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    Jul 13, 2021, 15:54 PM

    U.N. Sport for Peace stamps honor Tokyo 2020 Olympics

    The United Nations Postal Administration is issuing Sport for Peace stamps and souvenir sheets July 23 to mark the start of the Summer Olympics, Tokyo 2020.

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    Jul 12, 2021, 13:30 PM

    Collectors Club of New York celebrating 125th anniversary

    John W. Scott, who started the Scott catalogs and albums, was one of the club’s founding members.

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    Jul 8, 2021, 15:30 PM

    Boston 2026 update Aug. 12 at Great American Stamp Show

    Boston 2026, the 12th international philatelic exhibition of the United States, is planned for May 23-30, 2026, at the Boston Convention and Exposition Center in Boston, Mass.

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    Jul 8, 2021, 09:00 AM

    Bosnia and Herzegovina’s 1918 Emperor Karl I set hard to find

    The stamps were not issued in Bosnia, but they were sold at the Vienna, Austria, post office for a few days after the armistice of Nov. 11, 1918.

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    Jul 6, 2021, 16:51 PM

    Philatelic rarities continue to make headlines in June

    Three philatelic items — a cover, a single and a block of four — sold by two auction houses brought realizations of approximately $25 million.

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    Jul 6, 2021, 16:28 PM

    Amos Media seeks Linn’s associate editor

    Relocation to the Sidney, Ohio, area is strongly preferred but not required.

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    Jul 2, 2021, 08:00 AM

    Inside Linn’s: Pan American Airways transoceanic airmail

    Also this week, the fascinating connection between a Glascow, Scotland, experimental postmark used during 1856-57 and a scandalous murder trial, and exploring Nordic military stamps.

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    Jul 1, 2021, 16:30 PM

    What’s new for 2022 Scott Standard catalog Volume 4?

    For the countries included in the Vol. 4 catalogs, the Scott editors took a more conservative approach to the number of value changes.

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    Jul 1, 2021, 14:35 PM

    Canada announces subjects for 2022 stamp program

    Canada Post reported that it will start its 2022 commemorative stamp program with a Black History Month issue honoring Eleanor Collins.

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    Jun 29, 2021, 15:39 PM

    Canada honors the 100th anniversary of its famous schooner ‘Bluenose’

    The new Bluenose stamps were designed by Dennis Page and Oliver Hill and feature illustrations by Michael Little.

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    Jun 28, 2021, 12:55 PM

    New stamps promote outdoor sports and activities

    A new set of stamps from New Zealand Post urges people to get outside and “do something new.”

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    Jun 28, 2021, 12:20 PM

    Postcrossing postcard community marks 16 years

    Austria, Belarus and Guernsey are all issuing Postcrossing stamps this year.

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    Jun 23, 2021, 08:00 AM

    FSAT 1956 airmail stamps a good buy

    The first French Southern and Antarctic Territory stamps were issued Oct. 28, 1955.

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    Jun 18, 2021, 08:00 AM

    Inside Linn’s: Borrowing a British stamp magazine online

    Also this week, changes in USPS rates and fees affect FDC servicers, and an introduction to the first U.S. bicolor dollar-denominated stamps.

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    Jun 11, 2021, 11:28 AM

    Guyana opens country’s first philatelic library May 20

    The library includes reference copies of the Scott postage stamp catalogs, general books about stamp collecting, and much more.

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    Jun 11, 2021, 08:00 AM

    Inside Linn’s: Soviet cinema celebrated on postage stamps

    Also this week, exploring Saudi Arabian stamps honoring telecommunications, and a favorable review of a mixture of stamps from island countries.

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    Jun 9, 2021, 10:16 AM

    Locomotive stamps issued for Nicaraguan province

    The last set of 15 stamps for Zelaya was issued in 1912. These were not overprinted stamps, but stamps with a new design showing a locomotive.

  • british-guiana-1856-penny-magenta-1918-jenny-invert-plate-block
    Jun 8, 2021, 10:37 AM

    Legendary treasures sell briskly, but stamp results fall short of hopes

    The sale established a new record price for a rare coin, but the realizations for the two stamp items were disappointing.

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    Jun 8, 2021, 07:45 AM

    Martin Morck’s stamp designs at Great American Stamp Show

    To date, Morck has designed and/or engraved more than 900 stamp motifs that have appeared on more than 1,100 stamps.

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    Jun 7, 2021, 12:08 PM

    Canada commemorates Prime Minister John Turner

    The nondenominated permanent-rate stamp (currently 92¢) shows a photograph of Turner sailing with Canada’s flag flapping in the wind behind him.

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