If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Twenty-Seven students in the San Francisco bay area (where I live) won prizes in the recent Federal Junior Duck Stamp contest. You can read the full story here (free registration required). You can also read more about the contest […]
In September Swiss Post will issue four stamps containing images snapped by camera equipped cell-phones. The images are the result of a country-wide contest with more than 3,000 entries to honor the technology and it’s capabilities. Contestants were invited to submit images taken with their cell phone to be included on the new stamps. You […]
On June 1, China will issue a set of five stamps depicting scenes from the stories of Hans Christian Anderson. See here for more information. I wonder if these stories are as familiar to children in China as they are to those of us who grew up in the western world?
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Portugal has been awarded the gold medal in the 2004 Olympia Prize competition. The Olympia Prize is awarded to those countries who issue the best stamps for a particular Olympiad, as judged by a panel of philatelists and members of the IOC. Click here for more information on this.
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In article on India Daily, it has been revealed that more than 1,000 people were involved in the printing of fake stamps recently. The Indian government is still tracking most of them down.
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 APS # 204320 Visit the American Philatelic Society Website at www.stamps.org |
 PSS # 7600 Visit the Precancel Stamp Society Website at www.precancels.com |