The third of five stamps saluting Canada’s emergency responders was revealed in Banff, Alberta Sept. 12.

This week, our tipsters highlight Kionga, a country that can be completed in collections with just one set of stamps.

Canada Post unveiled its second Emergency Responders stamp Tuesday, Sept. 11 at Valcartier base in Quebec.

As with the previous sets, the stamps explore the war through six themes: poppies, poetry, participants, war art, memorials, and artifacts.

Serbia, Slovakia, and the democratic republic of Vietnam received a thorough review in Vols. 6A and 6B of the 2019 Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue.

The paramedics stamp is the first of five to be unveiled this week reflecting Canadians' gratitude for all emergency responders.

Six commemorative stamp sets are planned for next year, along with seven special event panes or souvenir sheets, and one definitive issue.

Editor Jay Bigalke's kid-in-a-candy-store moment at the Canadian Bank Note facility in Ottawa.

The UNPA is issuing a pane of 10 stamps and labels Sept. 12 to bring attention to the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals initiative.

In this issue, you'll also find part 2 of our Roman States stamp series, and how to collect King George V Seahorses.

Chi Po-lin died in a helicopter crash while shooting a sequel to the 2013 documentary Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above in 2017.

The four $1 domestic-rate Art and Nature stamps were issued June 12.

The 1912-1914 Bosnia and Herzegovina set of 21 Emperor Franz Josef stamps is a key set for the country.

New Zealand Post describes the designs as offering “a bird’seye view of one of the most remote places in the world.”

Guernsey Post issued the 76-penny stamp in a set of six on Aug. 1.

A new fundraising stamp will be added to Canada Post’s Community Foundation series of semipostals Sept. 24.

Artistic Photography: Birds Eyes and Summit Crosses 2018 were issued Sept. 3 and June 4, respectively.

In this issue, you'll also find an interesting 1936 cover from a US Marine Corps colonel stationed in Shanghai and a stamp buy that exceeds expectations.

Germany is issuing a new €0.70 postage stamp Sept. 13 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the country’s first unified postal system.

An upcoming UNPA souvenir sheet features the ancient Chinese poem the Ballad of Mulan and also honors a stamp exhibition in Macao.