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Dec 31, 2014, 6 AM2014 Canada Stamp Program
The 2014 Canada Stamp Program contains up-to-date information about stamps and postal stationery from Canada Post. -
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Dec 29, 2014, 12 PMThere are endless varieties of United States revenue stamps
Another type of stamp enjoys great popularity among collectors, and is part of a field filled with as many collecting challenges as postage stamps. -
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Dec 23, 2014, 8 AMStart assembling a worldwide Christmas songbook on stamps
Great Britain has issued several Christmas-carol stamps, beginning with its first in 1973: a set of six (Scott 709-14) that tell the story of "Good King Wenceslas" in pictures that the 1853 carol provides in verse. -
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Dec 22, 2014, 11 AMTen 'best practices' for caring for your stamp collection
It doesn't take much to damage a postage stamp. After all, they are nothing more than little slips of paper that can be easily torn, creased, stained or lost. -
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Dec 8, 2014, 12 PMJoint issues: when different countries celebrate together
Joint stamp issues are created when two or more postal administrations enter into an agreement to issue stamps commemorating the same chosen subject. -
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Dec 1, 2014, 5 PMBy Topic - December 2014
The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the December 15 Linn's Stamp News Monthly Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas. -
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Nov 24, 2014, 11 AMCheck watermarks to make sure you've got the right stamp
Postage stamps are accountable paper. This means that stamps have monetary value, much like currency, until postmarks invalidate them for future use. -
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Nov 23, 2014, 6 AMTasmania and its stamps entice in person and in your album
Stamps take us on a global journey without leaving the comfort of a favorite sofa or chair. -
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Nov 10, 2014, 11 AMKeep your U.S. collection growing with stamped envelopes
United States stamped envelopes offer the collector just about everything that postage stamps do — and in some ways, even more. -
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Nov 1, 2014, 6 PMBy Topic - November 2014
The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the November 17 Linn's Stamp News Monthly Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas. -
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Oct 27, 2014, 12 PMStamps tell the story of 'a man, a plan, a canal: Panama'
Panama was a sovereign state under Colombian dominion in 1878 when its first stamps were issued. -
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Oct 14, 2014, 8 AMIndulge in time travel with illustrated advertising covers
Stamp collecting is somewhat akin to time travel. Select any stamp or cover from your collection and close observation of it can transport you back into the time period it represents. -
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Oct 1, 2014, 6 PMBy Topic - October 2014
The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the October 20 Linn's Stamp News Monthly Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas. -
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Sep 29, 2014, 1 PMPostage values for nondenominated U.S. postage stamps
For more than 30 years, the United States Postal Service issued various nondenominated stamps. Some were created in advance of rate changes, when the next letter rate still hadn’t been determined. -
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Sep 22, 2014, 6 AMThe road from French protectorates to independent nations
The currency of Indochina changed from French centimes and francs to cents and piasters in 1918. Stamps were initially surcharged and later reprinted to reflect the monetary change. -
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Sep 8, 2014, 7 AMSemipostal stamps pay for postage and a little something extra
In 1897, the United Kingdom was celebrating the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria, who became queen 60 years earlier. -
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Sep 1, 2014, 6 PMBy Topic - September 2014
The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the September 15 Linn's Stamp News Monthly Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas. -
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Aug 24, 2014, 7 AMBecause of stamps, the Roman god Mercury really gets around
It is not surprising that Greece was the first nation to use an image of Hermes on its postage stamps. In fact, Hermes graced the first Greek postage stamps, issued in 1861. -
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Aug 11, 2014, 7 AMSouvenir sheets and miniature sheets can be hard to define
The fact is, there just isn't a hard and fast definition of souvenir sheet that everyone agrees on. -
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Aug 1, 2014, 6 PMBy Topic - August 2014
The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the June 16 Linn's Stamp News Monthly Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.