Cuba-Filipinas

These 19th century stamps were issued to be used in Cuba and the Philippines, which were then colonies of Spain.

The cancellation determined whether it was used in Cuba or the Philippines.

Canada 1935 Silver Jubilee

The silver jubilee of King George V was commemorated by Canada with a set of 5 stamps issued on May 4, 1935.

Shown above is the set in blocks of four.

Pictured are:

1c Princess Elizabeth
2c Duke of York
3c King George V and Queen Mary
5c Prince of Wales
10c Windsor Castle
13c Britannia (royal yacht)

Western Australia swan 1

This particular stamp of Western Australia has to be checked for perforation and watermark to determine the issue.

USA 3c perf/imperf

Again a profile of George Washington.

The imperf was issued in 1851 and the perforated stamp in 1857.

USA locomotive

A locomotive is pictured on this 1869 US stamp.

USA Washington stamp

This 1861 stamp of the United States features a profile of George Washington, its first president whose term of office lasted from 1789 to 1797.

India officials

Victorian stamps of India overprinted "On H. M. S." are official stamps.

The overprint means On Her Majesty's Service.

India Queen Victoria

It's Queen Victoria again, this time on stamps of India issued in the 19th century.

Ceylon Adam's Peak

Adam's Peak in Ceylon is a conical mountain...but not as "perfect cone" as Mount Mayon!

Ceylon King George VI

Now it's King George VI who's featured on this Ceylon stamp...and a rubber plantation worker tapping a tree.

Ceylon King George V

In 1935 Ceylon still was a British colony.

That's why this stamp shows King George V and Windsor Castle.

Ceylon King Edward VII

Ceylon issued stamps from 1857 to 1972, the year when this island nation changed its name to Sri Lanka.

Yep, the change in name makes Ceylon a "dead country" in philatelic lingo.

The stamp above pictures King Edward VII of the United Kingdom.

NZ 1898 parrots

Hawk-billed parrots are pictured on the one-shilling value of the 1898 pictorial issue.

NZ 1898 Otira Gorge & Mount Ruapehu

There are two names in this 5d value of the 1898 pictorial set: Otira Gorge and Ruapehu, a mountain.

NZ 1898 huia

A pair of huia rests on a branch in the 3d value of the 1898 pictorial set.

The female of this species has a longer beak than that of the male.

Sadly, this bird is extinct.

NZ 1898 Lake Wakatipu

It's Lake Wakatipu on the 2 1/2d value of the 1898 pictorial issue.
That's Mount Earnslaw in the background.

Interestingly, the lake is misspelled as Wakitipu on the first issuance of this stamp. The correct spelling was printed afterwards.

NZ 1898 Lake Taupo

Lake Taupo is pictured on the bicolored 1d pictorial issue of 1898.

NZ 1898 Mount Cook

The lowest value of a pictorial set issued by New Zealand in 1898 pictures Mount Cook.

NZ half penny

Yep, it's also Queen Victoria who's portrayed on this New Zealand issue of 1895.

NZ 1 shilling

And the one-shilling value of the 1882 issue.