Once licked, rare stamp resurfaces
A one-of-a-kind stamp -- presumed lost or destroyed -- suddenly appeared 38 years after being stolen from an Indianapolis collector.
INDYSTAR.COM
April 29, 2006
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Canada Post stamp salutes McClelland & Stewart's 100th anniversary
Canada Post will issue a single domestic rate stamp (51 cents) commemorating the 100th anniversary of McClelland & Stewart. This publishing house has had an influential role in shaping Canadian identity and culture, catering to the needs of readers for books as diverse as Janey Canuck in the West to the Canadian Encyclopedia.
CANADAPOST.CA
April 26, 2006
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Van Damme memorial commemorated
Belgium Mail issue a set of new stamps on 24 April to mark the 30th anniversary of the Van Damme Memorial Meeting, an annual athletics event which takes place to honor the memory of late athlete Ivo Van Damme.
GIBBONSSTAMPMONTHLY
April 24, 2006
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New Polish stamp to be issued
Poland continue their series celebrating the country's cities by issuing a new stamp on 24 April to honor the southern city of Czestochowa.
GIBBONSSTAMPMONTHLY
April 23, 2006
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Gibraltar: HM Queen's 80th Birthday
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was born in April 1926 to the Duke and Duchess of York, who subsequently became King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Her Majestys first speech was made during wartime when, aged 14, she addressed the children of Britain and the Commonwealth. Between that time and her marriage to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, at the age of 21, Princess Elizabeth progressed along the path of official engagements.
April 21, 2006
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New Canadian issue
Canada Post release a new stamp on 20 April to mark the 50th anniversary of the country's Labour Congress.
April 19, 2006
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Monaco: 2006 International Flower Contest
This 39th International Contest will be held on May 13 and 14, 2006 on the Casino Terraces to highlight the bunches in competition and the various exhibitors bound to the flowers and gardens. As it has been the case since 2002, the image selected to illustrate this stamp is one of the bouquets rewarded the previous year.
OETP-MONACO.COM
April 18, 2006
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Manx Bird Atlas
Isle of Man Post is issuing a set of stamps in support of the work of the Manx Bird Atlas, the charity set up in 1997 by Chris Sharpe to research the habits of the Island's breeding and wintering birds.
GOV.IM
April 17, 2006
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Monaco: 2006 International Dog Exhibition
This traditional event, that will be held under the Big Top of Fontvieille, gathers all the most important international competitors with, each year, a "Speciale", dedicated in 2006 to the "Schnauzers and Pinschers".
OETP-MONACO.COM
April 14, 2006
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Austria mark Life Ball 2006 with stamp
Austria Post will continue their support for the AIDS charity show, "Life Ball 2006" by issuing a new stamp on 20 May, the day of the event, to help raise awareness for the charity.
April 13, 2006
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Austria: Franz Beckenbauer - Portrait by Andy Warhol
Popularly acclaimed the "Kaiser", his favours courted by the press, he has become a footballing legend, with his vision and manifold talents making a major contribution to the development of football throughout these years. He is the most prominent footballing personality in Germany.
POST.AT
April 12, 2006
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American designer for Queen's 80th birthday cover
American Mandy Searles has designed a first day cover for HM Queen Elizabeth's 80th birthday Royal Mail stamp issue. The limited edition cover and its special postmark will be issued by Britain's secret little post office at Bletchley Park on 18 April 2006.
BLETCHLEYCOVERS.COM
April 10, 2006
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Centenary of the arctic campaigns of the Prince Albert Ier
The scientific Campaigns of the Prince Albert Ier of Monaco are one hundred years old. Following in His great grandfather's footsteps Who had discovered some lands and established international oceanography, H.S.H. the Prince Albert II went to the Spitzberg (2005) and to the North Pole (2006) to see and denounce the environmental problems of this area, yet seemingly protected, which poses the problem of the future of the earth and of Humanity. Following His father, the Prince Rainier III, the Sovereign Prince is particularly keen on the Environment's protection.
OETP-MONACO.COM
April 08, 2006
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Sugar Ray Robinson returns to the Ring to a 'Stamping Ovation' of 100 million
Revered by Muhammad Ali as, "the King, the master, my idol"; and by The Ring magazine as "pound for pound, the greatest boxer of all time"; six-time world champion boxer Sugar Ray Robinson was immortalized today at Madison Square Garden with a commemorative postage stamp. The dedication ceremony took place during the Daily News Golden Gloves Amateur Boxing Tournament finals.
USPS.COM
April 07, 2006
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Freemasons in Austria in Rosenau and Vienna
When Mozart set off on his famous "journey to Prague", he is said to have travelled via Rosenau Palace. Amadeus, a convinced freemason, wished to visit his fellow masons, who had set up a lodge at Graf Schallenberg's palace in the 18th century.
POST.AT
April 06, 2006
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Monte-Carlo Orchestra commemorated
Monaco mark the 150th anniversary of the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra with the issue of a new stamp on 6 April.
GIBBONSSTAMPMONTHLY
April 01, 2006
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