Signature Taiwanese Delicacies Postage Stamps – Gourmet Snacks!!
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Following the first set of the “Signature Taiwan Delicacies Postage Stamps” series – Home Cooked Dishes released on January 31, 2013, Chunghwa Post has planned another set of four stamps, featuring Taiwan’s gourmet snacks. Each stamp is denominated at NT$5. The designs follow:
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published June 26th, 2013
Portugal Post releases the second issue from its “Route Of The Portuguese Cathedrals” series!
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Meandering along more or less complex historical paths, embodying centuries of experiences, Portuguese cathedrals are closely tied to the very origins of the territorial logic and strategies of cities.
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published June 23rd, 2013
Gibraltar Philatelic releases it’s Europa 2013 issue!
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The Mail Cart
The extension of rural deliveries to each household completed in 1897 saw the need for horsed mail carts as these communities were often not conveniently served by rail to allow mail from Head and Salaried Post Offices to be transported there.
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published June 22nd, 2013
Monaco Post chooses The Gull for their SEPAC 2013 stamp issue!!
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This year, the stamps issued by the postal administrations that are members of SEPAC (Small European Postal Administrations Cooperation) will feature “animals” as their joint theme.
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published June 21st, 2013
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Portugal Post releases its Europa 2013 stamp issue!!
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This years Europa them is “Postal Vehicles”!
Europa stamps have been issued annually since 1956. First sets representing the founding 6 members of the ECSC, European Coal and Steel Community, then by the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) in 1959, (first stamps issued in 1960) and by PostEurop since 1993.
Sweden releases its Europa 2013 issue!
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The motif for this year’s EUROPA stamps is environmentally friendly postal vehicles – the bicycle and the electrical car.
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The fourth issue in the Australian Bird series focuses on Pardalotes!!
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This stamp issue is the fourth in the Australian Birds series. It focuses on pardalotes, a family (Pardalotidae) of foliage-gleaning, mainly insectivorous birds native to Australia and sometimes known as “peep-wrens” or “diamond birds”.
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Europa stamp issue from Ukraine!!
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Ukrposhta has issued its official Europa 2013 stamps.
This years Europa theme is “Postal Vehicles”!!
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Swiss Posts’ Europa – Postal vehicles!!
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With the new “Postal Vehicles” Europa stamps, Swiss Post is positioning itself as a forward-looking
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Europa 2013 – Postal Vehicles stamp issue by Faroes!
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A loyal Japanese member of the postal service The strangest thing is that the writer of these words is the same age as a long-standing and loyal Japanese member of the Faroese postal service. The Japanese referred to here is a “Suzuki”. Anyone with the slightest knowledge of cars knows that Suzuki is a Japanese car manufacturer.
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Europa 2013: The Postman Van stamp issue by Magyar Post!
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Each year PostEurop, the Association of European Postal Operators, offers its members the opportunity of issuing EUROPA stamps on a common topic.
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