Smithsonian Magazine

First Known Piece of Mail Sent Using a Stamp Goes to Auction

The envelope was sent twice: once on May 2, 1840, and again on May 4, 1840. Sotheby's The first known piece of mail sent with a prepaid, adhesive stamp could sell for as much as $2.5 million.
Business Insider

Rare postage 'gem' featuring the world's first adhesive stamp to be auctioned for up to $2.5 million in New York

The oldest piece of mail to use a pre-paid Penny Black stamp is set to be auctioned in New York. The British Penny Black was the first-ever adhesive postage stamp. The letter cover has a sale estimate ...
The Nation Newspaper

New adhesive stamp vital to surveying, say valuers

Key stakeholders played a key role in the new stamp unveiled to enhance professionalism in the sector, the Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria (ESVARBON) Sir Nweke Umezurike has ...
The Punch Newspapers

ESVARBON introduces new stamp for valuation reports, others

The Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria, the regulatory body for estate surveyors and valuers, has approved an improved adhesive stamp for use on valuation and other reports.
Morning Call PA

SALES OF TRADITIONAL STAMPS COULD SOON TAKE A LICKING SELF-ADHESIVE STAMPS HAVE HIT THE MARKET AND ARE BECOMING THE FASTEST-SELLING ITEMS THE POSTAL ...

Winnie and Robert Blacklow of Sugar Bush Knolls, Ohio, are not ones to dash off a letter of praise to the federal government. “We usually accuse them of being so unresponsive,” Blacklow said. But when ...