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All things philatelic! Interesting news and articles about stamps and stamp collecting.
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U.S. Stamp Program Announced for 2010
The U.S. Postal Service has announced that Nobel Peace Prize honoree Mother Teresa, legendary actress Katharine Hepburn, Negro Leagues Baseball and Cowboys of the Silver Screen are among the subjects headlining the 2010 stamp program. Other topics an...
The Post Office in the Community
Over the last year the British Postal Museum and Archives (BPMA) has been working on an project that involved building a Victorian Post Office at Blists Hill.According to the BPMA website, "Blists Hill is a popular visitor attraction set in the Ironb...
New Iowa Stamp Club
The newly formed North Iowa Stamp Club is featured in an article that appears on the GlobeGazette.com website.Reporter Mary Pieper interviewed several of the members including Don Huygens, shown here, sorting some of his stamps at one of the meetings...
McCain Prompts Postal Service To Cut Congressional Stamp Albums
Bill McAllister, Washington correspondent for Linn's Stamp News, reports in the Jan. 11 edition that the United States Postal Service will no longer give presentation albums to members of Congress.According to Bill, Senator John McCain wrote a letter...
Variations of 1998 Canadian Christmas Stamp Worth Major Bucks
Variations of one set of Canadian Christmas stamps are becoming increasingly hard to find according to Canada's Telegraph-Journal. Issued by Canada in Novemember 1998, each one - 45 cents for the domestic rate, 52 cents for the rate to the United St...
Phillipine Exhibit Offers University Insight Into History
Philippine Daily Inquirer reports, "A group of hobbyists have formed the Dumaguete Stamp Collectors’ Club to tell the whole world about the joys of their favorite pastime. One way of spreading the word is by holding exhibits, so the club members di...
