Classic Postage Stamp Sample Collection

Foundational issues of world philately, from the 1840 Penny Black onward, with country, year and denomination. A sample collection built by the Owlect team.

Stamps27 items·Updated Aug 13, 2026·Shared since Aug 2026·51 views

Image credits (27)

Andrew Jackson 'Black Jack', 1875 reissue — Photo: Government of the United States; original uploader was WB2 at en.wikipedia. · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
Basel Dove — Photo: de:Melchior Berri (1801 - 1854) · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
Benjamin Franklin, first US issue — Photo: uploaded by User:Nickpo · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
Bull's Eye — Photo: Government of Brazil · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
Ceres 40c — Photo: Jacques-Jean Barre · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
Coat of Arms oval issue — Photo: Post of Finland · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
Columbian Exposition 5c — Photo: US Post Office · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
Curtiss Jenny airmail — Photo: R. A. Nonenmacher · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
First Russian issue, 10 kopeks — Photo: Scanned and processed by Andrei Sdobnikov · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
First Spanish issue — Photo: Spain Post · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
Graf Zeppelin — Photo: Bureau of Engraving and Printing; Imaging by Gwillhickers · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
Grosser Brustschild — Photo: scanned by NobbiP · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
Hawaiian Missionary 2c — Photo: Kindom of Hawaii. Printer of the stamp was postmaster Henry Martyn Whitney · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
Inverted Jenny — Photo: U. S. Postal Service · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
King William III 15c — Photo: 's Rijks Munt · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
Large Hermes Head 5 lepta — Photo: Albert Désiré Barre · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
Penny Black — Photo: General Post Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
Penny Red with telegraphic cancel — Photo: British Government · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
Pictorial Issue 3c Locomotive — Photo: R. A. Nonenmacher · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
Rayon II — Photo: Swiss Post · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
Red Scinde Dawk — Photo: Sir Bartle Frere (1815–1884), of the British East India Company, the Chief Commissioner of Sindh · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
Schwarzer Einser — Photo: https://sammler-highlights.de/ · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
Sydney Views — Photo: New South Wales Post · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
Treskilling Yellow — Photo: sv:P.A. Sparre (1828-1921) · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
Twelve Pence Black — Photo: Dominion of Canada Post Office · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
Two Penny Blue — Photo: William Wyon · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Zurich 4 — Photo: Zürich Post · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons

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