Commemorative stamp of Queen Victoria, although there are no special inscriptions on the stamps, and they were intended as regular stamps. In 1870 Peru issued a 5¢ scarlet Locomotive and Arms stamp and is regarded as the first commemorative postage stamp, issued to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the first railway in South America. Though the United Kingdom often set the precedent for postage stamps and their designs, they were the late runners with the issue of their first commemorative stamp, not issuing one until 1924 when it printed and released the British Empire Exhibition issue of 1924. Other premier commemorative stamps
Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Sa–Sb) Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Sa–Sb) Each "article" in this category is a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries are formulated on the micro model and so provide summary information about all known issuers. See the page for details of the project. Stamps used were French Zone (General Issue) types which are cat. nos F1–F13 of Germany. They were replaced in 1947 by stamps specific to the Saar. British stamps overprinted "Levant". Italian Post Office in Salonika when still under Turkish rule. Issued Italian stamps overprinted SALONICCO. Local overprint SALONIQUE. The office normally