Telephone Stamps List

On January 29, 1990 Hungary issued a two-stamp Telephone and Mailbox set. These stamps were issued as both sheet and coil stamps. Sheet stamps are perforated 12 and coils are perforated 14. Here is the 3 forint 'telephone' coil stamp (Sc # 3222) which shows an old, wall-mounted telephone.

If I ever start a topical collection, this would be the topic. Especially since there are hundreds of posts to reference for a checklist.

Here is Yugoslavia's November 20, 2001 fifteen dinar stamp (Sc #2540) commemorating the centenary of public telephone booths in Serbia.

This May 20, 1960 12 franc value (Sc #314) of New Caledonia is from the 'Centenary of the Post' set of three stamps. I'm not sure how the the P.T.T. (postal, telegraphic and telephone service,) 'figures' in the set, but the P.T.T. was initiated in France in 1879.

On August 20, 1979 Turkish Cyprus (the occupied and unrecognized northern area of the Republic of Cyprus) issued a three-stamp EUROPA set. The 8 lira value (Mi #73) of this set depicts telephones.

Here is the one dirham value (Sc #323) from Qatar's November 30, 1972 eight-stamp set commemorating U.N. Day (October 24, 1972). This value features Telecommunications (ITU) and shows a telephone.

On October 1, 1995 the USA issued a Comic Strip Classics sheet of 20 different 32c values showing U.S. newspaper 'funnies' from 1900-1950. One of these stamps (Sc #3000d) shows a panel from George McManus's 'Bringing Up Father' (a.k.a. 'Maggie and Jiggs') which first appeared in 1913. Maggie is shown using the telephone.

This May 16, 1979 three penny value (Sc #382) of Gibraltar is from the communications-themed EUROPA set of three identically designed (but in different colors) stamps. Design shows a posthorn flanked by a satellite dish and an early telephone.

Here is the 1200 dinar value (Sc #1893) from Yugoslavia's April 30, 1988 transport and communications-themed EUROPA set of two stamps. Stamp depicts a woman using a 'brick' phone.

Fromretrowow.co.uk, "The original mobile phones from the 1980s were referred to as bricks, because they were as big as a house brick...The hand held mobile...was a status symbol in the 80s and a source of irritation on trains and in restaurants for everyone else."

On July 30, 1988 Norfolk Island issued a set of three 37c values to commemorate the Sydpex '88 National Exhibition in Sydney, Australia. One of these stamps (Sc #439) shows a telephone.

This June 18, 1984 three franc stamp (Sc #1934) of France commemorates the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the National Center of Telecommunications Studies.

Here is the 600 lira value (Sc #2404) from Turkey's May 2, 1988, transportation and communications-themed EUROPA set of two stamps. Stamp shows a touch-tone desktop telephone.

On July 16, 1990 Ghana issued a five-stamp set commemorating international direct dial telephone service. The 80 cedi value (Sc #1221) shows a man using a telephone card on a pay phone.

Here is Great Britain's March 10, 1976 four-stamp set (SG #s 997-1000) commemorating the centenary of the telephone.

This 4.50 shilling value (Sc #524) is from Kenya's July 121, 1990 four-stamp set commemorating the 125th anniversary of the International Telecommunication Union (UIT/ITU). Stamp depicts a worker assembling a piece of telecom equipment at the Gilgil Multipurpose Manufacturing Complex. From 1987 until the mid 90's, Kenya exported this equipment to the USA and Europe.