WORLD STAMPS & POSTAL HISTORY
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Mar 20, 2023, 11:30 AM
New royal silhouette on Great Britain’s March 23 Flowers stamps
The Flowers stamps are the first from Great Britain’s Royal Mail to feature the silhouette of King Charles III. -
Mar 18, 2023, 10:00 AM
Kyrgyzstan issues world’s longest postage stamp
The 250-som stamp shows a wide swath of Kyrgyzstan’s Chaar-Tash mountain range. -
Mar 17, 2023, 12:00 PM
Highlights of Ibra 2023 world stamp exhibition in Germany
The world stamp exhibition Ibra 2023 will take place May 25-28 in Essen, Germany -
Mar 16, 2023, 08:15 AM
Canada Post continues Eid series with April 3 stamp
The stamp shows a hand-painted ceramic bowl crafted in medieval Iran nearly 700 years ago and housed in the Royal Ontario Museum collection since 1909. -
Mar 15, 2023, 13:00 PM
Taiwan’s Postal Museum expands COVID-19 exhibit
This special exhibit is titled “Memorial Imprint 2.0: COVID-19 Prevention Stamp Exhibition.” -
Mar 15, 2023, 10:12 AM
Brunei 1922 set is a good buy at up to full catalog value
Brunei has a conservative stamp-issuing policy, only releasing about 700 stamps subsequent to the first issue. -
Mar 12, 2023, 11:00 AM
Canada Post updates 2023 program
An issue described as “Animal Mothers and Babies” will come in April, Canada Post said. -
Mar 10, 2023, 12:00 PM
China Stamp Society joins Boston 2026
The China Stamp Society will hold seminars in addition to its convention at the show. -
Mar 9, 2023, 13:00 PM
Ukraine stamp delivers not-so-subtle message to Putin
Ukraine continues to deliver defiant messages to Russia via stamp designs one year after the invasion began on Feb. 24, 2022. -
Mar 3, 2023, 10:37 AM
Great Britain’s Royal Mail to raise postage rates April 3
Royal Mail said its rates remain competitive compared to other European postal operators. -
Mar 3, 2023, 08:15 AM
New British stamps celebrate the ‘Flying Scotsman’ locomotive
The Flying Scotsman steam locomotive emerged from the former Great Northern Railway works at Doncaster, England, in February 1923. -
Mar 2, 2023, 13:00 PM
U.N. celebrates conservation success stories with March 3 Endangered Species issue
The United Nations Postal Administration launched its Endangered Species stamp series in 1993. -
Mar 1, 2023, 10:00 AM
Comoro Islands Coelacanth stamp popular with a variety of collectors
In addition to the interest of France and area collectors, this is a popular stamp with fish and fauna topical collectors. -
Feb 28, 2023, 14:00 PM
Postcrossing meetup at Great American Stamp Show
Linn’s Stamp News will produce a postcard for the meetup that will be available to the attendees. -
Feb 27, 2023, 12:30 PM
Napex to debut award honoring Queen Elizabeth II
The award will be given to the best exhibit of material depicting, honoring or relating to Queen Elizabeth II. -
Feb 24, 2023, 08:00 AM
U.N. marks conference with March 5 souvenir sheet
The sheet commemorates the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries being held March 5-9 in Doha, Qatar. -
Feb 21, 2023, 15:30 PM
Kaufmann, four others to sign Roll of Distinguished Philatelists
Patricia “Trish” Kaufmann has been for many years the leading dealer in U.S. Civil War philatelic material, including the stamps and postal history of the Confederate States. -
Feb 17, 2023, 12:00 PM
Iceland to host Nordia 2023 June 2-4
Nordia rotates annually between the Nordic countries, and Iceland hosts every five years. -
Feb 16, 2023, 13:30 PM
Austria corrects castle mistake with new stamp
Austria Post announced the revised stamp design with the correct “Riegersburg” inscription in the September 2022 issue of Album. -
Feb 15, 2023, 10:26 AM
Set of two French military stamps seldom offered
A military franchise stamp serves the same purpose as a free frank notation.
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Chuck Black wins 2023 federal duck stamp art contest
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World Stamps Sep 20, 2023, 10 AM
Sept. 21 issue of 12 stamps from Great Britain celebrates musical icon Dame Shirley Bassey
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World Stamps Sep 20, 2023, 8 AM
Soviet Union 1964 Olympic Gymnast sheet has held its value