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Archive for 2007/04


Iran Releases Nuclear Stamp

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The news came out of Tehran, this weekend, that Iran has announced a new stamp…with a nuclear theme. According to officials on Saturday, the design is one that “symbolise values of this national achievement”. In the announcment, the Culture […]

Reviews of WESTPEX

Be sure to visit the page on WESTPEX from earlier this week, as Chris Gilmore was kind enough to add his comments and impressions on the show, and I have added mine along with it. You can access that page here: WESTPEX. No TagsShare This

Stamp Collecting Not Dead After All!

The San Jose Mercury News, a local paper to me, ran a story this morning on the state of the union with respect to stamp collecting. This has got to be the first story I’ve seen in a major newspaper that focuses completely on stamp collecting and not some story involving a big investor or […]

Star Wars Stamps Go On Presale

The force can indeed be with you, at least for purchasing the Star Wars stamps from the USPS. The USPS is now accepting pre-orders for the set of 15 Star Wars stamps. The official sale date is set for May 25th after the special dedicationc eremony, which is to be held at the Star Wars […]

Taiwan Adds Panda Stamps To Cute Animal Series

Taiwan Post added five stamps to their “Cute Animal Series” today, April 25, 2007. The five stamps come from designer Hung-tu Ko and feature the “Lesser Panda”. These stamps come in a variety of formats for the four stamps and miniature sheet, which include FDC’s, Folder’s, Loose-leaf Stamp Album Page, Collecting Card and more.

The “Lesser […]

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