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  • Oct 30, 2024, 11:00 AM

    Austria stamp printed on beer coaster souvenir sheet

    by David Hartwig
    Austrian Post used wood pulp cardboard to print the souvenir sheet, which contains a removable gummed €3.50 stamp featuring a frothy tankard of beer along with text that translates to “Beer has it all.”

  • Oct 30, 2024, 08:00 AM

    Dominican Republic Columbus Lighthouse sheet with folder in demand

    by Henry Gitner and Rick Miller
    On Jan. 6, 1953, the Dominican Republic issued three postage stamps and seven airmail stamps commemorating the Columbus Lighthouse.

  • Oct 29, 2024, 09:00 AM

    Very timely aurora borealis stamps issued by Isle of Man

    by Jay Bigalke
    The Isle of Man Post Office decided to partner with the Isle of Man Astronomical Society to promote astronomy on the island.

  • Oct 25, 2024, 14:00 PM

    Canada Post celebrates Diwali with Oct. 14 stamp

    by David Hartwig
    The nondenominated permanent-rate (currently 99¢) stamp shows three hands representing those of Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity.

  • Oct 24, 2024, 08:15 AM

    Guernsey Post cancels planned crypto stamp issue

    by Jay Bigalke
    The BBC said the financial regulator raised concerns and that the £10 Guernsey Goat crypto stamps did not meet the requirements of a 2022 law.

  • Oct 23, 2024, 10:45 AM

    Happy mailbox with World Postcard Day items received

    by Jay Bigalke
    World Postcard Day is a recent event that started in 2019 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the postcard.

  • Oct 21, 2024, 11:00 AM

    Czech Republic, Luxembourg share top prize at 54th Asiago awards

    by Danilo Bogoni
    At the 54th edition of the Asiago international awards for philatelic art, the Oscars of philately as it is known, there were some surprises.

  • Oct 21, 2024, 08:00 AM

    Netherlands souvenir sheet celebrates a century of Child Welfare semipostal stamps

    by David Hartwig
    The proceeds from the €0.54 surtax are donated to projects of the Foundation for Children’s Welfare Stamps (Stichting Kinderpostzegels Nederland).

  • 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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