The postage stamps and postal history of Palestine emerges from its geographic location as a crossroads amidst the empires of the ancient Near East, the Levant and the Middle East. Postal services in the region were first established in the Bronze Age, during the rule of Sargon of Akkad, and successive empires have established and operated a number of different postal systems …

The history of India's postal system begins long before the introduction of postage stamps. The antecedents have been traced to the systems of the Persian Empire instituted by Cyrus the Great and Darius I for communicating important military and political information. The Atharvaveda (or Arthveda) which is one of the oldest books in the world, records a messenger service in ancient …

Lot No.: 2 Country: Aden - Kathiri State of Seiyun Name: Aden - Seiyun 1942 Defin set UM & 1951 Defin set LMM Category: Stamps Year: 1942 Condition: ** / * Description: Aden - Kathiri State of Seiyun: 1942 Definitive set VF UM plus 1951 New Currency surch set VF LMM, SG 1-11 & SG 20-27 cat £120 (= R2,400). (19 stamps) Reserve Price: R700.00 Estimate Price: R850.00