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September 27th, 2007Even though Sealand is not a member of the Universal Postal Union, there have been several sets of Sealand stamps that are highly valued by philatelists all over the globe.
The first Sealand postage stamps were issued in September 1969, when a helicopter mail service was instituted between the Principality of Sealand and Belgium. These stamps feature portraits of famous navigators and explorers like Vasco da Gama, Sir Francis Drake, Captain Cook, Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Martin Frobisher. The second set from the early Seventies shows the ships of these explorers as well as portraits of HRH Prince Roy and Princess Joan of Sealand.
Few postage stamp issues have been made since then, but stamps continue to be in use, although in the age of e-mail the volume of such mail is rather small.
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