Postage stamps and postal history of Nicaragua

This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Nicaragua.

The first stamp of Nicaragua issued in 1862

First stamps

Nicaragua gained independence from Spain in 1821. It has produced its own stamps since 1862.[1]

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See also
  • List of people on stamps of Nicaragua

References
  1. Stamps of the World Volume 3. Stanley Gibbons. 2004. p. 640.

Further reading
  • Birks, Michael. The Revenues, Seals and Cinderellas of Nicaragua. Flixton, Urmston, Manchester: M.P. Birks, 1998 28p.
  • Maxwell, Clyde R. Bibliography of Nicaraguan Philately. Irvine, CA.: C.R. Maxwell, 1992 16p.
  • Maxwell, Clyde R. Nicaragua to 1940: A Philatelic Handbook. Irvine, CA.: C.R. Maxwell, 1992 209p.
  • Nicaragua Study Group. Nicarao. State College PA.: Nicaragua Study Group, 1990- (Quarterly journal).


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