page_title: Postage stamps and postal history of Luxembourg
section_title: First stamps
hierarchical_section_title: Postage stamps and postal history of Luxembourg / First stamps
caption_attribution_description: English: Stamp of Luxemburg, 4 c issue 1882, olive-bistre, SG118. Français&#160;: Timbre du Luxembourg, illustration de la couleur jaune-olive, Yvert N°49. Deutsch: Olivgelb Michel N°47D.
context_page_description: This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Luxembourg.
  Luxembourg is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. Luxembourg has a population of over half a million people in an area of approximately 2,586 square kilometres.
context_section_description: Luxembourg issued its first stamps on 15 September 1852, depicting the portrait of King William III of the Netherlands, also the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. The stamps were issued in both Belgian and Prussian currency but later issues were issued only in Belgian currency. The name of the country was not shown on stamps until 1859.
caption: 1882 Stamp of Luxembourg
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