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Stamp Story - Better than Nothing

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!In my continuing quest for stories in the mainstream press about stamps and stamp collecting, I ran across this piece in the Houston Chronicle today. Short, sweet, better than nothing I suppose. It would have been nice to see […]

China - Year of the Mouse stamps scarce

The Chinese new issue for the year of the mouse is turning out to be a rather scarce item, according to this article. The sheet of 20 stamps has a face value of 1.2 yuan, and has been sold on the open market now for up to 70 yuan. This is for a stamp that […]

USPS 2008 Commemorative Program released

It looks like another lackluster year for the USPS Commemorative Program in 2008, released yesterday. The two standouts appear to be the Flags of America series stamps, and the Great Lakes Dunes Nature of America series release. Other than those, I won’t be going out of my way to purchase and save any of the […]

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