page_title: Oxford and Cambridge college stamps
hierarchical_section_title: Oxford and Cambridge college stamps
caption_attribution_description: English: Keble College Oxford stamp 1882
context_page_description: From 1871 to 1886 certain Oxford and Cambridge colleges issued their own stamps to be sold to members of the college so that they could pre-pay the cost of a college messenger delivering their mail.
  The practice was stopped in 1886 by the British Post Office as it was decided that it was in contravention of the Post Office monopoly.
context_section_description: From 1871 to 1886 certain Oxford and Cambridge colleges issued their own stamps to be sold to members of the college so that they could pre-pay the cost of a college messenger delivering their mail.
  The practice was stopped in 1886 by the British Post Office as it was decided that it was in contravention of the Post Office monopoly.
caption: A stamp of Keble College, 1882.
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