List of postage stamps

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This is a list of postage stamps that are especially notable in some way.

The best-known stamps:

By country:

Australia

Inverted Swan

Austria

Red Mercury

Bermuda

Perot provisional

Brazil

Bull's Eye
Goat's Eye

British Guiana

British Guiana 1c magenta - unique

Canada

Canada 12d black
Canada 2c Large Queen on laid paper - rarest Canadian stamp
St. Lawrence Seaway invert

Cape of Good Hope

Cape 4d black Triangle
Cape 4d red error of color

Falkland Islands

Falkland Islands HMS Glasgow error - wrong ship on a modern stamp

Finland

Finland 20k black stamped envelope - most valuable postal stationery

German East Africa

German East Africa 1 rupee used at Tabora

Germany

Baden 9kr blue-green error of color
Saxony 3pf red sheet
Saxony 1/2g on light blue paper error
Vineta provisional

Gibraltar

Gibraltar 10c missing-value error

Hawaii

Hawaiian Missionaries - first stamps of Hawaii

Honduras

Black Honduras

India

Scinde Dawk - first stamps of India
India Queen Victoria invert

Italy

Tuscany 3-lira ocher
Italy General Balbo triptych

Jamaica

Jamaica 1sh inverted-frame error

Japan

Sutherland local boos
Japan 500m Dragon invert

Macedonia

Mount Athos An issue contemplated for the Holy community

Sweden

Treskilling Yellow - unique error, most valuable stamp

Switzerland

Basel Dove

Uganda

Uganda Cowries - first stamps of Uganda, produced on typewriter

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Penny Black - world's first postage stamp
Penny Blue - Trial printings from a penny black plate
VR official - first official stamp
Prince Consort Essay
Penny Red - improved follow ons to the Penny Black
Archer Roulette - experimental separation of stamps
Edward VII 2d Tyrian plum - withdrawn before issue, but one used

See also list of British postage stamps

United States

Inverted Jenny - upside-down airplane
St. Louis Bear
New York Postmaster's Provisional
United States 1c Z grill - rarest US stamp
CIA invert
Dag Hammersjold invert