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Postage stamps and postal history of Ascension Island information


Ascension Island is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean, part of the wider British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Like other British Overseas Territories, it issues its own postage stamps, which provide a source of income for the island from sales to overseas collectors, as well as being used for domestic and international postage.

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Postage stamps and postal history of Ascension Island

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Harold. History and Postage Stamps of Ascension Island. Batley: H. Hayes, 1971 ISBN 0-9504519-2-4 Leonard, John. The Postage Stamps of Ascension Island. London:...

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timeline of significant events in postal history, including dates and events relating to postage stamps. Chapar Khaneh, the state-run courier (and transportation)...

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Postage stamps and postal history of Ascension Island Postage stamps and postal history of Saint Helena Rossiter, Stuart & John Flower. The Stamp Atlas...

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rate of one penny. From 1840 onwards, when postage stamps were first introduced, special stamps were often issued; for instance the cantons of Switzerland...

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Royal Mail

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postal stationery letter sheets and envelopes. As Britain was the first country to issue prepaid postage stamps, British stamps are the only stamps that...

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History of Saint Helena

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the South Atlantic Islands 1661–1992, Anthony Nelson, 1994, ISBN 0-904614-51-4 Hibbert, Edward, St Helena Postal History and Stamps, Robson Lowe Limited...

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Stanley Gibbons catalogue

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