Show anniversary of postage stamps the postage stump will celebrate its fifty second annn ebsary ersary on may 6 its invention is due to a printer james chalmers of dundee scotland who died in 1853 england fifty two years ago introduced the bew batem of preparing letter postage and according to a decree of dec 21 issued the first stamps which were to be put before tho on may 6 of the following year A year later they were introduced in the united states and switzerland and within three 5 ears had become common in babana belgium and france one of the most important and valuable collections of postage stamps and other postal devices in the world is in the german imperial postoffice post office museum at berlin st louis republic |