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Today, there is a story in the Eugene, Oregon Register-Guard about an art show at the Springfield, Oregon city hall. This is a unique show in that all the art-work features stamps, a prerequisite for a piece to be allowed to be entered into the show. The show’s director refers to the art as “Mail […]

It seems this week has been a flurry of new holiday stamp releases. Today is no different as Bermuda releases three stamps which make up Bermuda’s Greetings IV stamps. Featured on these three stamps are a dolphin, a christmas tree, and a snowman.These are scenes taken from Bermuda’s Boat Parade.

This year’s Bermuda Boat Parade […]

Christmas is celebrated around the globe and Cayman has shared the spirit with todays release of four stamps, part of a souvenir sheet that should tickle the fancy of topical collectors.

The sheet shows the scene of the nativity and has four stamps inset. Moving from left to right, the first stamp shows the Angels; the […]

Last week the USPS released the 2005 Holiday Stamps on October 20th. First Day Cities were Minneapolis, MN and at the Mega Stamp Show in New York, NY. This release includes Four .37-cent Commemorative Stamps, Pane of 20, Convertible Booklet of 20, and Vending Booklet of 20 .

We all have to admit that one of […]