Canada Post's 2006 holiday stamps deliver spirit of the season
This year, Canada Post will issue its holiday stamps: three stamps to please contemporary tastes at the domestic, U.S. and international rates, and one very traditional stamp at the domestic rate. Since the holidays are a time for families and friends to express their well wishes, these stamps will deliver the spirit of the season in your choice of style.
CANADAPOST.CA
October 29, 2006
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St. Nicholas, Christmas 2006
Gibraltar will issue the new Christmas 2006 stamps on the 2nd November 2006.
All stamps have printed text on the gum side with information on the true story of St Nicholas.
GIBRALTAR-STAMPS.COM
October 28, 2006
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Hungary: Christmas 2006
It is now traditional for Magyar Posta to greet the Christmas holiday with the issue of a stamp.
POSTA.HU
October 27, 2006
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Jersey celebrate postal history
Jersey Post issue a new set of six stamps on 31 October to celebrate the different styles of Post office vans driven in Jersey.
October 24, 2006
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An Post Issue Four New Stamps Celebrating Ireland's Waterways
An Post today issued four new stamps showcasing the beauty of Ireland's inland waterways. The stamps, all denominated at 75c, feature four scenes: a lock keepers cottage on the Grand Canal at Cornalour, County Offaly; the Barrow Navigation at Graignamanagh, County Kilkenny; the river Shannon at Meelick Pier, County Galway and the Belturbet Marina on the River Erne in County Cavan.
ANPOST.IE
October 20, 2006
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Hungary commemorate revolution
Hungary Post are to issue a new stamp sheet on 20 October in order to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, which saw the people of Hungary rise up against the government and its Soviet controllers.
October 20, 2006
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The birds and the bees
WASHINGTON — The nation's capital was abuzz with excitement today when the U.S. Postal Service unveiled four beautiful Pollination stamps at the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) Symposium. The stamps, which will be released next summer, consist of four images arranged in two alternate and interlocking patterns. The intricate design of these beautiful stamps emphasizes the ecological relationship between pollinators and plants and suggests the biodiversity necessary to ensure the viability of that relationship.
USPS
October 18, 2006
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In 2007, Seal Love Letters With A Kiss
Love and the sweet smell of chocolate filled the air today during an exclusive event at Hershey's Chicago. The U.S. Postal Service unveiled the 2007 With Love and Kisses stamp, to be released next January.
October 16, 2006
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Isle of Man: Christmas Trees
This year we have focused on the tradition of Christmas trees in the Isle of Man and the supporting text, by local historian Robert Kelly, provides a fascinating insight into when Christmas trees first became fashionable here in the early 1850s as a way of raising money for charity, long before Christmas trees became the style statements they are today.
October 15, 2006
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Canada Post raises curtain on six Canadian opera greats
They are bigger than life; their powerful voices soar effortlessly from the foot of the opera house's orchestra pit right up to the back rows of the largest arenas. On October 17, Canada Post will issue a set of five domestic rate (51 cents) stamps to celebrate great Canadian opera singers.
October 15, 2006
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Royal Mail: More 2007 issues unveiled
Two more of next year's Royal Mail issues have been unveiled – Sea Life and the Sky at Night, both of which are due to be issued in February.
GIBBONSSTAMPMONTHLY
October 13, 2006
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Isle of Man: Tales of Beatrix Potter
The Tales of Beatrix Potter depicts Peter Rabbit, Benjamin Bunny, Jemima Puddle-duck and Jeremy Fisher, names that evoke a bygone era of youthful innocence and which together with the famous portrait by Delmar Banner of the famous author herself are bound to bring back many happy childhood memories for collectors of Isle of Man stamps.
October 11, 2006
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Isle of Man unveil first 2007 issue
Isle of Man Post are to commemorate the centenary of the world famous TT race with the release of a host of new collectibles in the new year.
October 11, 2006
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Denmark: New definitive stamps
In advance of Post Danmark's price changes on 2 January 2007, Post Danmark will be issuing two definitive stamps of Queen Margrethe II on 10 November 2006.
October 10, 2006
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Modern Art in Austria - Valentin Oman
The original panel painting shown on the commemorative comes from the "Homo sapiens" cycle painted by Valentin Oman in 2005. It is in mixed techniques on canvas and measures 195 x 150 cm. Its motif is an example of the focus of Oman's works: "The central theme of my painting is the human image."
POST.AT
October 09, 2006
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World Post Day - Having fun with stamps!
The South African Post Office issued a set of five stamps to commemorate World Post Day on 9 October 2006. A special canceller and a commemorative envelope will also be issued.
POSTOFFICE.CO.ZA
October 09, 2006
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By Horse and Sleigh to the Christmas Service
The 2006 Christmas stamp is reminiscent of the Aland Christmas traditions of past times, when people used to ride by horse and sleigh to the early service on Christmas Day below the sparkling starry sky.
POSTEN.AX
October 09, 2006
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Royal Year Set
The stamp 'Integration through the eyes of children' decorates the 2006 Year Set of Aland stamps.
The Europa stamp 'Integration through the eyes of children' was issued 4 May. It depicts a small king, who proudly puts down his staff among the islands and ¬skerries and declares himself king of his new country. Andreas Dienert was the stamp artist.
POSTEN.AX
October 08, 2006
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Species at risk found on new stamps
To mark Stamp Month 2006, Canada Post will issue the first in a series of three sets of stamps depicting endangered species native to Canada. The initial set of four domestic rate (51c) stamps bear images of the Blotched Tiger Salamander, the Blue Racer snake, the Swift Fox and the Newfoundland Marten – all land creatures. Canadian stamps featuring at-risk water creatures and air creatures will be issued in 2007 and 2008 respectively.
CANADAPOST.CA
October 07, 2006
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German and Austrian Philately Exhibition Bad Reichenhall
The 107th Philately Exhibition - surcharged stamp (0,55 + 0,20 Euro)
It was in 1896, that the "Federation of Austrian and German Philately Clubs" was founded in Cologne, comprising over 60 clubs from the German-speaking countries.
POST.AT
October 06, 2006
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Pristine Snowflake Photographs Float on U.S. Postage Stamps
The U.S. Postal Service commemorated the winter holiday season with four new 39-cent stamps featuring photographs of snowflakes. The new Holiday Snowflakes commemorative stamps first-day-of-issue ceremony took place today at the New York Mega StampShow, New York, NY.
USPS
October 05, 2006
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Endangered Birds of India
India Post issue a new set of stamps to commemorate "Endangered Birds of India".
Scheduled for release on 5 October, the Endangered Birds of India issue consists of four commemorative postage stamps.
October 04, 2006
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Unique, Rare and Endangered Species of Florida Everglades Highlighted on Stamps
To raise awareness of the diverse species inhabiting the fragile environment of the world's largest subtropical marshland — the Florida Everglades — the U.S. Postal Service dedicated the Nature of America: Southern Florida Wetland stamp pane and stamped postal cards today. The stamps and cards depict strikingly beautiful images of 21 plants and animals found in southern Florida wetland areas.
October 04, 2006
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Dangerous Australians
Australia is home to some of the world's most dangerous and venomous creatures. The stamps feature a selection of reptiles and sea creatures that are regarded as potentially dangerous to humans.
AUSPOST.COM.AU
October 03, 2006
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Monaco: Christmas 2006
The Principality, which is a Concordat State, dedicates every year a stamp for this celebration, illustrated in 2006 by a Virgin with a child. A classic theme still renewed.
OETP-MONACO.COM
October 02, 2006
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South Africa: Jungle Bells!
The Post Office's Christmas stamps for 2006 may finally put an end to accusations that Christmas is treated as Eurocentric. Labelled 'Jungle Bells' and designed by Dr Jack, the stamps feature a springbok, warthog, zebra and hippopotamus drawing Father Christmas' 'sleigh'. Father Christmas is none other than King Lion.
POSTOFFICE.CO.ZA
October 02, 2006
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Monaco Red Cross
This appreciated theme is illustrated, this year, by a visual relating to integration, subject also treated by the EUROPA 2006 stamps.
OETP-MONACO.COM
October 01, 2006
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Vietnam commemorate EU ties
Vietnam Post have issued a new stamp to help mark the 15th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and EU.
October 01, 2006
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