The first records of the kind of activity we know today as banking can be traced back to around 2000 BC in Assyria and Babylonia, where merchants made loans to farmers and traders who transported goods between cities. Deposits initially consisted of grain and later other goods including livestock, farming tools and then precious metals such as gold. Temples and palaces were thought to be the safest places to store gold as they were constantly guarded and well built. As temples were considered to be sacred places, they presented an extra deterrent to possible thieves. In the ancient Greek and Roman Empires, lenders based in temples made loans but also began to accept deposits and change money. Around this time, there is also evidence of the development of money-lending in China and India. The development of banking in the modern sense of the word can be traced back to medieval Italy and later spread through Europe. During the last century, the rapid development in telecommunication and computing systems resulted in major changes in the way banks operated and allowed them to greatly increase in size and geographic spread. In recent years, there has been a significant number of bank failures, including some of the world's largest banks, and much debate about bank regulation.

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1973, National bank 1v

sea0613, Egypt (Republic), 1973

0.70
Mint NH

1973, Saving 2v

sin0742, Indonesia, 1973

1.60

-20%

1.28

Mint NH

1973, Social Insurances 1v

siv0440, Ivory Coast, 1973

0.70
Mint NH

1974, 100F, Stamp out of set

lcf0435, Congo Republic, 1974

1.50
Mint NH

1974, Building saving bank 1v

sbz1448, Brazil, 1974

1.90
Mint NH

1974, 100 years Insurance 2v

sco1273, Colombia, 1974

0.70
Mint NH

1974, World saving day 1v

sea0648, Egypt (Republic), 1974

0.70
Mint NH
2.10
Mint NH

1975, Braille, saving 2v

sne1077, Netherlands, 1975

0.80
Mint NH
0.70
Used or CTO

1975, Braille, saving 2v FDC

snef143, Netherlands, 1975

0.80
First Day Cover

1975, Saving for building 1v

soo1497, Austria, 1975

0.70
Mint NH
0.70
Used or CTO
1.00
First Day Cover

1975, Definitives, central bank 5v

ssr0007, Suriname, Republic, 1975

15.00
Mint NH

1975, Postal cheques 1v

szd0891, Sweden, 1975

0.70
Mint NH

1976, National cash centenary 1v

sfi0778, Finland, 1976

0.70
Mint NH
0.70
Used or CTO
1.50
First Day Cover

1976, IMF, worldbank meeting 2v

sph1176, Philippines, 1976

1.00

-20%

0.80

Mint NH

1976, S.U.M.S. 1v

ssm1121, San Marino, 1976

0.70
Mint NH

1976, Life insurance 1v

szk1049, Korea, South, 1976

0.70

-20%

0.56

Mint NH

1977, Development bank 1v

sbz1602, Brazil, 1977

0.70
Mint NH

1977, Central bank 3v

sec1745, Ecuador, 1977

3.75
Mint NH

1977, 50 years ACC 1v

sie0369, Ireland, 1977

1.20
Mint NH

1978, Central bank 1v

sbo0942, Bolivia, 1978

1.10
Mint NH

1978, Social security 3v

sct0052, Turkish Cyprus, 1978

1.05
Mint NH

1978, Social insurance 1v

sea0761, Egypt (Republic), 1978

0.70
Mint NH

1978, National bank 2v

sir1925, Iran/Persia, 1978

1.90

-20%

1.52

Mint NH

1978, Bank of the Netherlands Antilles 3v

sna0573, Netherlands Antilles, 1978

0.70
Mint NH
0.70
Used or CTO
1.00
First Day Cover

1978, Bank of Anilles gutter pairs 3v

sna0573g, Netherlands Antilles, 1978

1.40
Mint NH

1979, Saving day 1v

sea0801, Egypt (Republic), 1979

0.80
Mint NH

1979, National bank 1v

spm1323, Panama, 1979

0.70
Mint NH

1979, Central bank 1v

stt0962, Tunisia, 1979

0.70
Mint NH

1980, Development bank 1v

sbz1759, Brazil, 1980

0.70
Mint NH

1980, Postal saving bank 2v

sna0652, Netherlands Antilles, 1980

1.00
Mint NH
1.10
Used or CTO
1.00
First Day Cover

1981, National saving fund 1v

slu1035, Luxemburg, 1981

0.70
Mint NH
0.70
Used or CTO

1981, P.T.T. s/s

sne1223, Netherlands, 1981

1.00
Mint NH
0.80
Used or CTO

1981, P.T.T. 3v

sne1220, Netherlands, 1981

1.00
Mint NH
0.70
Used or CTO

1981, PTT SERVICES 3V

snef192, Netherlands, 1981

0.70
First Day Cover

1981, HUIS TEN BOSCH 1V

snef193, Netherlands, 1981

0.70
First Day Cover

1981, PTT SERVICES BLOCK

snef192a, Netherlands, 1981

0.80
First Day Cover

1981, National bank 1v

snp0407, Nepal, 1981

0.70

-15%

0.60

Mint NH

1981, Bank of Nauru 1v

snu0228, Nauru, 1981

1.10
Mint NH

1981, Saving bank 1v

sus1469, United States of America, 1981

0.70
Mint NH
1.10
First Day Cover

1982, Central bank museum 2v

sbz1917, Brazil, 1982

0.80
Mint NH

1982, World bank 1v

sfi0901, Finland, 1982

0.70
Mint NH
1.60
Used or CTO
1.10
First Day Cover

1982, Bumiputera 3v

sin1102, Indonesia, 1982

1.60

-20%

1.28

Mint NH

1.50

-15%

1.28

First Day Cover

1983, Bank, chamber of commerce 2v

sie0504, Ireland, 1983

1.00
Mint NH
0.80
Used or CTO

1983, Mixed issue 5v

sie0515, Ireland, 1983

4.00
Mint NH
3.00
Used or CTO

1983, Commerce & development 2v

suw0034, United Nations, Vienna, 1983

1.20
Mint NH
0.90
Used or CTO
1.50
First Day Cover

1984, Housing bank 1v

sbz2062, Brazil, 1984

0.70
Mint NH
0.70
Mint NH

1984, Coins 1v

sus1681, United States of America, 1984

0.70
Mint NH

1984, Federal deposit insurance 1v

sus1675, United States of America, 1984

0.70
Mint NH

1986, Am. Development bank 1v

scl1128, Chile, 1986

0.90
Mint NH

1986, Central bank 1v

sea1016, Egypt (Republic), 1986

0.70
Mint NH

1986, National bank 1v

sli0902, Liechtenstein, 1986

0.70
Mint NH
0.70
Used or CTO
0.70
First Day Cover
1.00
Maximum Cards

1987, Europa, modern architecture 2v

scg0681, Cyprus, 1987

1.30
Mint NH
1.10
Used or CTO
1.50
First Day Cover

1987, Health insurance 1v

sis1068, Israel, 1987

2.60

-20%

2.08

Mint NH

1.60

-10%

1.44

First Day Cover

1987, Mixed issue 4v

sme0068, Micronesia, 1987

3.30
Mint NH

1987, Saving bank congress 1v

soo1898, Austria, 1987

0.80
Mint NH
0.70
Used or CTO
1.00
First Day Cover
1.10
Maximum Cards

1988, Bank week 1v

sir2300, Iran/Persia, 1988

0.70

-20%

0.56

Mint NH

1988, Jean Monnet, European bank 2v

slu1207, Luxemburg, 1988

1.30
Mint NH
0.70
Used or CTO
1.00
First Day Cover

1988, Bank of Nepal 1v

snp0490, Nepal, 1988

0.70

-20%

0.56

Mint NH

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