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Archive for 2006/10


Stamp Collecting in Iraq

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!We have a very interesting comment back on the post named Philately Uber Alles that everyone should take a look at. If you recall, this was the post about collectors attending stamp club meetings in Iraq in spite of […]

Corporate Stamps

Speaking of corporate stamps, David Williams pointed out an article in today’s Louisville Business First (I don’t have a link) that there is a move afoot by KFC corporation to get Col. Sanders pictured on a US Postage Stamp. Their website even has a petition to get it done. Business wise, this is a good […]

Hershey and USPS announce another corporate stamp

With big splashy headlines and much to-do over nothing, Hershey announced via press release today that it has reached an agreement with the USPS to release a stamp next year called the ‘With Love and Kisses’ stamp. I guess we should have expected this, with the Disney coffers drying up soon, that USPS would be […]

Stamp Collecting and Kids

In today’s Guelph Mercury, out of Ontario Canada there is a very nice story about the Guelph Stamp Club’s 60th anniversary show. Even better, the story focuses on kids that came to the show and how they are the future of philately. The author does a very nice job of highlighting the positives, and the […]

U.S. Has Busy Week of Stamp Issues

The United States was busy this week with three days of stamp issues. Starting this off was the Southern Florida Wetlands Souvenir Sheet, which is part eight of the Nature of America Series. It was issued on October 4th. Ten commermorative stamps are on this sheet and descriptions of the wetland and a numbered key […]

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