When were the first postage stamps struck?
First POSTAGE STAMPS
The first POSTAGE STAMPS were struck nit Paris in 1653.
Who designed pictorial postage stamps?
First PICTORIAL POSTAGE STAMPS
The first PICTORIAL POSTAGE STAMPS illustrated something other than portraits and were the 1 d, 2 d and 3 d ‘Sydney Views’ issued by the New South Wales Post Office on 1 January 1850. They were designed and engraved by Robert Clayton.
In Britain no stamp has yet been issued without the Sovereign’s portrait. The first to bear additional pictorial matter was the ‘Wembley Commemorative- issued on 23 April 1924.
The first Pictorial series of postage stamps was issued by North Borneo in 1894 and depicted various indigenous animals.
