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Russia, 1 January 1913.
The 5r value from the set marking the tercentenary of the Romanov dynasty. The stamp depicts Nicholas II.
Printed in recess.
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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How to Make an Accumulation a Collection
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Mbhunter on the Mighty Bargain Hunter website has some advice for coin collectors on how to make an accumulation a collection.
His or her advice is equally good for stamp collectors and underscores the fact that collections are generally more valuable than accumulations.
Follow these eight simple steps and you’ll turn that [...]
Chicago’s Old Post Office Auctioned
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Chicago’s former Main Post Office Building sold at auction late last week for $40 million, or about $13 a square foot according to Bloomberg News.
In an article that appeared on the New York Times website it was reported that the suggested opening bid was $300,000 for the 14-story, three-million-square-foot property.
The [...]
Irish Stamp Honors Brewery Founder
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The Irish Times reports An Post has issued a stamp to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Guinness brewery.
The 82 cent stamp, featuring an 18th-century portrait of Arthur Guinness by an unknown artist, covers airmail letter postage to any part of the world.
An Post chief executive Donal Connell is quoted [...]
Old Postage Stamps
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Allen Bohart on his Philatelic Tidbits blog has posted an insightful article titled The Value of Old Stamps.
Allen writes, “There seems to be an assumption amongst the uninitiated that old is somehow equivalent to rare and valuable, and that is simply not the case. Just because a particular stamp is [...]
Postal Service Offers Workers $15K To Quit
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The Dayton Business Journal reports the U.S. Postal Service will offer buyouts to 30,000 workers in hopes of saving $500 million in costs next year.
The incentive package offers eligible employees $10,000 to be paid during the first three months of fiscal 2010, which begins Oct. 1. The same employees will [...]
And then there were five
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Right, remember the comments on the last entry? Well, today I’m going to show you the five versions of the Hradcany Castle definitives of Czechoslovakia. We start off with a picture of the original design by Alfons Mucha, courtesy of a Cuba miniature sheet of 1988.
As you can see (this was a [...]
Student Post Office Display Features The “Evolution of Postage Stamps”
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West Virginia’s Martinsburg Journal reports a social studies fair project dealing with stamps is on display at the local post office.
Put together by Alexandra Moore, a high school sophomore, it includes information on the first postage stamp, commemorative stamps, philately, stamps today and more. Titled “Evolution of Postage Stamps,” it [...]
Small Post Offices’ Days Are Numbered
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The Los Angeles Times reports, “Once a municipal landmark found in even the smallest communities, the neighborhood post office is slowly going the way of the handwritten letter. So much so that the U.S. Postal Service is considering closing nearly 1,000 of its smaller branches nationwide, with dozens of [...]
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The Netherlands, 24 October 1989
The 7g value from the 1989-1994 set of stamps issued for use by the International Court of Justice. The stamp depicts symbolic images of an olive branch and a column.
Printed in recess and lithography.
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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Party time
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In 1948, the Czechoslovakians were preparing a party to mark the 30th anniversary of their country and also the 30th anniversary of their first stamp issue: the Hradcany definitives.
I’m not sure of the exact story, so correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe the idea for the latter was initially to [...]
Pedalling Posties Ride Off Into the Sunset
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UK’s Sunday Mail reports he’s been an everyday part of British life for more than 120 years but now “the pedalling postie looks set to go the same way as many village post offices and the early morning delivery. . . into the history books.”
According to the article by Matt [...]
Stamps Help Britain’s Blind
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Britain’s Echo website reports Terri Bush, 41, is desperately seeking help to sort through sacks of stamps to raise money for charity.
Terry is the volunteer stamp appeal co-ordinator for the local branch of the Royal National Institute of the Blind.
She has around 30 sacks of stamps, and needs to separate [...]
APS Launches Young Philatelic Leaders Fellowship
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The American Philatelic Society (APS) has announced the launch of the Young Philatelic Leaders Fellowship (YPLF).
According to Gretchen Moody, APS Director of Education, “The YPLF’s purpose is to seek out and engage the most enthusiastic youth stamp collectors. Each Fellow chooses a particular track (Dealer, Author, or Exhibitor) in which [...]
East London Collectors Try to Get Kids Interested in Stamps
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UK’s Daily Dispatch Online website reports, “The hobby of stamp collecting has lost its sparkle in East London, but two local enthusiasts are out to get it back into full swing.”
Reporter Lindile Sifile writes, “The misconception that stamp collecting is for the old or rich who have a lot of [...]
Take a Postal History Walking Tour
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Jennifer Flippance, London 2010 Project Officer, reports, “For the last three years the British Postal Museum and Archives (BPMA) has been running popular walking tours, which take you into the heart of old GPO London, exploring 400 years of postal history and developments in the iconic street furniture of telephone [...]
U.S. Postmaster “We cannot just sell stamps…”
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According to the Dow Jones News Wire, the U.S. Postal Service is seeking permission from Congress to allow 30,000 post offices to offer banking and insurance products, renew drivers’ licenses or sell pre-paid cellular telephone service, offsetting hits from the recession and a shift to electronic bill payment.
Reporter Judith Burns [...]
Exhbition Marks 100 Years Of UAE Postal Service
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“The United Arab Emirates (UAE) postal service will have been in operation for 100 years on August 19 and the Emirates Philatelic Association and Emirates Post are celebrating with an exhibition of some of the rarest and oldest stamps collected by their members,” writes reporter Emmanuelle Landais on the GulfNews.com [...]
Swiss Soldier Stamps
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The Vintage Antique Collectible website reports, “Some people, even those who have been collecting stamps for years, may never have heard of Swiss soldier stamps. That’s because these stamps weren’t actually postage stamps for use at large, they were created for the Swiss soldiers who were activated to full duty [...]
1969 Gandhi Stamp Marks First for Britain
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The British Postal Museum and Archives’ website reports, “Forty years ago the General Post Office released the first British stamp to commemorate an overseas leader and the first to be designed by an overseas artist. The stamp in question celebrated the birth centenary of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi, although [...]
Joint Stamp Issues
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According to the Joint Stamp Issues website, “Joint stamp issues are stamps released by two or more postal administrations at the occasion of a common event or anniversary and that are characterized either by a common design or the same date of issue or both.”
The site has…
- A chronological list [...]
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Aden, 15 January 1945.
The 14a value sepia and light blue of the `1939-1948 pictorial George VI definitives. The stamp depicts the painting “Capture of Aden, 1839″ by Captain Rundle.
Printed in recess, engraved by Waterlow & Sons.
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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Design
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I’ve been on the lookout for a long time but I’ve finally managed to lay my hands on this postcard.
What’s so special about it? Well, it’s not so much the card itself but the photograph of Queen Wilhelmina. You see, this is the actual photograph that was used to design the Bontkraag [...]
Hand Carved Mailbox Wins Smithsonian Contest
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According to a post on the Lumberjocks.com website, Hawaiian woodworker CathyB won a contest sponsored by the Smithsonian Postal Museum for the best rural mailbox.
Shown here, it took two months to carve and almost a month to finish it (inside and out). Cathy writes she had to ask the mail [...]
Are New Stamps Worth USPS’ Time and Money?
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The new TV icons stamps has columnist Edward O’Keefe of the Washington Post wondering,” Should the Postal Service devote so much time and money to postage stamps — especially ones that commemorate 50-year-old TV shows — at a time when it’s losing billions of dollars?”
David Failor, the Postal Service’s executive [...]
