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		<title>50th anniversary of STATEC- Stamp issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 06:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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In Luxembourg, everyone knows STATEC as the national statistical authority, not just as the publisher of the monthlyconsumer price index or for the establishment of the GDP (gross domestic product). In 1962, STATEC was formed by combining the Offi ce of General Statistics and the Office of Economic Studies and Documentation.

Reconstituted in 2011, STATEC became [...]]]></description>
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		<title>150th anniversary of the Italian Postal Service- Stamp issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 06:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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This design represents an iconographic journey through the history of the Italian postal system from 1862 to the present, illustrated through a series of vintage and modern images on the left is the logo of Poste Italiane S.p.A. The dates “1862 &#8211; -2012”, the word “ITALIA”, and the denomination “€ 0,60” complete the stamp.

The nine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Europa 2012- Stamp issue</title>
		<link>http://www.worldstampnews.com/2012/05/7354/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 06:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
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What is it that attracts foreign tourists to Luxembourg?Without a doubt, it is the diversity of the landscape and the cosmopolitan character of the population. But there is more to discover, for example the architecture which, as a means of expressing identity and history, has fascinated visitors for a long time.

Studies have revealed that among [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church – Church of St Simeon and the female prophet Hannah, Stamp issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 06:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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The Church of St Simeon and the female prophet Anne is the second Orthodox church built in a Tallinn suburb after the Great Nordic War. It is located close to the harbour and was dedicated to St Simeon the Righteous and the prophet Anne (Hannah).

The church was built on the initiative of the navy and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Marino RTV on satellite stamp issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 10:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
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A satellite with the inscription “SM TV” which observes the world in its wholeness. This is the symbolic image chosen for the stamp dedicated to the television channel of the Republic of San Marino. It arrived “in the space” on June 13th of last year, the television directed by Carmen Lasorella, and that will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joint Stamp Issue Between Monaco &amp; Belgium</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 10:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
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From 22 June to 17 August 2012 an exhibition will be held in Bruges dedicated to the collection of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco. On this occasion, the Principality of Monaco and Belgium will jointly issue a stamp whose visual is inspired by Cabaret au bord de la rivière by the Flemish painter Jan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Royal Mail heralds opening of London 2012 Paralympic Games with historic Mini Sheet</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
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Royal Mail will issue a second special London 2012 mini-sheet of four stamps to coincide with the spectacular opening of the London 2012 Paralympic Games on 29 August.
Royal Mail will also become the first postal administration, whose country is hosting the Games, to issue a set of stamps to celebrate the start of the Paralympic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stanley Gibbons sell Britain’s most valuable stamp for £550,000</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 07:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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A single example of the elusive ‘plate 77 Penny Red’ has been sold by rare stamp and collectibles dealer, Stanley Gibbons, to a private client seeking portfolio diversification.
Just two months after acquiring a rare example of the legendary ‘plate 77 Penny Red’, described as “the finest used example in existence inside or outside a museum” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jersey’s Butterflies &amp; Moths III Stamp issue</title>
		<link>http://www.worldstampnews.com/2012/05/jersey%e2%80%99s-butterflies-moths-iii-stamp-issue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 06:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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Butterflies and moths are well studied in Jersey, the first records having been made over 150 years ago. Global climate change is thought to be the cause of a remarkable number of French and southernEuropean species spreading north and being recorded in the Channel Islands and the UK. Some are vagrants in ones and twos but others [...]]]></description>
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		<title>200th Anniversary of the establishment of the Red River Settlement commemorated on a Canadian stamp</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 06:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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Thomas Douglas, the 5th Earl of Selkirk, dreamed of offering Scottish and Irish farmers their own land to work and encouraging western expansion. That dream became a reality in 1812, when the first wave of settlers reached Assiniboia—or the Red River Settlement, as it would come to be known.
While the settlers expected an unpopulated wilderness, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Europa 2012 Stamp Issue &#8211; Visit Aland</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aaron</dc:creator>
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Every year since 1956, the European postal administrations under the PostEurop umbrella produce stamps that adhere to a common theme but have been interpreted in their own way. This diversity, along with the inclusion of the Europa logo, makes the series one of the most collected in the world. Past themes have included gastronomy, forests [...]]]></description>
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