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A postage stamp is a small piece of paper that is purchased and displayed on an item of mail as evidence of payment of postage. Typically, stamps are made from special paper, with a national designation and denomination on the face, and a gum adhesive on the reverse side...

Timeline of Events

1840

5.1.1840

The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.

5.6.1840

The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

1940

4.7.1940

Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.

1948

7.9.1948

Pakistan issues its first set of Postage stamps, bearing images of the Constituent Assembly, the Jinnah International Airport (Quaid-e-Azam International Airport), and the Shahi Fort.