Postage stamps and postal history of Prince Edward Island
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This is a survey of the postage stamps and
postal history Postal history is the study of postal systems and how they operate and, or, the study of the use of postage stamps and covers and associated postal artifacts illustrating historical episodes in the development of postal systems. The term is att ...
of Prince Edward Island.


First stamps

The first stamps of Prince Edward Island were issued in 1861.''Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue: Commonwealth and British Empire Stamps 1840-1970''. 110th edition. London:
Stanley Gibbons The Stanley Gibbons Group plc is a company quoted on the London Stock Exchange specialising in the retailing of collectable postage stamps and similar products. The group is incorporated in London. The company is a major stamp dealer and philat ...
, 2008, pp. 151-151.


See also

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List of people on stamps of the Canadian provinces This is a list of people on the postage stamps of the Canadian provinces prior to joining Canada. Six present day Canadian provinces, before each joined Canada over a period ranging from 1867 to 1949, issued their own stamps. All of them adopted t ...
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Postage stamps and postal history of Canada The postal and philatelic history of Canada concerns postage of the territories which have formed Canada. Before Canadian confederation, the colonies of British Columbia and Vancouver Island, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and N ...


References


Further reading

*Lehr, James C. ''The Postage Stamps & Cancellations of Prince Edward Island, 1814-1873''. Toronto: The Unitrade Press, 1987.


External links


''Prince Edward Island Stamps'' by A.A. Bartlett at philatelicdatabase.com
{{philately-stub Economy of Prince Edward Island Philately of Canada