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  • Oct 18, 2024, 13:00 PM

    New issue honors former Italian prime minister

    by Linn’s Staff
    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.

  • Oct 17, 2024, 08:15 AM

    Canada Post celebrates four decades of music television

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

  • Oct 16, 2024, 12:00 PM

    Norway marks two railway centennials

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

  • Oct 16, 2024, 08:00 AM

    A popular 1906 Olympic Games set from Greece

    by Henry Gitner and Rick Miller
    The stamp designs feature scenes from Greek mythology as well as scenes of athletes competing in the ancient Olympic Games.

  • Oct 15, 2024, 13:00 PM

    Liechtenstein commemorates 100 years of the Swiss franc

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

  • Oct 10, 2024, 08:15 AM

    Royal Mail honors 60 years of the Who

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

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    Oct 8, 2024, 11:00 AM

    Royal Mail’s Oct. 1 definitive meets new international standard rate

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

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    Oct 8, 2024, 08:30 AM

    Postcrossing meetup Oct. 9 at U.N. headquarters

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

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    Oct 5, 2024, 09:00 AM

    Canada Post continues Truth and Reconciliation series

    by David Hartwig
    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.

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    Oct 4, 2024, 10:30 AM

    United Nations Postal Administration marks International Day of Older Persons

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

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    Oct 3, 2024, 08:00 AM

    Folk costumes on joint issue from Romania and India

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

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    Oct 2, 2024, 08:00 AM

    Look for Aitutaki 1920 Capt. James Cook set

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

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    Sep 27, 2024, 10:00 AM

    Canada Post honors singer and songwriter Sarah McLachlan

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

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    Sep 25, 2024, 10:45 AM

    Royal Mail spotlights Britain’s eight-legged creatures

    by David Hartwig
    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.

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    Sep 24, 2024, 08:30 AM

    Results announced for 2023’s most popular music stamp

    by David Hartwig
    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.

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    Sep 23, 2024, 11:30 AM

    Estonia new issues for Mare Balticum 2024

    by Kenneth Gilbert
    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).

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    Sep 20, 2024, 09:30 AM

    Guernsey commemorates 150 years of the Universal Postal Union

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

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    Sep 18, 2024, 10:45 AM

    Poland 2019 Henryk Slawik stamp in demand

    by Henry Gitner and Rick Miller
    Henryk Slawik is credited with saving the lives of at least 5,000 Polish Jews during World War II.

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    Sep 18, 2024, 08:30 AM

    Unconventional crypto stamps treated as products

    by Jay Bigalke
    Guernsey Post recently announced a new Guernsey Goat crypto stamp.

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    Sep 17, 2024, 12:00 PM

    Great Britain’s Royal Mail to raise postage rates Oct. 7

    by Linn’s Staff
    The cost for first-class postage will climb 30 pence, from £1.35 to £1.65. The second-class rate will remain unchanged at 85p.

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