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  2. Postage stamps and postal history of Colombia - Wikipedia

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    Postage stamps and postal history of Colombia. Granadine Confederation, 1859 20c blue. Stone A, Positions 1-4, 12-15, block of eight with top left corner sheet margins, containing the inverted transfer, Position 13, forming a tete-beche multiple with adjoining stamps. Colombia is a country in north-western South America.

  3. List of most expensive philatelic items - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the highest known prices paid for philatelic items, including stamps and covers. The current record price for a single stamp is US$9,480,000 paid for the British Guiana 1c magenta. This list is ordered by consumer price index inflation-adjusted value (in bold) in millions of United States dollars in 2023.

  4. Trans-Mississippi Issue - Wikipedia

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    The 1-cent value depicted Father Marquette on the Mississippi River. The Trans-Mississippi Issue is a set of nine commemorative postage stamps issued by the United States to mark the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition held in Omaha, Nebraska. The finely engraved stamps depict various scenes of the West and are presently valued much by collectors.

  5. Revenue stamps of Colombia - Wikipedia

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    The first revenue stamp of Colombia. A large block of the triangular Habilitacion 1p stamps of 1893–94. A 1916 revenue stamp of Colombia for sales tax (Impuesto de Consumo). The first revenue stamp of Colombia was issued on 1 September 1858, [1] one year before the first Colombian postage stamp .

  6. About a watershed: New book tells the story of the Columbia ...

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    June 14, 2024 at 10:03 PM. Jun. 14—David Moskowitz hasn't been everywhere in the Columbia River basin, but it's got to be close. Moskowitz, a photographer who lives in the Methow Valley, spent ...

  7. History of United States postage rates - Wikipedia

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    The United States Postal Service proposed a price increase for Forever stamps in July 2024, raising the cost from 68 to 73 cents. This follows an increase in January 2024 and marks the sixth increase since January 2021. Despite these ongoing price hikes, the United States maintains relatively inexpensive postage compared to other developed ...

  8. Columbia River - Wikipedia

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    The Columbia River ( Upper Chinook: Wimahl or Wimal; Sahaptin: Nch’i-Wàna or Nchi wana; Sinixt dialect swah'netk'qhu) is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. [11] The river forms in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada.

  9. Postage stamps and postal history of Boyacá - Wikipedia

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    Although Boyacá had the right to issue its own postage stamps, it used the stamps of Colombia until 1902, when it issued a 5c stamp [1] [2] [3] honouring Diego Mendoza Pérez. It issued a total of 15 stamps, of which 9 varieties are known and also two tete beche pairs (of the 10 Pesos 1903 issue). [2] The last issue dates from 1904.