We're Number One!

I'd like to see this thread become a collection of first stamps issued by countries.

I'll begin with the U.S. 5c Franklin from July 1, 1847



EDIT 7/18: Jamesw's recent post had me thinking that many of us likely don't have too many #1s of the regular issue so why don't we expand the thread to include the "back of book" first issuances as well (e.g., first air mail, special delivery, postage due, etc.).

Canada: Scott/Unitrade #1

3d red, beaver, issued: Apr. 23, 1851.

Sweet!

Stamporator, that "beaver" is a beauty! Two questions. I see the word "York" in the selvedge, what was the meaning? And second, that scratch going through the OST of POSTAGE and through the border, is that a variety?

Peter

Hi Petert4522,

The printers of the Canadian Pence Issue were 'Rawdon, Wright, Hatch and Edson of New York'. I expect the 'York' that you see is from that.

The only listed variations of this stamp are re-entries. This looks like it make be a scratch, and with the position known (i.e margin with 'York', one plate of 200 subjects), it could be easily compared to other printings to see if it is a constant scratch. I do not know!

Edit:

After providing the prior comment to Petert4522, it made me look at other Scott #1 beavers. Here is Scott 1TCi, Trial Colour (TC), brown red, with a horizontal Specimen in green.

You can see the same scratch that Peter mentioned, and also the line through the beaver from the 'P' in postage down to the lower left.


- stamporator -

Ascension #1, stamp of St. Helena with Ascension overprint. 1922

San Marino #1, simple numeral from 1877.

Thailand #1., King Chulalongkorn, of which three types exist. 1883.

And my US 1.

Great idea for a thread! Alas, I have no #1s, but I love seeing all these others!

South Africa



Carpatho-Ukraine

Slovakia:

Equatorial Guinea - SG1



before the "wallpaper" issues

Grenada #1, Queen Victoria, 1861.

Angra #1, King Carlos, 1892

Spain #1, issued Jan 1, 1850. This one is dated, as far as I have always been able to tell, Jan 3, 1850.