Canada Post releases its second issue for its stamp series that is devoted to children’s literature.
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The 2 lovely stamps affixed to this collectible souvenir sheet are the second instalment in a Canada Post series dedicated to children’s literature.
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published August 22nd, 2013
Tags: Books,
Canada,
Canadian Post,
Children's Books,
History,
Literature,
New Issue,
Stamp Issue,
Stamp Series,
Stories Posted in Country Stamps,
Stamp News
‘Building a Nation’ is United States Posts’ motif for their recent stamp issue!
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The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes,” social activist Helen Keller wrote in 1908, “but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.” The Made in America: Building a Nation Forever® stamps honor the courageous workers who helped build our country.
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published August 20th, 2013
World Championships of Finn Class sailing by Estonian Post!
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The next world championships in Finn class sailing will take place at Pirita in Tallinn in the period from 23 to 31 August, 2013, and about a hundred best Finn class sailors are expected to take part in it.
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published August 20th, 2013
Tags: boats,
Championships,
Entertainment,
Estonia,
Estonian Post,
History,
New Issue,
Sailing,
Sports,
Stamp Issue,
Water Sports Posted in Country Stamps,
Stamp News
Aland’s second stamp in the passenger ferry series this year features M/S Princess Anastasia!
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This year’s second stamp in the passenger ferry series features M/S Princess Anastasia. The ship operates on the route Stockholm–Tallinn–St Petersburg– Helsinki.
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published August 11th, 2013
New Zealand takes you on a numerical journey from 1 to 21 in a quintessentially ‘Kiwi’ way!
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Take a numerical journey from 1 to 21 in a quintessentially ‘Kiwi’ way with the Counting in Kiwi stamp issue. With each number, you’ll discover unique and quirky aspects of New Zealand’s culture, history and Kiwiana.
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published August 11th, 2013
Gibraltar Philatelic celebrates the birth of HRH Prince George of Cambridge!
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On 3 December 2012, St. James’s Palace announced that the Duchess was expecting the couple’s first child. At less than 12 weeks, the announcement was made earlier in the pregnancy than is traditional due to her admission to hospital with acute morning sickness.
The Duchess was admitted to St. Mary’s Hospital, London, in the early stages of labour on the morning of 22 July 2013. It was announced that the Duchess had given birth to a boy at 16:24 BST (15:24 UTC) on 22 July, and that the baby weighed 8Кpounds 6Кounces (3.80Кkg). The Duke (read more)
published August 9th, 2013
Tags: Events,
Famous people on stamps,
Gibraltar Philatelic Bureau,
Heir,
History,
HRH Duchess of Cambridge,
HRH Prince George of Cambridge,
HRH The Duke of Cambridge,
New Issue,
Royal Family,
Stamp Issue,
WOPA Posted in Country Stamps,
Stamp News
Australian Post releases a stamp issue dedicated to key events that became headline news in Australian Papers!
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This stamp issue features key events across the 20th century, which became headline news in Australian papers.
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published August 9th, 2013
Chinese Post issues a stamp dedicated to ‘Longhu Mountain’!
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Towering in the southwestern suburbs of Yingtan City, Jiangxi Province, Longhu (Dragon and Tiger) Mountain is reputed to be the “cradle of Taoism”.
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published August 6th, 2013
Tags: China,
Chinese post,
Culture,
History,
Mountain Scape,
Nature,
New Issue,
Stamp Issue,
Tradition,
World Heritage Posted in Country Stamps,
Stamp News
Spanish Post pays homage to great fashion designers for the seventh year in a row!
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For the seventh year in a row, the Spanish Fashion series is paying homage to the great fashion designers that have brought the art of dressing to the top international runways. This year, Paco Rabanne takes the spotlight, with a block page of four stamps dedicated to the designer.
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published August 4th, 2013
Tags: Art,
Famous Figures,
fashion,
Fine Arts,
History,
New Issue,
Spain,
Spanish Post,
Stamp Issue,
Stamp Series Posted in Country Stamps,
Stamp News
Sprske Posts’ ‘70 godina Glasa’ stamp issue
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Exactly 70 years ago, on 31 July in 1943 in the ZUPIC in PREKAJ, near heroic Drvar has been published the first issue of “Glas”.The first newspaper editorial today, seven decades later, the first, oldest and best-selling daily newspaper of the Republic of Srpska, made Skender Kulenovic Elijah Dosen, Djuro Pucar Stari Vranjesevic, Vilko Winterhalter, Osman Karabegovic and Bosko Siljegovic.
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published August 3rd, 2013
Estonian post celebrates ‘Cultural Heritage Year’ with a stamp issue!!
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The Cultural Heritage Year as well as the tenth anniversary of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage adopted by the UNESCO General Conference on 17 October 2003, which entered into force from June 2006, will be marked in Estonia by the issue of a thematic postage stamp.
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published July 31st, 2013