Stamp: Numeral (United States of America 1881)

Numeral (United States of America 1881)

01 January (United States of America ) within release Continental Telegraph Company goes into circulation Stamp Numeral face value 50 United States cent

Stamp is square format.

Exists with or without the printer's imprint "AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. NEW YORK." Prepared for use but never issued. Sn mentions this company's stamps but does not list them.

Also in the issue Continental Telegraph Company:

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Country: United States of America
Date: 1881-01-01
Paper: white, wove
Perforation: Imperforate
Emission: Telegraph & Telephone
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 50 United States cent

Stamp Numeral it reflects the thematic directions:

Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message. Thus flag semaphore is a method of telegraphy, whereas pigeon post is not. Ancient signalling systems, although sometimes quite extensive and sophisticated as in China, were generally not capable of transmitting arbitrary text messages. Possible messages were fixed and predetermined, so such systems are thus not true telegraphs.

The Kionga Triangle (German: Kionga-Dreieck, Portuguese: Triângulo de Quionga) was a small region of German East Africa situated at the mouth of the Ruvuma River. The Ruvuma served as the border between the German colony and Portuguese Mozambique, and the Kionga Triangle was the only section of German East Africa south of the river. Its principal settlement was Kionga (now Quionga ) which had a population of 4,000 in 1910. It became a German possession in 1894 but came under Portuguese control in April 1916 during World War I. The post-war Treaty of Versailles reaffirmed that the river was the border between Tanganyika, then under British control, and Portuguese Mozambique. The triangle was the only territory that the treaty awarded to Portugal.

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