Stompin' Tom honoured on postage stamp
Stompin' Tom Connors is being honoured on a new postage stamp.
The stamp was released by Canada Post at a ceremony in Alberton, P.E.I., Thursday, not far from Skinner's Pond, where Stompin' Tom grew up.
The singer, 73, is one of four Canadian musicians appearing on a quartet of stamps.
CBC.CA
July 03, 2009
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Australia's Favourite Stamp
The £2 Kangaroo and Map stamp has been voted Australia's favourite stamp.
This stamp was originally issued in 1913 as part of the first uniform issue of stamps by the Commonwealth of Australia. It caused considerable controversy, as it did not include a portrait of the reigning British monarch.
STAMPS.COM.AU
July 01, 2009
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Postage stamp commemorating Zion National Park issued
The U.S. Postal Service has given Zion National Park a stamp of recognition to coincide with the park's centennial celebration this year.
In a ceremony Sunday on the plaza outside the park's visitor center, the 79-cent international postage stamp, featuring a sandstone formation rising from surrounding slickrock, was unveiled before about 70 stamp collectors and visitors.
SLTRIB.COM
June 29, 2009
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Stamp honours Anthony Trollope
On 26 June, 2009, An Post issued a stamp to honour the life and work of Anthony Trollope, a Victorian writer whose nineteenth-century novels continue to have broad appeal today.
IRISHSTAMPS.IE
June 27, 2009
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Bryan Adams honored with his own stamp
With numerous hit singles, a Grammy Award, Oscar and Golden Globe nominations, and an induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame to his credit, Bryan Adams may have earned the ultimate tribute from his native Canada: a postage stamp.
The rock singer joins three other musicians -- Stompin' Tom Connors, Edith Butler and Robert Charlebois -- as part of the Canadian Recording Artists stamp series.
SPINNER.COM; CANADAPOST.CA
June 25, 2009
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Israel issues stamp on climate change
Israel Post is issuing a new stamp to help spread awareness of global warming.
The stamp was designed by Igal Gabai.
ISRAELPOST.CO.IL
June 23, 2009
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Zion National Park to appear on 79-cent postage stamp
This international-rate stamp in the Scenic American Landscapes series features a photograph of Zion National Park by Richard Cummins of Temecula, CA. The photograph reveals layers of sedimentary rock that reflect the park's geologic origins in the slickrock area on the east side of the park.
USPS
June 22, 2009
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Stamp collection pulls in $5 million
A United States stamp depicting an upside-down electric car cost just 4 cents when it was issued in 1901.
A strip of four of those stamps fetched more than $300,000 during the auction this week of famously flawed postage stamps owned by the late Mt. Lebanon investment adviser, Robert H. Cunliffe. The complete collection of 3,000 upside-down postage stamps -- considered the world's most comprehensive -- grossed $5,041,000 in the two-day auction, which closed yesterday and drew bidders from around the world.
POST-GAZETTE.COM
June 20, 2009
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Post boxes miniature sheet
We've been using post boxes, for more than 200 years and research has discovered that the earliest known post box was installed at Wakefield Post Office in 1809. To celebrate this anniversary Royal Mail is releasing a Miniature Sheet of four stamps featuring iconic wall mounted Post Boxes.
NORVIC-PHILATELICS.CO.UK
June 19, 2009
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Jersey Marine Life VII - Seaweed
On 7th July 2009, Jersey Post will release the latest set of postage stamps in its Marine Life series.
The Island of Jersey has a very varied coastline. It has steep rocky cliffs, sandy beaches, rocky beaches and numerous variances inbetween. For the seventh set of postage stamps in the Jersey Marine Life series, some of the various seaweeds that grow on Jersey's shoreline are depicted.
JERSEYPOST.COM
June 18, 2009
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New stamp on Louis Braille
The Republic of San Marino remembers Louis Braille on the 200th anniversary of his birth, with a philatelic issue of ˆ1,50, where the image turns into a unique chromatic game between the artistically coloured inscription BRAILLE and the raised dots of the same word.
AASFN.SM
June 17, 2009
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Kilkenny celebrates 400 years as city
To commemorate the 400th Anniversary of Kilkenny City a stamp illustrated by Roger O'Reilly was issued by An Post on 16 June, 2009. The status of Kilkenny as a city dates back to a charter granted in 1609 by King James I of England.
IRISHSTAMPS.IE
June 16, 2009
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Lincoln stamp: Stolen, found, sold for $431,000
A rare Abraham Lincoln stamp that was stolen from Indiana in 1967 and surfaced 39 years later in Chicago has sold at auction for more than $430,000.
The buyer is Arthur K.M. Woo, a doctor who would reveal nothing more about himself.
AP
June 15, 2009
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Anna Julia Cooper Immortalized on Postage
With the 32nd stamp in its Black Heritage series, the U.S. Postal Service honors Anna Julia Cooper, an educator, scholar, feminist, and activist who gave voice to the African–American community during the 19th and 20th centuries, from the end of slavery to the beginning of the Civil Rights movement.
USPS
June 13, 2009
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Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909
Featuring gorgeous images of Niagara Falls past and present, this commemorative stamp celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Canada/U.S Boundary Waters Treaty.
CANADAPOST.CA
June 12, 2009
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Australia Post marks Queensland's 150th anniversary
Australia Post has joined in the festivities of Queensland's 150th anniversary with the release of two stamps that celebrate Queensland's history and achievements and the significant contribution the sunshine state has made to Australian life.
STAMPS.COM.AU
June 11, 2009
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Bee Gees to appear on postage stamps
The Isle of Man Post Office commemorates the long and illustrious career of this world-famous Manx-born band with this set of 8 stamps which, almost literally, chart their progress through the years.
GOV.IM
June 10, 2009
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Hong Kong announces special 'Heartwarming' stamp issue
Hongkong Post presents a new set of Heartwarming stamps that blends the oriental and western themes of "Love & Care" and "Celebrations" into bright and colorful visuals to help you convey these feelings to your loved ones.
HONGKONGPOSTSTAMPS.COM
June 09, 2009
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2009 Island Games arranged in Aland
This self-adhesive My Stamps booklet focuses on the Island Games, showing a sprinter setting off from an Aland granite rock. The background colours are the same as those of the Aland flag.
POSTEN.AX
June 08, 2009
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U.S. Flag Stamp Issued
The U.S. Postal Service issued a new 44-cent U.S. Flag stamp today at the NAPEX Stamp Show in McLean, VA. All 600 million stamps, issued in booklets of 10, are available nationwide today.
USPS
June 05, 2009
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Poland and Israel Joint Issue
Poland in cooperation with Israel Post has issued a postage stamp block in order to commemorate "The Polish Year in Israel".
The stamp features a portrait of Berek Joselewicz sitting on a horse, wearing a captain's uniform, and heading a regiment formed during the battle of Kock.
POCZTA-POLSKA.PL
June 04, 2009
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Swiss Post issues 'Contemporary Architecture' stamps
Architecture from Switzerland has an excellent international reputation, as many edifices - some of them world famous - go to show. Now Swiss Post is dedicating two special stamps to Contemporary Architecture, featuring works by Gion A. Caminada and the team of Pascal Muller/Peter Sigrist.
SWISSPOST.CH
June 03, 2009
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San Marino to issue stamps honoring Mediterranean Games
From the 26th June to the 5th July, 2009, Pescara will host the 16th Mediterranean Games. This philatelic set issued to commemorate the event, depicts simply sketched figures, which single out and interpret movement, physical effort and competitive tension.
AASFN.SM
June 02, 2009
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Canada celebrates diplomacy anniversary
This classic commemorative domestic rate stamp celebrates Canada's important role on the world's diplomatic stage on the centennial of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT).
CANADAPOST.CA
June 01, 2009
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