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New Europa 2021 Stamps on Endangered National Wildlife

Romania 1. European mink 2. The Great Bustard  Issue Date:22.04.2021 Designer:George URSACHI Process:Offset Colours:4 Colours (+ ink visibile in UV) Size:33 x 48 mm Norway:Bumble bee Species Recent years have seen a sharp decline in many bumblebee species in Europe and North America, due mainly to changes in agricultural methods over the past century. Three species of […]

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New Stamps Released from Guernsey

250th Anniversary of Beethoven The Stamp features the Beethoven monument which was unveiled on 12 August 1845, in honour of the 75th anniversary of the composer’s birth. Issue Date:21.07.2020 Designer:The Potting Shed Printer:Southern Colour Print Process:Offset Lithography Size:40mm deep x 30mm wide 100th Anniversary of Rupert Bear Originally created by artist and illustrator Mary Tourtel, […]

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New Sepac 2020 Stamps:Malta

Artworks In The National Collection One stamp features a lady wearing the ‘ghonnella’ – a traditional headdress unique to Malta and Gozo. Made of silk or cotton, it was usually dark in colour and covered the frame but not the face of the wearer. Its use petered out in the 1950’s. The next stamp features […]

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New Stamps from Aland Islands

Medical and Industrial Tubing Optinova Group, an Åland company headquartered in Mariehamn, is world leader in the manufacture of polymer-based tubing for medical and industrial applications. The tubing is used in a wide range of areas, for example in cardiovascular surgery, pharmaceutical industry and food production as well as in the electricity and electronics sectors. […]

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New Stamps Released from Spanish Andora

Opening of the Socio-Cultural Cal Pal in La Cortinada Issue Date:14.05.2020 Process:Offset Colours:4 Colours Size:40,9 x 28,8 mm Values:€0.75 Wolf Collars Wolf collars are neckpieces made from iron and covered in spikes that are fitted to the necks of sheep dogs to arm them against attacks from wolves and other predators.They were sometimes manufactured using […]

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New Europa 2020 Stamps

Theme:Ancient Postal Routes Monaco The stamp represents a messenger responsible for delivering mail in the 18thcentury with in the background a view of the Rocher (Rock of Monaco) of the time. Issue Date:06.05.2020 Designer:Pierre ALBUISSON Process:Steel-Engraving Colours:6 Colours Size:40 x 31,77 mm horizontal Iceland Date of Release:7th May 2020 Switzerland The design produced by Switzerland […]

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New EUROPA 2020 Stamps:Bosnia and Herzegovina

Theme:Ancient Postal Routes  The postage stamp “Europe 2020″ is published under the auspices of PostEurope and has one common theme for all members every year – for 2020 the theme is “Ancient Postal Routes”. Roman legions were linked to Rome by roads on which the first postal service was carried out. The Roman Messenger Service, […]

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New Stamps Released from Guernsey

250th Birth Anniversary of Beethoven Issue Date:21.01.2020 Europa 2020 Theme:Ancient Postal Routes The stamps features six mail and packet ships that sailed between Guernsey and the United Kingdom. Before air mail took off in the twentieth century, sending post to the Channel Islands was only possible by sea and crossing the busy Channel could be […]

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New Europa 2020 Stamps:Denmark

Theme:Ancient Postal Routes Denmark has released a set of three stamps and a ms under Europa 2020 series. The two stamps, show the skyline of Copenhagen in 1728 and Altona in 1742, respectively. At the time, Altona was not part of Hamburg because it was under Danish rule from 1640 to 1864.The souvenir sheet marking […]

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Belize Issued Stamps on Diplomatic Relations with Taiwan

This year marks the 30 anniversary of diplomatic ties between Taiwan and Belize. A high level diplomat, Dr. Chia-Lung Lin, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications for Taiwan flew to Belize to sign a memorandum of understanding between Chunghwa Post and the Belize Postal Service to improve the technology used by  post offices. Ministry of […]