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Wild Flowers of Iceland
Merja sent me these two covers with the nice stamps on them. Iceland has many varieties of wild flowers. Four of these are shown on this cover at right dated 15.7.1964, and two on the cover at left...
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1967 - EUROPA CEPT - Cogwheels - Iceland
The stamp on this First Day Cover dated 2.5.1967 depicts Cogwheels. The EUROPA CEPT Wheel has 22 teeth, one tooth for each 1967 members of CEPT. Designer was Oscar Bonnevalle a Belgian. Thank you...
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Norwegian Scientists
The four stamps on this cover were issued by Norway on 15.10.1970 to honour their scientists. The cover was given to me by my friend Pia.Johan Ernst Gunnerus(1718 – 23 September 1773) was a Norwegian...
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President Sauli Niinistö's 65th birthday - the person and the position
Itella Posti Oy released a stamp to mark the 65th birthday of Sauli Niinistö, President of the Republic of Finland, on August 23, 2013. The stamp was designed by Tapio Vapaasalo, professor emeritus at...
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“Toward United Nations, April 25, 1945”
In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt championed a new world peace organization to replace the League of Nations. World nations agreed to an international conference to be held in San Francisco and...
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Lafayette’s 200th birth anniversary
Featured on this 3c U.S. stamp, the Marquis de Lafayette (Gilbert du Motier), a young French noble who came to America to help with the Colonies’ struggle for freedom is featured. The image on the...
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U.S. 8¢ Statue of Liberty
This U.S. 8c stamp, coloured Dark violet blue and carmine rose, issued and postmarked on this cover on 22.3.1958 features a redrawn version of the Statue of Liberty as it appeared on earlier U.S....
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The new Zoo in Jerusalem
Zoo’s throughout the world serve three main purposes: conservation of animals, education and recreation. As far as animals and nature conservation is concerned, these activities are coordinated with...
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U.S. Coast Guard in World War II
U.S. 3c stamp postmarked at New York on 10th November 1945 commemorates the role of the U.S. Coast Guard in World War II. The stamp pictures two coast guard landing crafts with a supply ship in the...
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50th Anniversary U.S. Air Force
The 6c stamp on this cover postmarked on the first day of issue namely, at Washington D.C. on 1st August 1957, marks the 50th anniversary of the United States Air Force as a part of US National Defense...
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Abraham Lincoln
This final issue in the Lincoln Sesquicentennial Series shows a drawing by Fritz Busse of part of the famous statue by Daniel Chester French, which stands in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C....
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Centenary of the Jaffa - Jerusalem Railway Line
Further to my post on 16th May 2013, Merja gave me another first day cover commemorating the Centenary of the Jaffa - Jerusalem Railway Line. This is an interesting FDC as it also has affixed to it a...
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Honouring All those Who Served in World War II
On 9.5.1946 the U.S.P.S issued a 3c Dark Violet coloured stamp which honours all those who served in World War II and pictures the Honourable Discharge Emblem. The five stars surrounding the emblem...
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Andrew Carnegie Memorial Issue 1960
U.S. Deep Claret coloured 4¢ stamp on this cover honors industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. The cover was postmarked on the first day of issue, namely on 25.11.1960 at New York.Andrew...
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11¢ Statue of Liberty stamp
Further to my post on 4th Sep 2013 when I talked of the 8c US Statue of Liberty stamp, the U.S. Carmine and dark violet blue 11¢ Statue of Liberty stamp was issued on 15.6.1961 to meet a new...
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The European Peacock butterfly
In August, all smartphone or tablet PC users could join the European Peacock butterfly for an enticing visit to several tourist attractions in Åland. August is when Åland Post presented a thrilling...
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General Stephen Watts Kearny Liberates Santa Fe
The U.S. 3c Brown violet stamp on this first day of issue (16.10.1946) cover commemorates the 100th anniversary of Stephen Watts Kearny entry into Santa Fe. The stamp pictures the raising of the...
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General John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing
John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing (September 13, 1860 – July 15, 1948), was a general officer in the United States Army who led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. Pershing is the only...
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15th Anniversary of the United Nations Children's Fund
This cover commemorates the 15th Anniversary of UNICEF and was given to me by my friend Merja.The One Cent Magenta UN stamp was the first by the UNPA on October 24, 1951 at New York. It was titled the...
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Classic Finnish police vehicles
Classic Finnish police vehicles to feature in their own stamps.On August 12, 2013 Itella Posti Oy published a series of personalized stamps portraying old Finnish police vehicles. The first class...
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