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Hattie McDaniel commemorated
Hattie McDaniel, the first black winner of an Academy Award, has been honored with a new stamp as part of the US Postal Services' Black Heritage series.
USPS
January 29, 2006
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South Africa: Lunar year of the Dog
Designed by Annemarie Wessels the miniature sheet features an airport scene with working dogs: the border collie, labrador and spaniel.
POSTOFFICE.CO.ZA
January 27, 2006
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Sweden: Traditional Hearts in unique Style
Designer Elisabeth Bjorkbom interprets the theme "hearts" in a wonderful booklet with ten stamps and four motifs. Why not give these delightful stamps to someone you care about on Valentine's Day?
TOPOFTHEWORLD.NU
January 26, 2006
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Austria Post commemorate Mozart
Austria Post are joining in with the celebrations to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgang Theophilus Mozart, who was born in Salzburg on 27 January 1756.
January 25, 2006
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Barry Humphries stamped as 2006 Australian Legend
Satirist and actor Barry Humphries, the creator of Dame Edna Everage, today joined the exclusive ranks of Australians who have featured on a postage stamp during their lifetime, as the 2006 Australia Post Australian Legend.
AUSPOST
January 23, 2006
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Purple Heart stamp to be reissued
The U.S. Postal Service will re-issue the Purple Heart stamp, which was originally issued on May 30, 2003, to honor the sacrifice of members of the United State military services who have been killed or wounded in action.
January 21, 2006
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Austria: Astroset 4
The last set consists of the stamps fish, aquarius and aries. The chinese sign of the year 2006 is the dog.
POST.AT
January 20, 2006
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Flora and Fauna: Carnation
Spain Post will issue a new series called Flora and Fauna which begins with two booklets of 100 stamps, each of self adhesive stamps devoted to the carnation and the sparrow, a bird and a flower very popular in Spain.
January 18, 2006
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USPS commemorates Franklin's 300th Birthday by issuing educational stamps this spring
If Benjamin Franklin were alive today (Jan. 17), he would be 300 years old and probably the most accomplished person on the planet. To highlight the achievements of this remarkable American icon, the Postal Service will issue a set of four educational 39-cent commemorative First-Class stamps designed to give you the "scoop" on this genius who was a printer, scientist, statesman and the nation's first Postmaster General.
USPS
January 17, 2006
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Europa 50 years
For many years Greenland has issued stamps of the EUROPA-series. The idea of a joint stamp issue was first conceived in the beginning of the 1950s, when the "Coal and Steel Community" (namely the Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, France, West Germany, and Italy) decided to issue an annual special issue with a common design.
STAMPS.GL
January 16, 2006
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100th Anniversary of the PARCEL POST stamp
While other countries can celebrate the 150th anniversary of the introduction of their first stamps these years, Greenland can celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first PARCEL POST stamp, which was not an actual stamp, but purely to be used for franking parcel post. This stamp constitutes a significant contribution in acknowledging the history of Greenland. This anniversary stamp is the second in the series of a total of three stamps.
January 16, 2006
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Postal Co-operation
Common Post Office services were amongst the tasks which were already, in the 1840's, on the most far-sighted Scandinavians' 'wish list'. This hope was never fulfilled; but, gradually, a very far-reaching co-operation has been established among the Post Offices of the respective Nordic countries.
January 16, 2006
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Sisimiut 250th anniversary
In 2006 the second largest town of Greenland, Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg) will celebrate its 250th anniversary, and POST Greenland is very pleased to mark this important event with a special stamp.
January 16, 2006
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USPS mark Winter Olympics
The U.S. Postal Service have issued a new stamp to commemorate the forthcoming Winter Olympic Games which begin in Turin on 10th February.
January 16, 2006
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Austria: Muhammad Ali
"Our lives are a journey during which we must find our own answers and make our own paths. On my journey I found Islam. If I were not a Muslim, I might not have taken all of the stands that I did."
Quotations from "Muhammad Ali with Hana Yasmeen Ali: The Soul of a Butterfly – Reflections on Life's Journey".
POST.AT
January 14, 2006
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Austria: Personalised Stamps - Blue border
The personalised stamps issued by the Austrian Post Office under the brand Meine.Marke ("My Stamp") has increased in popularity ever since it was launched roughly two years ago. The weekly magazine "Format" recently included it amongst the 25 best business ideas of recent history, and in 2004 Meine.Marke even won the National Marketing Prize for the Austrian Post Office.
POST.AT
January 10, 2006
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Canada sends 'Happy Birthday' wishes to Queen Elizabeth
Canada Post will issue a single domestic rate (51 cents) stamp on January 12, 2006, to commemorate Queen Elizabeth's 80th birthday. This special commemorative will be reprinted as needed, as was the case with the Queen's Jubilee stamp.
CANADAPOST
January 10, 2006
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Pair of the XXth Winter Olympic Games
The Olympic theme is traditional for Monegasque philately and since the city of "Torino" is not so far from the Principality, a particular effort could be made with the issue of 3 stamps. The visual of this double stamp shows the mascots of this 20th edition. Let's remind that H.S.H. the Prince Albert II took part to different Olympiads and that He is Member of the International Olympic Committee.
OETP-MONACO.COM
January 09, 2006
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Jersey Royal Militia II
The first stamp issue released in 2006 will mark the 175th anniversary of the Jersey Royal Militia and features a variety of military uniforms.
January 06, 2006
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New Zealand Braille stamp
New Zealand Post have issued a new set of stamps to celebrate the Year of the Dog, one of which is the country's first Braille stamp.
GIBBONSSTAMPMONTHLY
January 06, 2006
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XXth Winter Olympic Games
This third stamp, for the 20th edition of the Winter Olympic Games evokes the participation of Monegasque teams, who counted H.S.H. the Hereditary Prince Albert among his recent competitors.
OETP-MONACO.COM
January 05, 2006
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Rates for postage will rise Sunday
There are only six more days to use your 37-cent stamps before the cost of postage goes up to 39 cents on Sunday. But new Lady Liberty stamps are on sale now, as are 2-cent Navajo Jewelry stamps to make up the difference.
KANSASCITY.COM
January 02, 2006
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Austria: New Year's Concert 2006 - Mariss Jansons
Mariss Jansons, an honorary member of the Vienna Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde since 2001, conducted the New Year's Concert for the first time in 2006. He is regarded as one of today's leading conductors, and proved to the world that he is a worthy conductor of the New Year's event.
POST.AT
January 01, 2006
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Austria's Presidency of the EU
According to the rules for the institutions of the European Union and other organs, the presidency of the Council of the European Union, the most important decision-making body of the EU, changes every six months. This means that all the EU member states take turns to assume responsibility for the agenda of the Council for a period of six months, chairing all the sessions, pushing forward the legislative and political decisions and brokering compromises between the member states.
POST.AT
January 01, 2006
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