List of postage stamps
This is a list of postage stamps that are especially notable in some way, often due to antiquity or a postage stamp error. Among the best-known stamps are: Penny Black (1840 - Great Britain) Two Penny Blue (1840 - Great Britain) Bull's Eye (1843 - Brazil) Basel Dove (1845 - Switzerland) Mauritius "Post Office" (1847 - British Colony Mauritius) British Guiana 1c magenta (1856 - British Guiana) Treskilling Yellow (1857 - Sweden) Inverted Jenny (1918 - United States) == Current political entities == === Austria === Red Mercury – newspaper stamp === Belgium === Leopold with the Epaulettes (1849) Inverted Dendermonde (1920) === Brazil === Bull's Eye === Canada === Canada 12d black Canada 2c Large Queen on laid paper – Rarest Canadian stamp Bluenose === China === Red Revenues – 1897 provisionals, issued by the Qing dynasty The Whole Country is Red – 1968 design error stamp Golden Monkey stamp – 1980 Chinese zodiac stamp === France === Ceres – France's first stamp === Germany === Baden 9 Kreuzer error – stamp printed on blue-green instead of pink paper One kreuzer black – issued 1849 in Bavaria, first German postage stamp Sachsen 3 Pfennige red – Saxony was the second German state to issue postage stamps Vineta provisional – an unauthorized issue Yacht issue – a common design of postage stamps for the German colonies === India === Scinde Dawk – First stamps in Asia Inverted Head Four Annas Indian 10 Rupee Mahatma Gandhi postage stamp – Mahatma Gandhi 10 rupees stamp overprinted "SERVICE" === Ireland === 1935 Irish 2d coil stamp === Italy === Gronchi Rosa === Jamaica === Jamaica 1 shilling inverted-frame stamp error Jamaica 6d abolition of slavery postage stamp Jamaica 1956-58 £1 chocolate and violet Jamaica 1968 human rights stamps === Malta === Halfpenny Yellow (1860–84) – Malta's first stamp Saint Paul 10s black (1919) – one of Malta's rarest stamps Melita issue (1922–26) – stamp issue commemorating Malta's self-government === Mauritius === Mauritius "Post Office" stamps === New Zealand === 1904 Pictorial 4d Lake Taupo invert – Only one copy known === Romania === Moldavian Bull's Heads – Issued by the principality of Moldavia in 1858 === Russia === First stamp of the Russian Empire (1857) 70r Red Army Soldier error (1922) – 70-ruble perforated 12.5 or imperforate orange red error; position 72 in part of the issue; 4 imperforate specimens known === Sweden === Treskilling Yellow – Unique error, world's record auction sales price for a postage stamp === Switzerland === Basel Dove Double Geneva Zürich 4 and 6 === Trinidad === Lady McLeod private local post === Uganda === Uganda Cowries – The first stamps of Uganda, typewritten === United Kingdom === Penny Black (1840) – World's first postage stamp Penny Black VR official (1840) – First official stamp Penny Blue (1840) – Trial printings from a Penny Black plate Two Penny Blue (1840) – Issued for second rate step, at the same time as Penny Black Penny Red (1841) – Improved follow-ons to the Penny Black Prince Consort Essay (1851) - A surface printed printer's sample stamp Penny Lilac (1881) – The most issued Victorian stamp Edward VII 2d Tyrian plum (1910) – Withdrawn before issue, but one used Postal Union Congress £1 stamp (1929) ==== Falkland Islands ==== HMS Glasgow error === United States === St.