Black And White Stamps

This 20 mark Bavarian stamp (on left, Mi.#195) is the high value of Bavaria's "Farewell" set of 18. It was issued on March 20, 1920 and was valid until June 30, 1920.

On April 6, 1920, two and one half weeks after this Bavarian stamp was issued the "Farewell" set was overprinted as a set of 20 ( new 80 pf and 4 Mk stamps added) and issued for use in all of Germany. These stamps were valid until September 30, 1923.

Interestingly, the overprinted 20 Mk stamp (Mi. #138 I.) was reprinted/issued with a lightened "BAYERN" inscription to accommodate the overprint.

Here is the low value .50 dinar stamp (Mi. #46) from Trieste Zone B's March 1, 1951 Farm Animals set of 4.

On April 1, 1956 the DDR (East Germany) issued its first "Central Courier Service" official administrative mail stamps as a set of five values, all with the same design, and all of them black. Here is the 10 pf value (Mi. #2) on a piece of correspondence sent by the Nationally-Owned (VEB) Scientific and Technical Office for Equipment Construction.

Dominican Republic
Stamp Day
October 18, 1996
The black-and-white stamp depicts an 1 peso Coat of Arms stamp.

This 30c airmail stamp (Sc #C247) is from a set of 12 issued by Nicaragua on February 12, 1940 publicizing Anastacio Somoza's recent trip to Washington, D.C. He is shown on this stamp speaking before the U.S. Senate. Somoza (1896-1956) was dictator ("President") of Nicaragua for 20 years before he was felled by an assassin's bullet.

On April 30, 1979 Luxembourg issued this stamp (Sc #629) to recognize the 50th anniversary of the country's stock exchange.

From Wikipedia, "A law establishing a stock exchange in Luxembourg was passed on 30 December 1927...(The exchange) specializes primarily in the listing of international bonds, in which it ranks first in Europe."

Here is the 7c value (Sc #C45) from Panama's February 2, 1938 set of five airmail stamps commemorating the 4th Central American Caribbean Games.

On November 18, 1978 Belgium issued this Christmas stamp (Sc #1023) depicting a high relief sculpture of the Nativity.

Monumentos Mexico

On May 21, 1956 Greece issued a set of 14 stamps featuring Greek royalty. The black, 2 drachma value (Sc #594) shows King Paul.

From Wikipedia, "Paul (1901-1964) was king of Greece from 1947 until his death in 1964...He was the first cousin to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and maternal grandfather to King Felipe VI of Spain."

Here is the one farthing value from the Turks and Caicos Islands's 1922-6 KGV definitive set. The stamp depicts a Turk's head cactus (Melocactus intortus).

From sunshinenurserytci.com, "The Turk's head cactus is one of the emblems of the Turks and Caicos Islands where it thrives in the dry climate. It is named after the distinctive red cap that sits on top of the green, barrel-shaped body, and looks like a Turkish fez."

Between 1932-38, Spain issued a set of three "Spanish buildings" stamps with several perforation varieties. The one peseta, low value (Sc #539) of the set depicts several of the cliff houses of Cuenca.

From travellingspain.com, "Three sides of the old port of Cuenca are surrounded by a deep gorge carved out by two rivers. Along the cliffs of this gorge, a number of houses can be seen hanging off the cliff. These hanging houses, or 'cases colgadas' date all the way back to the 1400s."

Here is the low value 6 cuartos stamp (Sc #6) from Spain's January 1, 1851 Isabella II series.

On September 12, 1997 Spain issued this 65 peseta "Spanish Art" stamp (Sc #2906) featuring a black and white photograph by Jose Ortiz Echague.

Here is Spain's 5 centimos delivery tax stamp (Sc #ER1) of 1931.