the 1 Anna 3 Pies (magenta) issue of Sri Ravi Varma, Maharaja of Cochin 1943-1946. Issued with 2 varieties of por...

Below is an example of the 1and a Half Anna (purple) stamp of Sri Rama Varma the 2nd. Maharaja of Cochin 1914-1932. See this blog for other ...

Illustrated is an example of the 1 and a Half Anna (purple) stamp issue of Sri Rama Varma the 1st, Maharaja of Cochin 1895-1914. The stamp w...

Illustrated below are 3 old postage stamps of Afghanistan.