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Stamps to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Finnish artist and writer...
On Friday January 31, Itella Posti Oy published a miniature sheet consisting of two stamps and a beautiful gift set to mark the 100th anniversary of the Finnish artist and writer Tove Jansson...
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Homestead Act
U.S. 1962 4¢ Homestead Act stamp was issued in honor of the 100th anniversary of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signing the Homestead Act, which allowed qualified people to gain land at cheap prices....
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Child Health
These three stamps were issued by Transkei on 3.12.1979 to spread the importance of Child Health in the erstwhile state.Thank you Maria.
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Cyprus Stamp Centenary
On 1st April 1880 the General Post Office in London handed over the management of the Cyprus Postal Services to the British Authorities in Cyprus, which released 6 stamps overprinted CYPRUS. These...
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50th Anniversary of the Donal Fraser Hospital in Vhufuli
This first day cover was issued in Venda on 18.8.1984 to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Donald Fraser Hospital in the small town of Vhufuli.Thank you Maria.
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Kennedy Memorial stamp
U.S. 5¢ Kennedy Memorial stamp was issued on 29.5.1964 at Boston, MA for the 47th birthday of late President John F. Kennedy. The design, which was selected by former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy,...
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The United States Postal Service (USPS)
Issued on July 1, 1971, this stamp marked the official beginning of the U.S. Postal Service. Prior to this date, it had been known as the U.S. Post Office. An 8¢ first-class postage stamp depicting...
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Cycads of Transkei
These four lovely stamps on the FDC depict the very attractive Cycads of Transkei, now in South Africa.Cycads are seed plants typically characterized by a stout and woody (ligneous) trunk with a crown...
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Åland postal franking labels - Velvet Scoter decoy
The current 3-year series of postal franking labels featuring old wooden duck decoys started in 2012. Åland Post Stamps now ends the series in 2014 with a Velvet Scoter decoy.Wildfowl decoys are...
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Register and Vote
U.S. 5¢ Register and Vote stamp was issued on 1.8.1964 at Washington, DC, to remind Americans that “voting is both a privilege and a responsibility”. The stamp pictures the American flag in its natural...
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Pieter Wenning
Pieter Willem Frederick Wenning (9 September 1873 – 24 January 1921) was a South African painter and etcher, considered to be the progenitor of the style of Cape Impressionism.Pieter Wenning was born...
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Christiaan Frederik Louis Leipoldt
This FDC honours the memory of Christiaan Frederik Louis Leipoldt (born Dec. 28, 1880, Worcester, Cape Colony [now in South Africa]—died April 12, 1947, Cape Town, S.Af.), South African doctor,...
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Centenary of Mariehamn Theatre Society
The 100th anniversary of the Mariehamn Theatre Society on 7 February 2014 was highlighted with the issue of a stamp by Åland artist Jonas Wilén.Thanks to the profiling of Mariehamn as a seaside resort,...
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Mayo brothers, who founded the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and...
U.S. 5¢ Doctors Mayo honours the Mayo brothers, who founded the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. The stamp issued on 11.9.1964 at Rochester, MN pictures James Earle Fraser’s statues...
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William M. Harnett
This US stamp issue on 3.12.1969 at Boston, MA honours American artist William M. Harnett, whose paintings are so lifelike he was once charged with counterfeiting.William Michael Harnett (August 10,...
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M/S Birka Princess and M/S Viking Grace
Åland Post Stamps started a 6-year stamp series featuring Åland passenger ferries in 2009. The series is concluded in 2014, when M/S Birka Princess and M/S Viking Grace become the last two ferries to...
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Robert H. Goddard
1964 8¢ Robert H. Goddard stamp Commemorates Dr. Robert Hutchins Goddard, the American physicist who is regarded as the “father of the modern rocket.” In 1926, he developed and launched the first...
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150th anniversary of the Dartmouth College Case - Daniel Webster
This stamp issued on 22.9.1969 at Hanover, NH, commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Dartmouth College Case. In 1816, the legislature of New Hampshire changed Dartmouth College’s charter in an...
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INCORPORATION OF MAFEKING INTO BOPHUTHATSWANA
The South African government handed over Mafeking to the Republic of Bophuthatswana, three years after being granted independence. The handing-over also effected the name change of this town from the...
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