Fancy a Ford Model T?
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The Isle of Man has issued an exquisite set of stamps featuring one of themost famous cars in history.
With specially-commissioned images from local motorsport artist Peter Hearsey this 6 stamp issue features the once ubiquitous Model T in its many guises.
The Model T Ford Register of Great Britain is dedicated to providing its members with rallies, new and used spares supplies, technical advice, historical research and social events involving Model T Fords. (read more)
published April 27th, 2010
Your chance to win a Gibraltar £5 KG 1938 stamp (CAT £1300)
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The Gibraltar Philatelic Bureau, a proven leader in online philately has is giving Gibraltar stamp collectors the chance to win a magnificent and rare £5.00 1938 stamp valued at £1300.
Any collector that spends £10 or more on www.gibraltar-stamps.com will be automatically entered into a draw to win 3 superb prizes: (read more)
published April 26th, 2010
Pinocchio makes it onto stamps
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Pinocchio is a fictional character that first appeared in 1883, in The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi , and has since appeared in many adaptations of that story and others. (read more)
published April 25th, 2010
NEW Snoopy Stamps
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Snoopy is a fictional character in the long-runningcomic strip peanuts, by Charles M Schulz. He is Charlie Broan’s pet. Snoopy began his life in the strip as a fairly ordinary dog, but eventually evolved into perhaps the strip’s most dynamic character — and among the most recognizable comic characters in the world.
The Snoopy Character has been featured in stamps of several countries in the past (read more)
published April 24th, 2010
Mother Theresa honoured by Monaco
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On the 29th April 2010, Monaco will issue a set of stamps to commemorate the 100th Birthday of Mother Theresa.
Born in 1910 in Skopje (currently the Republic of Macedonia) and deceased in 1997 in Calcutta, Mother Teresa dedicated her life to the poor, the sick, the ignored and the dying in India, (read more)
published April 24th, 2010
Vote for your favourite stamp!
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PostEurop launched the online competition on Europe Day, organised this year around the theme of “Children’s Books”. With over fifty creative entries from across Europe, the EUROPA competition is now open to all web viewers until 8 August 2010. (read more)
published April 23rd, 2010
Great Britain Concise Catalogue available soon
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Due May 2010. This ever-popular Stanley Gibbons Great Britain Concise Catalogue provides the perfect catalogue for the collector seeking more detailed information on Great Britain stamps than provided by the Collect British Stamps checklist, without the highly detailed coverage of the five-volume specialised series. (read more)
published April 22nd, 2010
A joint issue between Israel – Vatican in 2011?
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According to several news sources, after Pope Benedict XVI had been presented with an official set of postage stamps, issued by the Philatelic Service of the Israel Postal Company, to commemorate his historic pilgrimage to the Holy Land during May 2009, the possibility of a joint issue between both Israel and Vatican was discussed. .
The Holy Father received a framed copy personalised stamps and special commemorative souvenir booklets dedicated to his visit.
His Excellency the pope then met at a later date ith the Israeli delegation at the end of his weekly General Audience, in St Peter’s Square in which the idea was mentioned. The project is still under discussion and could happen during 2011.
published April 21st, 2010
Famous ‘Gran Via’ in Madrid turns 100 years old
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The Gran Vía is one of the main streets of Madrid from an urban planning, social, economic and cultural point of view and this year commemorates its 100 anniversary. It was on April 4th 1910 when king Alfonso XIII inaugurated the construction works.
In the mid 19th century, Madrid’s urban planners decided that a new thoroughfare had to be created, connecting the northeast to the city centre. However it wasn’t until 1861 when the Town Hall decided on building an alternative road to the congested Puerta del Sol with new open spaces and representative buildings. It wasn’t until 1866 that the project drafted by Carlos Velasco was approved and the first expropriations took place but the many difficulties that arose prevented the plan to be implemented. In 1895, the Ley de Saneamiento, Reforma y Ensanche Interior cleared the way for this project to come into force as it was declared of public utility. Three years later, with the Count of
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published April 21st, 2010
5 Most Expensive stamps ever
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Ever wondered what are the most expensive stamps in the world. All of us a stamp collectors realise that stamp collecting continues to one of the most popular hobbies in the world. Still known as the “Hobby of Kings and Kings of Hobbies” collectorsspend a lot of money to get a rare stamps and many have seen their investments double in value in relative short period of time. The following are expensive stamps (read more)
published April 20th, 2010
JERUSALEM’S TRIBUTE TO NEW YORK WORLD TRADE CENTER VICTIMS
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A postage stamp has been issued by Israel to paytribut to the victims of the September 11th attacks
On September 11th 2001, four passenger jets were hijacked and crashed into the World Trade Center, New York City, the Pentagon,Washington DC, and an open field in Pennsylvania. The world watched in horror as the World Trade Center collapsed on those inside and on the rescuers who charged in bravely, against all odds to save lives. By the time the smoke dispersed and the dust settled, the death toll reached almost 3,000.
In 2009, (read more)
published April 20th, 2010
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