Stamp Collecting News for Beginners and Philatelists

Australia Post and Cricket Australia have announced plans to rush out stamps commemorating Australia's victory in the Ashes series, just a day after Ricky Ponting's side reclaimed the urn from England.

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Isle of Man Post is pleased to present a set of six stamps in recognition of the remarkable partnership between HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh which has spanned over 60 years.

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Isle of Man Post is pleased to present this set of stamps for the Centenary of Scouting.

The six stamps feature present day Manx Scouts in action. Popular Scouting activities were chosen for the designs of three values - hiking, camping and kayaking.

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Stamp year 2007 begins in Finland on 24 January. On that date there will be six stamp issues with a total of ten stamps.

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In March, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) will be the 23rd honoree immortalized on a stamp in the US Postal Service's Literary Arts series. Born in Portland, Maine — then part of Massachusetts — in 1807, Longfellow is considered the "uncrowned poet laureate" of 19th-century America. He wrote more than 400 poems and is remembered for narrative poems such as Paul Revere's Ride and The Song of Hiawatha.

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Solomon Islands Post have issued an attractive new set of stamps depicting characters appearing in the Tales of Beatrix Potter. The stamps were released on 4th December along with a miniature sheet.

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Canada Post today announced it will issue three definitive stamps as part of the ongoing Flowers series on December 19. These colourful stamps will bloom on oversized items in Canada and on mailings to the U.S. and international destinations. The stamps will reflect the new rates, which take effect January 15, 2007.

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The 25 years of the Princess Grace Theatre are commemorated with a show dedicated to Josephine BAKER, the naked negro dancer, friend of the Princess Grace, many times as top of the bill in Monaco where she is buried. This theatre, strongly wished by the Princess Grace and where a part of the Monegasque cultural evenings of a great quality take place, is set up in the renovated premises of the old Monte-Carlo Post Office.

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The Principality, a Concordat State where the Catholic religion is the State religion, has a strong relationship with the Vatican. H.S.H. Prince Albert II made an official visit to His Holiness the Pope Benoit XVI, before the end of 2005, to maintain and increase a particular and important relationship, asserted once again by the accreditation of a Nuncio in the Principality during 2006.

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Royal Mail commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Slave Trade Act 1807, which led to The Abolition the Slave Trade, with a series of six stamps.

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The International Association of the Editors of philatelic Catalogues and Publications has been meeting together for nearly 20 years in the Principality, upon the initiative of Mr. Alexander D. KROO, his general secretary from 1977 till 1996. Mr. KROO created the "GRAND-PRIX OF PHILATELY – ASCAT", which was given in the Principality to the Swiss Post, to the Prince Rainier III, to His Excellency Mr. SAMARANCH, President of the International Olympic Committee, to Bertrand PICCARD, to the football player FIGO and to H.R.H. the Princess Maria-Gabriella of Savoy.

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The "MonacoPhil 2006" Exhibition is the sixth prestigious event that has been organized since 1997. With the Exhibition of the world philatelic Rarities, it became a Rendez-Vous for the public. The "Club de Monte-Carlo", composed of Postal Museums and of about a hundred only of great collectors, was created by the Prince Rainier III upon an initiative of Mr. Alexander D. Kroo and has the support of H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince.

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The Prince Louis II created in 1937 the Stamp Issuing Office (OETP), a Monegasque Service by the French Post, to answer to the collectors' requests by correspondence. The OETP has been growing, with a staff of 42 persons including also the Stamp and Coin Museum open to the public since 1996.

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Usual reusing of the International Circus Festival poster. The 31st edition will take place from January 18 till 28, 2007, under the big top of Fontvieille.

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H.S.H. Princess Stephanie is President of "Fight Aids Monaco", an Association created in 2004 which gathers several previous initiatives. More than 10 years of initiatives and fight against AIDS are commemorated.

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There have been stamps for 160 years, and for about 160 years they have been collected and traded. There have been philately clubs for about 140 years, retailers' associations for 120 years and in 2006 the Austrian Stamp Dealers Association is also celebrating its 100th birthday.

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This official picture represents – next to the engraved effigies – a strong symbol of the new Reign started on April 6, 2005. It was marked by a founding speech of a resolutely modern and responsible policy on July 12, and an Advent on November 19 of the same year.

Created in 1911, the Monte-Carlo Rally is a highlight event of the world championship. It also takes place on the roads in the countryside just inland from Nice. Created in 1929, the "Grand Prix Automobile" of Monaco with its racing circuit entirely in the city, is atypical and particularly prized by the drivers.

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This British writer, who travelled a lot, is a great humanist who gave in its literature the first place to the Human being with his qualities and his feelings. The respect of each other and of its environment, the gentleness or the perseverance make the Human being grow in stature.

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This great Master of the French cookery was born in Villeneuve-Loubet in 1846 where a Museum is dedicated to him. He set up in 1884 in the kitchens of the "Grand-Hotel of Monte-Carlo", led by Cesar RITZ. Both men had then bound careers, also at the "Savoy" in London or at the "Ritz" in Paris. He retired in Monaco from 1920 where he died in 1935. He proposed a new cookery, more simple, refined and comfortable and created many dishes among which the "Peche Melba".

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Sheet of 2 pairs of postage-stamps with illuminations

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Paul-Emile VICTOR, a great French Adventurer, explorer of the North Pole was also passionately fond of Polynesia where he ended his life as a Consul of Monaco in Papeete. It is a tribute to this man close to the Principality, and to the Pole which is a concern of H.S.H. Prince Albert II.

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This traditional topic in the Principality gives rise to two visuals, one of the official poster and the second one being a drawing, upon the request of H.S.H. Princess Stephanie, President of the event.

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In 2007, the U.S. Postal Service will issue a souvenir sheet of two 84-cent international letter rate stamps to commemorate International Polar Year 2007-2008.

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The Cardio-Thoracic Center of Monaco was created upon the initiative of the Professor Vincent DOR, a worldwide known surgeon, to equip the Principality with the best technologies near the Princess Grace Hospital. This Center welcomes foreign teams and instituted a new set price according to the pathology. It counts 23 rooms and 47 beds.

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The Monegasque Institute of Medicine and Sport Surgery (IM2S) has opened its doors in 2006. Medicine and Sport are two renowned areas in the Principality.

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A French writer of essays, novels and of theatre, Albert CAMUS, born in Algeria, describes absurdity of Human destiny. "The Stranger", "the Plague", "The Just Assassins" or "The myth of Sisyphus" are literature's classics, studied at school.

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Michael Schumacher, born on 3 January 1969 in Kerpen (Germany), recently, after his 90th Grand Prix victory at Monza, announced that he was retiring from active participation in motor racing. He is the undisputed king of Formula 1, having been world champion seven times in total, five times between 2000 and 2004 – a record unparalleled in grand-prix racing. This makes this German resident in Switzerland the most successful racing driver of all times.

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The European Academy of Philately whose Prince Rainier III was a Member of Honour, keeps strong bounds with the Monegasque philatelic Authorities and actively takes part to the International philatelic exhibitions organized in the Principality. Many Members of the "Club de Monte-Carlo" are also Members of the European Academy of Philately who gathers professionals of all the areas bound to philately.

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This traditional topic is dedicated to Daniel BOVET who studied pharmacology. This Italian scientist received the Nobel Prize of physiology and medicine, notably for his works on the antihistamines. The centenary of his birth and the fiftieth anniversary of his Nobel are commemorated by this "Red-Cross" stamp.

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One year after the first full-face Effigies, H.S.H. Prince Albert II favors a profile, more classical, still in civilian clothes. They are available in stamp with permanent value in the three colors corresponding to the basis rates (less than 20g) of the Universal Postal Union (green for economical shipments to Monaco and France, red for quick shipments to Monaco and France, and blue for shipments out of the European Union).

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This 40th anniversary is commemorated through a block that retakes 4 of the main kinds of bouquets. The members of the Monaco Garden Club, created and presided over by the Princess Grace and then by H.R.H. the Princess Caroline of Hanover, have especially realized these compositions to illustrate this topic.

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The Principality has many humanitarian Associations. Under the Presidency of Mrs. Francien GIRAUDI, the children and the circus have the place of honour. This initiative has many supports and the official poster was a gift of Jean-Michel FOLON.

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Lvov is the capital of the region of the same name with a population of 2.6 million and occupying an area of 21,800 km2. The town of Lvov itself has a population of 830,000. Like a true "diamond" of Eastern Europe, Lvov appears as an open-air museum with 2,000 historical, architectural and cultural monuments. The town was founded in 1256 by Prince Danylo Halytskyj, and named after his son Lev.

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Hong Kong Post have decided to continue their successful Heartwarming Stamps series with the release of four new stamps.

Issued due to popular demand, the four stamps are available from 28 November along with a first day cover, presentation pack and mini-pane.

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