Postage stamps and postal history of the United States a precondition for their issue by a nation was the establishment of standardized rates for delivery throughout the country. If postal fees were to remain (as they were in many lands) a patchwork of many different jurisdictional rates, the use of stamps would only produce limited gains in efficiency, for postal clerks would still have to spend time calculating the rates on many letters: only then would senders know how much postage to put on them. The introduction of postage stamps in the UK in May 1840 was received with great interest in the United States (and around the world).
Asterix on postage stamps Asterix on postage stamps Numerous postage stamps from various countries have released postage stamps depicting scenes and images from the comic book series "Asterix" by Goscinny and Uderzo. A series of six stamps depicting various naval scenes from the adventures. A single stamp and a minisheet showing Asterix. A set of six stamps, five showing characters, and the sixth showing a scene from the book "Asterix in Belgium". A Block of nine stamps, with showing motives of the books A block of nine stamps, showing 7 motives of "loney toons" and 2 "Asterix"-motives of the books A block of Film-motives