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World Stamps
Dec 12, 2018, 8 AMArgentine Philatelic Exposition souvenir sheet in demand
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Dec 11, 2018, 10 AMSmell of gingerbread on new Iceland stamps
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Dec 11, 2018, 10 AMBernard Beston of Australia elected FIP president Dec. 2
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Dec 11, 2018, 10 AMScent added to Greenland Christmas stamps
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US Stamps
Dec 13, 2018, 9 PMHouston ceremony for 2019 Year of the Boar stamp
The final stamp in the current Celebrating Lunar New Year series will be issued Jan. 17 in Houston, Texas. -
US Stamps
Dec 13, 2018, 4 PMLove stamp ceremony in Puerto Rico
First-day ceremony details for the first United States stamp of 2019 have been revealed. -
World Stamps
Dec 12, 2018, 9 AM’Tis the season for stamp gifts
The holiday season is in full swing, and thinking of thoughtful gifts for a stamp collector can sometimes be challenging. -
World Stamps
Dec 12, 2018, 8 AMArgentine Philatelic Exposition souvenir sheet in demand
Unsevered sheets of four of Argentina’s 1939 11th Congress of the Universal Postal Union and the Argentine Philatelic Exposition souvenir sheets are in demand and hard to find. -
World Stamps
Dec 11, 2018, 10 AMSmell of gingerbread on new Iceland stamps
Iceland Post features cookies on its scented Christmas stamps issued Nov. 1. Iceland Post describes the two stamps as smelling like “newly baked gingerbread.” -
World Stamps
Dec 11, 2018, 10 AMBernard Beston of Australia elected FIP president Dec. 2
Bernard Beston of Queensland, Australia, was elected president of the FIP at the federation’s 75th Congress in Bangkok, Thailand. -
World Stamps
Dec 11, 2018, 10 AMScent added to Greenland Christmas stamps
Greenland Post issued its first scented stamps Oct. 22. They are for use on Christmas mail. -
US Stamps
Dec 10, 2018, 9 AMCartoon caption contest winners for Support Our Youth stamp
A major theme for the November cartoon caption contest featuring the 1968 6¢ Support Our Youth commemorative was the ways in which support might be given. -
US Stamps
Dec 10, 2018, 8 AMChristmas fantasy stamp on a Dec. 25 fantasy cover
At first glance, the featured cover in U.S. Stamp Notes looks genuine, but a closer look reveals that it, too, is an artfully created fantasy, designed to be used as a Christmas card. -
US Stamps
Dec 7, 2018, 11 AMTrial color plate proofs of 1861: Inside Linn's
Also in the Dec. 24 issue are articles about Jordan overprinting stamps for use in Palestine and stamps with connections to Kalmykia, Europe’s only Buddhist majority nation.
