WORLD STAMPS & POSTAL HISTORY
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Nov 22, 2022, 09:00 AM
NPM to host postal history symposium Dec. 8-9
The 2022 symposium will cover political systems, postal administrations and the mail. -
Nov 18, 2022, 12:00 PM
Royal Mail announces grace period for use of definitive stamps without barcodes
According to Royal Mail, customers can now send mail franked with definitive stamps without barcodes for the six months following Jan. 31, 2023. -
Nov 18, 2022, 11:29 AM
Machins retain consistency over 50 years amid continual change
Why has the Machin design endured and thrived for five decades? There are several reasons. -
Nov 18, 2022, 09:00 AM
Austria finds new use for old postal uniforms
What’s old becomes new again on a stamp issued Oct. 21 by Austrian Post. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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.
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