World Postcard Day is a recent event that started in 2019 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the postcard.

At the 54th edition of the Asiago international awards for philatelic art, the Oscars of philately as it is known, there were some surprises.

The proceeds from the €0.54 surtax are donated to projects of the Foundation for Children’s Welfare Stamps (Stichting Kinderpostzegels Nederland).

Born in Milan to a middle-class family, Berlusconi rose into the financial elite of Italy in the late 1960s as an Italian media tycoon and statesman.

On Oct. 10 Canada Post issued two stamps celebrating the Canadian music television channels MuchMusic and MusiquePlus.

The designs of the offset-printed stamps are reminiscent of engraving.

The stamp designs feature scenes from Greek mythology as well as scenes of athletes competing in the ancient Olympic Games.

The 3.90-franc stamp features the design of a coin embossed with gold foil.

The stamps in the set of eight reproduce eight different album covers spanning the years from 1965 to 2019.

The stamp features a portrait of King Charles III initially created by Martin Jennings for new coinage from the Royal Mint.

The Postcrossing concept involves sending postcards to random individuals around the world, and in exchange, receiving postcards back from different random people.

Beginning in the 1830s up until as recently as the 1990s, more than 150,000 First Nations, Inuit and Metis children across Canada were taken from their families and placed in Indian residential schools.

The United Nations General Assembly designated Oct. 1 as the International Day of Older Persons in 1990.

The stamps commemorate 75 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries by showcasing folk costumes of both nations.

This beautiful, engraved bicolor set is popular with collectors of the British Empire, Polynesia and New Zealand, and Capt. Cook topical collectors.

The permanent-rate (currently 99¢) stamp features a photograph of McLachlan along with a stylized version of her signature.

Each stamp shows a vivid illustration of a spider against a white background, and all of the spiders pictured on the stamps can be found in the United Kingdom.

A stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of an opera festival in Verona, Italy, placed first in a poll for the top music stamp issue of 2023.

The revival of this show for Baltic nations after a 19-year absence had Federation of European Philatelic Associations (FEPA) recognition, International Federation of Philately (FIP) sponsorship, 153 exhibits and a small bourse (sales area).

The UPU coordinates postal policies among member nations and ensures the smooth functioning of international mail delivery.