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    Nov 17, 2022, 10:00 AM

    Inside Linn’s: Online resources for the topic of Christmas stamps

    Also this week, the story of an Express Mail cover to Lithuania that spent three months in the mailstream before being returned to the sender, and a word search puzzle featuring housewares illustrated on stamps.

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    Nov 14, 2022, 08:30 AM

    Canada celebrates Hanukkah with Nov. 7 stamp

    The stamp does not depict an actual menorah but instead features nine multicolored representations of flames.

  • canada-2022-monique-mercure-stamp
    Nov 10, 2022, 14:19 PM

    Quebec’s grande dame of stage and screen honored on Nov. 14 stamp from Canada Post

    The stamp design features a black-and-white image of Monique Mercure with her first name in large red letters at the top of the stamp and her last name at the bottom.

  • turkey-1987-istanbul-world-postage-stamp-exhibition-souvenir-sheet
    Nov 10, 2022, 08:00 AM

    Inside Linn’s: A history of Constantinople through stamps

    Also this week, finding collectors within the U.S. Postal Service, and a favorable review of a sample from a mixture of 500 off-paper worldwide stamps.

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    Nov 9, 2022, 08:00 AM

    High demand for Ukraine defenders of Snake Island stamps

    The design shows a Ukrainian soldier on the beach at Snake Island offering a middle finger salute to a Russian warship in response to the Russian demand that the island defenders surrender.

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    Nov 8, 2022, 08:00 AM

    Canada Post ushers in holiday season with Nov. 1 stamps

    As in other years, Canada Post offers the choice of stamps featuring religious Christmas imagery or secular holiday imagery.

  • austria-images-scott-classic-specialized-catalog-digital-edition
    Nov 7, 2022, 13:00 PM

    Numerous Austria images added to Scott Classic digital catalog

    A highlight for this year’s Scott Digital Catalogue Subscription edition of the Classic Specialized catalog was the addition of approximately 400 new images.

  • united-states-2022-charles-schulz-stamps
    Nov 6, 2022, 08:00 AM

    Scott numbers for Charles M. Schulz, other recent U.S. and U.N. stamps

    What do these Scott numbers signify? In short, each stamp’s listing in an upcoming edition of the 2024 Scott catalogs.

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    Nov 3, 2022, 10:31 AM

    Great Britain’s Christmas set depicts the Nativity story

    For the first time in a Royal Mail Christmas issue, each stamp has a barcode printed in one of the dominant colors of the stamp.

  • united-nations-2023-crypto-souvenir-sheets
    Nov 1, 2022, 12:00 PM

    United Nations issues second set of Crypto souvenir sheets

    The Crypto souvenir sheets were developed in conjunction with the U.N. Office of Information and Communications Technology.

  • united-nations-2023-year-of-the-rabbit-stamps-pane
    Oct 28, 2022, 08:00 AM

    U.N. unveils first 2023 issue, updates program

    The first 2023 issue celebrates the Year of the Rabbit with 10 $1.40 stamps and labels for use at the post office at U.N. headquarters in New York City.

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    Oct 26, 2022, 11:00 AM

    Dutch semipostals honor Donald Duck anniversary

    The souvenir sheet of five stamps issued Oct. 10 by the Netherlands’ PostNL commemorates the 70th anniversary of Donald Duck Weekblad, a Dutch comic magazine.

  • estonia-1923-1924-map-stamps
    Oct 26, 2022, 08:00 AM

    Estonia set is hard to find in grades of very fine or better

    In 1923-24, Estonia issued two Map of Estonia stamps, a 100-mark denomination on paper with a lilac network and a 300m stamp on paper with a buff network.

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    Oct 24, 2022, 08:30 AM

    Ireland introduces code to be used in place of a stamp

    Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden have offered similar services, all with customer convenience in mind.

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    Oct 20, 2022, 08:00 AM

    Classic animated characters appear on Oct. 19 set from Great Britain

    The stamps feature some of Aardman Studios’ most popular characters, such as Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheep and Chicken Run’s Rocky and Ginger.

  • canada-post-2022-canadians-in-flight-stamps-pane
    Oct 19, 2022, 11:30 AM

    Canada Post issues second set of Canadians in Flight stamps

    This set, issued as both a pane of five and a booklet of 10 stamps, follows a previous Canadians in Flight set released March 27, 2019.

  • ukraine-crimean-bridge-done-stamp
    Oct 18, 2022, 12:00 PM

    Ukraine continues to bolster national pride with philately

    The “Crimean Bridge - Done” stamp design is by Ukrainian artist Yuri Shapoval.

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    Oct 18, 2022, 10:20 AM

    Canada Post to honor war hero Tommy Prince on Oct. 28 stamp

    Canada Post will honor Tommy Prince, a decorated Indigenous war veteran, on a stamp to be issued Oct. 28.

  • norway-150th-anniversary-post-horn-stamp-design-souvenir-sheet
    Oct 17, 2022, 13:00 PM

    Norway celebrates 150 years of Post Horn stamp design

    The souvenir sheet contains one 19-krone stamp.

  • united-nations-2023-year-of-the-rabbit-stamps
    Oct 17, 2022, 11:30 AM

    United Nations announces its 2023 stamp program

    The program will begin Jan. 14 with a pane of 10 stamps celebrating the Year of the Rabbit.

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