New Stamp for irregular shaped cards and envelopes
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The U.S. Postal Service announced the first in a new series of postage stamps that will make it easier for card customers to know how much postage to put on their envelopes. The new 64-cent Butterfly stamp is designed to be used on cards that have an irregular shape that require additional postage.
Participating manufacturers will print a silhouette image of a butterfly on their envelopes, which will start to appear in retail stores in mid-summer, making it easy for customers to understand the new butterfly stamp or equivalent postage is all that is needed to mail the card.
The first stamp design in the new series features one of the most recognizable (read more)
Gross donates over $17 million to charity from philatelic sales in 3 years
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PIMCO’s Bill Gross, manager of the world’s largest mutual fund, sold USD 1.5 million worth of his rare European stamps on Wednesday to benefit Doctors Without Borders.
A pair of 1849 French stamps, with one of them printed upside down, drew the biggest single bid of USD 190,000 from an unknown buyer during an auction in New York. Only four such “tete-beche” pairs are known to be in mint condition.
Gross, founder and co-chief investment officer of Pacific Investment Management Co (PIMCO), a unit of Munich-based insurer Allianz, Europe’s biggest insurer, has held on to the collection for about 15 years, he said.
”I’m selling my fabulous French and French colonies collection,” Gross said prior to the auction. “I’m parting with old friends but for a good cause.” (read more)
Australian stamps for the Shanghai Expo
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The Shanghai World Expo 2010 takes place from 1 May to 31 October 2010. The theme of Expo 2010 is “Better City, Better Life”, with participants from over 190 countries displaying and engaging with ideas of urban development and culture.
The Australian pavilion, designed by renowned Melbourne architecture firm Wood Marsh, evokes Australia’s 
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IOM issues new King George V stamps
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The Isle of man has reelased a new set of stamps commemorating the Centenary of King George V acsension to the Throne.
George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 1910 until his death in 1936. He was the first British monarch of the House of Windsor. Although he occasionally toured the British Empire, George preferred to stay at home with his stamp collection and lived, what later biographers would consider, a dull life because of its conventionality.
King George V and Queen Mary visited the Isle of Man in 1920. (read more)
The life of Pope John Paul II through stamps
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Wadowice, small city of about 20,000 some 30 miles southwest of Krakov, has got international recognition as the birthplace of Pope John Paul II. Born in 1920 as Karol Wojtyla, the future Pontiff lived in Wadowice till 1938 when he moved to Krakow to study at its ancient Jagiellonian University. Yet to his last days the late Holy Father remembered fondly his Wadowice youth and places associated with it, the schoolmates, his teachers, and other local folks he had used to know. Also, he tried to include the town, when possible, in his visits to Poland. (read more)
Have you £5 Million pounds to spare?
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If you have £5,000,000 or lets say $7,500,000 to spare, why not add the tiny Treskilling Yellow stamp to your album, weighing even less than a gram it is considered great value for money, especially considering the weight / price ratio. It is to be put on auction shortly.
This is a Swedish stamp which exists only because a boy rescued it from his grandmothers dust bin. This stamp dates back to the year 1855 and was used in 1857. This was the only stamp which was painted yellow, obviuosly by mistake. All other stamps were actually green in colour. This difference made it such a special and expensive stamp. (read more)
Guernsey Battle of Britain Stamps
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uernsey has issued a magnificent set of stamps for the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain
In the summer of 1940, the German Luftwaffe attempted to win air superiority over southern Britain and the English Channel by attacking coastal convoys and bombing radar stations along the south coast, installations of the British aircraft industry, and RAF airfields. This ensuing conflict came to be known as the Battle of Britain.
There were undoubtedly many brave service personnel who should be remembered as heroes of the Battle of Britain. Our celebratory stamp issue features two memorable participants namely Pilot Keith Gilman and Sir Douglas Bader.
Pilot Officer Keith Gilman from Dover, was just 19 years of age when he failed to (read more)
US Postal Service Gives Archie a Stamp
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This summer, on July 16th, Archie Comics—publisher of the world’s most famous comic book love triangle—will have their namesake romance between Archie, Betty and Veronica immortalized by the United States Postal Service as a part of a new stamp collection titled “Sunday Funnies.”
The postage stamp features Archie Comics most enduring and iconic image of the fabled romance—eternal teen Archie Andrews sharing a soda with his two favorite girls, brunette heiress Veronica Lodge and blonde girl-next-door Betty Cooper. (read more)
The artist who designed 871 stamps for 45 countries in 25 years
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EXCLUSIVE STORY
Mr John Batchelor is probably the person who has designed the most ever stamps (by far) in the history of postage stamps. He loves his work and enjoys working with people in the business all of whom seem to be as enthusiastic as himself. Every new commission is a new thrill to John always requiring new energy and planning. The team of www.worldstampnews.com is delighted to bring you such an exclusive story of the man who has done so much for the philatelic world
Its amazing that the majority of us reading this article will probably have more than one stamp illustrated by him in our colelction without even knowing….
John Batchelor feels that his career started during the Battle of Britain (read more)
UK world’s best selling children author on Gibraltar stamps
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For the Europa 2010 ‘Children’s Books’ set of stamps, Gibraltar has issued a magnificent set of 4 featuring Roald Dahl Books on the 15th May 2010
Roald Dahl was born in Wales 1916 to Norwegian parents. The first book Roald Dahl and illustrator Quentin Blake worked upon together was THE ENORMOUS CROCODILE. The two soon became firm friends, cementing one of the most eye-catching and distinctive collaborations in children’s literature. (read more)
Actress Katharine Hepburn honored on postage stamp
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Katharine Hepburn, star of such classic movies as “African Queen” and “Little Women,” is featured on a new stamp issued by US Post
A 44-cent stamp dedicated to her is on sale nationwide at Post Offices and Worldwide through the US Post Website. (read more)
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