Important Stamps.

   Stamps are little pieces of paper (or occasionally other materials), usually gummed on the reverse, which are a receipt for the prepayment of postage and which should be fixed to the item of mail to indicate that postage has been paid on that item.   ‘Postage stamps’ have other roles including serving as a means of increasing revenue to postal administrations when collectors and others buy them with no intention of using them on mail but instead store them unused in collections or elsewhere without the postal service having to spend money on delivering an item of mail to which the stamp is affixed.   Postage stamps may also have other roles which include serving as a means of national identification and publicity and assertion of sovereignty along with playing a role in commemorating significant national events and anniversaries and highlighting the issuing country’s relationships with other countries.   The purpose of this Blog which extends the role of  Commonwealth Stamps Opinion