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Please share your interesting facts about Philately here. I'll kick start ...... First likeness of a Princess on a stamp  Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) at age 6 holding a teddy bear. -------------------------------------------------------------------- First ever postage stamps that smell and taste like chocolate. Issued in Belgium 2013.  |
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Nice stamps john62.
Newfoundland had also had a portrait of the queen's aunt, Princess Mary, Princess Royal, in the 1911 coronation set. |
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The first of Princess Elizabeth. There are many stamps with Princesses going back into the 19th century. |
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Don't grumble that the roses have thorns, be thankful that the thorns have roses |
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If this thread generates a large enough number of posts, I will generate a nice set of album pages for free download. An album of 'firsts' would make a nice presentation.
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There is a very interesting book of philatelic firsts.
Post Dates: A Chronology of the Intriguing Events in the Mails and Philately by Kenneth Wood.
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Typo on my part. I did mean to say first time Queen Elizabeth was on a stamp as Princess Elizabeth.
I must have been licking too many stamps ..... by the way
the glue on US stamps is vegetarian and 1/10th of a calorie. |
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Oooooh! I just coudn't resist this one!  First time I (and my wife) appeared on a postage stamp! (Hey, maybe this should be a whole separate thread for those of us who can't resist this.)  |
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First Christmas stamp.  It may have been dual purposed, yet still the first Christmas stamp. |
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First stamp to use thermochromic ink. (temperature sensitive) United States 2017  |
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Posted 02/05/2019 06:48 am
