Great Britain, May 6, 1840 First Issues Collectors Club of stamps and philatelic material

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YearMonthDay NameScottSet rangePerforationWatermarkDescription
188811Bamra1 ImperforateNoneTypeset.
188811Wadhwan1 Pin perf.NoneThin paper. Lithographed.
1888121Annam & Tonkin11 - 914 x 13½None 
188851Zululand21 - 3, 5 - 6, 81430March? #1: November
188871Tunisia1 14 x 13½NoneTypographed
188887Bechuanaland Protectorate5252, 54 - 58, 60 - 61, 63 - 6514None 
18881016Travancore1 12NoneLaid paper. Typographed
188911Malaya, Pahang1 142Ovpt. 16 x 2¾ mm.
188918Indo-China11 - 214 x 13½None 
188931Madagascar, French offices11 - 314 x 13½None 
188961Nossi Be1 ImperforateNone 
18891018Swaziland1 12½, 12½ x 12NoneBlack ovpt.
1890125Diego Suarez41 - 514 x 13½None#1: July 15
189045Seychelles1a1a, 4a, 6a - 7a, 9a, 12a, 16a, 18a142Typographed. #!, die II (SG#9): 1892
1890523British East Africa11 - 31430 
1890831Leeward Islands1 142Typographed
1890129Rhodesia22, 6 - 7, 9 - 11, 14 - 1914, 14½NoneEngraved. #1: April, 1891
1891  Afghanistan, Kingdom177177 - 179ImperforateNone1 ab, slate blue. Pelure paper. Lithographed.
189111France/Morocco1 14 x 13½NoneTypographed
1891324French Congo3 14 x 13½None#1 & #2: September
1891720British Central Africa11 - 9, 12 - 1714None 
189181Malaya, Negri Sembilan1 142Ovpt. 14½ to 15 mm wide.
1892  Mozambique Company1 12½, 13½None 
1892  Ponta Delgada1b 11½NoneTypographed
18922 Nandgaon1 ImperforateNoneWhite paper. No gum. Typographed.
189221Obock1 14 x 13½None 
189241Funchal1b 11½NoneTypographed.
1892413Cochin1 12NoneTypographed
1892419Cook Islands1 12½NoneToned paper. Typographed.
18926 Angra11 - 912½None5 r. yellow. Typographed. No wm.
1892720Niger Coast Protectorate1 1430 
18929 Benin11 - 1514 x 13½None1 c. black on bluish paper, black ovpt. on French Colonies #46. No wm.
1892111Anjouan11 - 5, 7, 9 - 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 - 1914 x 13½None1 c. black, blue paper. Typographed. No wm.
1892111French Guinea1 14 x 13½NoneTypographed
1892111French India1 14 x 13½NoneTypographed
1892111French Oceania (Polynesia)1 14 x 13½NoneTypographed
1892111Ivory Coast11 - 5, 7, 9 - 10, 12 - 14, 16 - 1714 x 13½NoneTypographed
1892111Mayotte1 14 x 13½NoneTypographed
1893  Duttia1 ImperforateNoneTypeset. No gum.
189311Eritrea1 14140Ovpt. In black
189311France/Turkey/Cavalle1 14 x 13½None 
189311France/Turkey/Dedeagh1 14 x 13½None 
189311France/Turkey/Vathy1 14 x 13½None 
189341France/Turkey/Port Lagos1 14 x 13½None 
189371German East Africa1 13½ x 14½NoneSurcharge 15 ¼ mm long
1894  Lourenco Marques1 11½, 12½, 13½NoneTypographed
1894  Somali Coast11 - 514 x 13½None 
1894  Zambezia1 11½, 12½, 13½NoneTypographed
189411Charkhari1 ImperforateNoneThin white or blue wove paper. Value in plural. No gum. Typographed.
189411France/China1 14 x 13½None 
189411France/Zanzibar1 14 x 13½None 
189441Sainte Marie de Madagascar1 14 x 13½NoneTypographed
1894412French Sudan1 14 x 13½None 
189451Bundi1 ImperforateNoneLaid paper. Lithographed. No gum.
189485Portuguese Congo1 12½NoneTypographed
1895129Ethiopia11 - 714 x 13½NoneTypographed
1895320Uganda2 ImperforateNoneTypewritten on laid paper. 20 to 26 mm wide. Wide letters. No gum. Forgeries abound.
1895620Bussahir2 ImperforateNoneLaid paper. Lithographed. #1: September 1
189571Inhambane11 - 912½NoneNo gum.
18951110Zanzibar1 1439Blue ovpt. #2: $2000 / $575, #3: Black ovpt. $3 / $2.50
1896  Madagascar, colony2828 - 4714 x 13½NoneTypographed
1896316Romania/Turkey1 11½, 13½ and compound200Black surcharge.
1897  German New Guinea1 13½ x 14½None 
189711Dhar1 ImperforateNoneTypeset. No gum.
189711Las Bela1 12NoneTypographed
18973 German South West Africa1 13½ x 14½None 
189731Sudan1 14119 
1897414Cameroun, Germany1b 13½ x 14½None#1: 1898
1897528Marshall Islands4 13½ x 14½None#1: July 21, 1899
18976 Togo, Germany1b 13½ x 14½NoneYellow brown. #1, olive brown: 1898
1897111Grand Comoro1 14 x 13½NoneTypographed
1898  Nyassa1 11½, 12½None 
189831Germany/China1c 13½ x 14½None45 degree. #1a: December
189841Portuguese Africa1 13½ to 15½NoneEngraved.
189861Great Britain/Morocco1 142 
189881Puerto Rico200 ImperforateNone 
18981128Crete, Heraklion1 ImperforateNoneHandstamped. #2: Lithographed, 11½ $8 / $3
18981219Cuba, U.S. administration176 14?104? 
1899  Cuba, Republic under U.S. military rule227 12US-C (191C)Engraved
1899  Russia/China1 14½ x 15168Blue ovpt. Horizontally laid paper.
189911Dahomey8 14 x 13½None#1: 1901
189911France/Egypt/Alexandria1 14 x 13½None 
189911France/Egypt/Port Said1 14 x 13½None 
189911Kishangarh1 ImperforateNoneSoft porous paper. Typographed.
1899513Crete, Rethymnon10 Imperforate Handstamped.
189977Guam1 12191 
18999 Mariana Islands, Spain1 14None 
18991012Caroline Islands1a 13½ x 14½None48 degree. #1, 56 degree: May, 1900
18991118Mariana Islands, Germany11a11a - 16a13½ x 14½None48 degree ovpt.
18991220Germany/Morocco1 13½ x 14½None 

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