Postage stamp design its rule which stated that a country's name had to appear on their postage stamps, so a profile of the reigning monarch was all that was required for identification of Britain's stamps. To this day the UK remains the only country not required to name itself on its stamps. For all other UPU members, the name must appear in Latin letters. The name chosen is typically the country's own name for itself, with a modern trend towards using simpler and shorter forms, or abbreviations. For instance, the Republic of South Africa inscribes with "RSA", while Jordan originally used "The Hashemite
Postage stamps and postal history of Nauru control of the island and British stamps overprinted "NAURU" were issued in October 1916. From 1924, stamps were issued for Nauru as a mandated territory, then as a trust territory after WWII. The first stamps of independent Nauru were issued in 1968. Postage stamps and postal history of Nauru This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Nauru. The "Republic of Nauru" is an island country in Micronesia in the South Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Kiribati, to the east. As part of German Marshall Islands Protectorate, the first post office on the