Day of Stamp

Postage stamp may readily described as a “printed security attached to mail”. The cradle of the first postage stamp was England where on May 6, 1840, a small sticky rectangular piece of paper appeared with an imprint and indication of postage. That was the famous “Black Penny” featuring the profile of queen Victoria. By mid-19th century, many postal authorities accepted the new way of payment of postal services. The first World Postal Union (UPU/WPU) was established in Bern in 1874, where also appeared philatelists, patient collectors who studied stamps.

The first Stamp Day was celebrated in Austria in 1935 when the Austrian Post issued a stamp for the occasion, and next year this was widely accepted throughout the world. H. von Stephan, who reorganised postal services and established the World Postal Union, was born on September 9. A stamp, no matter how small, for regular or special occasion, carries warm messages, nice memories of memorable stays, marks important anniversaries, shows rare birds, yet with an air of state authority and seriosit.