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New stamp honours 50 years of the Quebec Winter Carnival
Canada Post invites all Canadians to celebrate the warmth of winter at one of Canada's premier tourist attractions. The Quebec Winter Carnival celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, and Canadians are invited to warm-up their mail by using a new stamp showcasing this great tourist attraction that attracts nearly one million visitors every year. The stamp will be issued on January 29th, on the eve of this year's Carnival, which runs from January 30 to February 15th.
CANADAPOST.CA
January 28, 2004
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Russia: 125th Birth Anniversary of Bazhov
P.P.Bazhov (1879-1950) was a writer. He created a lot of tales full of the images and subjects of the Ural folklore. The post stamps feature the characters of the tales: Danilo-Master ("The Stone Flower"), Hostess of the Copper Mountain and Tanyushka ("The Malachite Box"), the hunter Ailyl and his lady Golden Hair ("The Golden Hair").
January 27, 2004
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Stamp honors a man in full
A decade-long struggle to memorialize Paul Robeson, the singer, actor, athlete and civil rights activist blacklisted because of his activism and political beliefs, ended Sunday with the unveiling of a stamp in his honor.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
January 26, 2004
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Ice dreams: Fifth set of hockey All-Stars to be honoured with stamps
In a tradition that dates back more than fifty years, the very best players square off against one another in the annual NHL All-Star game. Since 2000, Canada Post has added a new element to this tradition by issuing sets of six "NHL All-Star" stamps, paying tribute to the legends of the game who have provided Canadians with indelible memories to cherish forever.
CANADAPOST.CA
January 23, 2004
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Iceland: Summer flowers
Marigold
Tagetes patula Marigolds are popular garden flowers in Iceland. There are many varieties of these flowers. They have beautiful but strangely colored blooms. A single flower may feature tinges of brown, yellow and orange. They are sensitive to frost and need sun and heat. Some of the varieties have to be pre-cultivated indoors starting as early as March or April. Marigolds decrease the proliferation of the cabbage fly (delia radicum) which does great damage to herb gardens. They have been used in Reykjavik educational gardens and elsewehere to keep the cabbage fly away.
POSTUR.IS
January 17, 2004
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Austria: Seiji Ozawa
Seiji Ozawa has conducted the traditional New Year's Concert in the Vienna Musikverein in 2002. He was born on September 1, 1935 in China, and in 1953 he entered the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo, initially studying the piano. Having injured both hands playing rugby, he was obliged to abandon his piano studies and turned to conducting and composition.After a number of engagements as conductor in Japan, Seiji Ozawa decided to continue his studies in Europe. In 1959, he won the international conductors competition in Besancon, France.
POST.AT
January 16, 2004
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Russia: 60th Anniversary of Offensive of the Soviet Army in 1944
The Soviet military forces had carried out serious strategic offensive operations in January – October, 1944. During the winter campaign fascist troops were derouted near Leningrad, in the Crimea and in Right-Bank Ukraine, and during the summer campaign – in Karelia, Belorussia, Western Ukraine, the Balkans, Eastland, Hungary and Northern Finland. The stamp features the statue of the Unknown Soldier. The margins of the souvenir sheet feature the plan of the strategic offensive operations of the Soviet military forces in January – October, 1944, and also documentary snapshots of the war time.
January 16, 2004
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Russian Regions
Belgorod region was founded on January 6, 1954. It is located in a southwest of Russia. There are 21 administrative districts and 9 cities in the region. Belgorod is the capital of the region, the largest cities are Stary Oskol and Gubkin. The stamp features a monument to prince Vladimir in Belgorod and a memorial to the defenders of the Motherland - a bellfry built on the Prokhorovskoye field. The stamp also features an illustration of iron ore output.
January 16, 2004
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Iceland: Home rule 1904
February 1st 2004 is the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Icelandic home rule under the leadership of Hannes Hafstein, the first minister of Iceland.
POSTUR.IS
January 15, 2004
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South Koreans Stick It to Japan Over Controversial Stamp
South Koreans shrugged off official Japanese complaints Friday and queued up at dawn to buy out an entire issue of postage stamps depicting islands at the center of a long territorial dispute between the two Asian neighbors.
REUTERS
January 15, 2004
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Monkey (Stamp) Greets 2004 Lunar New Year
A first day of issue ceremony for the Lunar New Year - Year of the Monkey stamp took place today at the Nob Hill Masonic Center. The Year of the Monkey stamp is the last of twelve stamps commemorating the Lunar New Year in the award-winning series issued by the U.S. Postal Service.
USPS.COM
January 13, 2004
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Monaco: Proceedings of Devote
Design: Cyril de la PATELLIERE
Engraving: Claude JUMELET and Jacky LARRIVIERE
Printing process: 3 colors steel-engraving
Size of the stamp: 30*40 mm horizontal
OETP-MONACO.COM
January 06, 2004
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Expeditions in Greenland II '150-year Anniversary of Otto Sverdrup'
In spite of his considerable arctic expedition achievements around the turn of the 20th century, the Norwegian Otto Sverdrup, has always been overshadowed by the Dane Knud Rasmussen as well as his famous fellow countrymen Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen. In many ways it is a pity, because not only did Otto Sverdrup participate in Fridtjof Nansen's expedition and was captain on the ship "Fram" during the expedition to the Arctic Ocean, he also undertook his own research expedition with the ship "Fram" in the Canadian Arctic over a period of four years. Therefore it is now time to celebrate the considerable arctic expedition achievements by Otto Sverdrup.
STAMPS.GL
January 05, 2004
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Stamp Challenging Best-Selling Elvis Stamp
The Elvis stamp is the best selling stamp in the history of the U.S. Postal Service, but the king of rock and roll may get licked by the founder of the breast cancer stamp, Sacramento's Dr. Ernie Bodai. Bodai's dream of a stamp to fund breast cancer research went on sale in July 1998. It sells for 45 cents -- the price of first-class postage plus a donation.
KCRA
January 05, 2004
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Arrest of Devote
Sainte Devote is the patron of Monaco but also from Corsica and more generally of the Mediterranean Sea. Arrested, jailed and judged because she was Christian, she was stoned by the Romans. Her body was saved by sympathisers and put into a small boat bound for the African coast. However, the craft head for the North and a dove guided the skiff to the "Vallon des Gaumattes" where a chapel dedicated to the Martyrdom has been built. The Patron Saint protected the Principality many times against the assailants and illness. A boat is burned every year the evening before the 27th of January, feast and public holiday, to evoke the bonfire and the theft attempt of her relics, preserved in Monaco.
OETP-MONACO.COM
January 04, 2004
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USPS Unveils Disney Stamps Mickey Mouse and Goofy, Bambi and Thumper will soon be on the mail
The Postal Service unveiled a set of stamp designs Tuesday featuring Disney characters. Also included are Donald Duck, Jiminy Cricket, Simba and Pinocchio. The 37-cent self-adhesive stamps will be issued next summer. "The new postage stamps are a tremendous testament to the lasting popularity of Mickey Mouse and other beloved Disney characters," said Mary Beech of Disney Consumer Products.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
January 03, 2004
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No snorkeling required... new stamps show life on a pacific reef
More than 30 sea creatures are shown on a panoramic sheet of stamps released today by the U.S. Postal Service at a ceremony at Honolulu's Waikiki Aquarium. Postmaster General John E. Potter introduced the new Pacific Coral Reef pane of 10 stamps to an enthusiastic audience. The stamps are available at Honolulu Post Offices today and at Post Offices in other areas of the country beginning tomorrow.
USPS
January 02, 2004
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Austria: New Year's Concert 2004
A commemorative stamp is being issued to honour the conductor Riccardo Muti on the occasion of the 2004 New Year's Concert.
POST.AT
January 01, 2004
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