Europa stamps by Luxembourg
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The artist selected by P&TLuxembourg to illustrate this theme is Luxembourg artist Muriel Moritz. Born in 1976 in Luxembourg, Muriel Moritz earned in 1999 a diploma in Illustration and Cartooning at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Bruxelles. Since 1996, she has developed a solid reputation as an illustrator of children’s books, schoolbooks, as well as for her exhibitions. Muriel Moritz organizes workshops for children at the Luxembourg summer academy (CEPA) and at the Kulturhuef Grevenmacher. EUROPA competition
The contest for the best EUROPA stamp is an annual online event and the result is communicated during the plenary Assembly of PostEurop. The first contest took place in 2002. All official stamps can (read more)
published March 14th, 2010
Gibraltar Philatelic receives the prestigious ISO 9001
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One outstanding piece of news for the Gibraltar Philatelic Bureau is that it has achieved the ISO: 9001:2008 certification. “The international organisation for Standardisation (ISO) was established in 1947 and is (currently) an association of approximate 157 members representing their own country. The ISO certificates gives an organisation an opportunity to increase value to their activities and improve their performance continually” (read more)
published March 14th, 2010
Unique South African sign language on stamps
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The South African Post Office has issued a set of stamps on the 29th January 2010 “hand signs” for a unique South African sign language. Taxi hand signs have been dubbed South Africa’s 12th official language. This is because of the millions of commuters that use this unwritten language to indicate taxi drivers where they wish to go. 
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published March 12th, 2010
Stamp for retreating glaciers
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Amazing Stamp for retreating glaciers by the Swiss Post
As part of an international campaign, the current issue includes a stamp with the motto “Preserve the glaciers”.
Featuring the Morteratsch glacier in Canton Graubünden, this stamp has been issued to highlight the damaging effect that rising temperatures are having on these great sheets of ice. (read more)
published March 12th, 2010
Lifelong collector appointed to stamp selection committee
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Postmaster General John Potter announced the appointment of Janet Klug, the former president and current member of the board of directors of the American Philatelic Society, to serve on the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee (CSAC). Klug will join the committee in April.
Klug, a lifelong stamp collector who says she “never met a stamp she didn’t like,” is the current chair of the New Initiatives Committee on the Smithsonian National Postal Museum’s Council of Philatelists. “Janet brings a wealth of expertise and knowledge to the committee,” said Potter. “She represents one of the many voices of the stamp collecting community and we welcome her to CSAC.”
Janet Klug Klug writes regular columns about stamp collecting for Linn’s Stamp News and Scott Stamp Monthly, and her work has also appeared in (read more)
published March 10th, 2010
Ireland celebrates St Patrick’s day
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St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland is one of Christianity’s most widely known figures. He was born in Britain to wealthy parents near the end of the fourth century. At the age of 16, Patrick was taken prisoner and transported to Ireland where he spent 6 years in captivity. During this time he worked as a shepherd before later escaping back to Britain.
One night he had a dream of a visit from an angel. The dream had such a profound impact on him that he returned to Ireland as a missionary where he worked to convert Irish people to Christianity. (read more)
published March 10th, 2010
Endangered Species
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On 15 April 2010, the United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) will issue a set of 12 stamps depicting endangered species. These will be the eighteenth set of stamps in UNPA’s multi-year Endangered Species series. The series was launched on 3 March 1993 to highlight the need for the protection of endangered species throughout the world. This year the endangered species feature a variety of plants, cacti and trees. (read more)
published March 9th, 2010
Faroe Islands go underwater
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A fabulous submarine world seen through Ingi Sørensen’s camera lens. Mr Sorensen is a superb underwater diver and informs the following on the Aland Post Website www.stamps.fo
The Faroe Islands have many unique and beautiful submarine landscapes. Absolutely fantastic places where nobody has ever been. And many, many years will pass before even half of this exceptional, uncharted world at the bottom of the sea has been explored. (read more)
published March 8th, 2010
Rolex Masters in Monte Carlo
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MONTE CARLO ROLEX MASTERS
The Monte Carlo Rolex Masters tennis tournament will be held from April 10 to 18, 2010 in the prestigious setting of the Monte-Carlo Country Club.
The expansion of the central court’s capacity in 2009 led to a new record for attendance (124,000 spectators). Will Rafael Nadal win the season’s first major clay-court tournament for the 6th year in a row? (read more)
published March 6th, 2010
Republic of Cyprus turns 50
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The stamps issued by Cyprus Post commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the Republic of Cyprus, a major celebration for the mediterranean island which is a tourist hotspot for people around the world.
The stamps were issued on the 3rd February 2010 amidst great publicity by the Philatelic Services
On August 16, 1960, Cyprus attained independence after an agreement in Zurich and London between the United Kingdom, Greece and Turkey. The UK retained two sovereign bases in Akrotiri and Dhekelia while government posts and public offices were allocated by ethnic quotas giving the minority Turks a permanent veto, 30% in parliament and administration, and granting the 3 mother-states guarantor rights. (read more)
published March 5th, 2010
Spain celebrates the preseidency of the EU
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The Post Office in Spain is celebrating Spain’s presidency of the EU with a set of two postage stamps.
During the first six months of 2010, Spain will preside over the EU and philately commemorates this event with two stamp issues.
Since Spain joined the EU in 1986, it is the fourth time that it holds the Presidency of the European Council,
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published March 4th, 2010
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