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1318. 🇲🇹 Dogs In Malta. - 🇲🇹 *MaltaPost *will issue a sheetlet of 16 different stamps on 23 October 2018 depicting various breeds of Dogs. The designs are reproductions of artwo...
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Early Mileage Marks - "126 YEOVIL" - The “126 YEOVIL” handstamp is known used from 1789 to 1792, though could have been in use earlier as the two previous Yeovil handstamps are only known use...
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ATM NEWS ~ France - 2018 Musée de la Poste - 2018 Musée de la Poste - Saint Désiré - Patron des vaguemestres Issue Date: November 6, 2018 Label Size: 80 x 30 mm Printer:
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Pembrokeshire Postman Celebrates 50 Years with Royal Mail - [image: Pembrokeshire Postman WP] Half a century may seem a long time to be working for one company for, but that’s exactly what a Pembrokeshire Postman ...
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"Wild Bill" - By Nancy Pope, Curator and Historian “Wild Bill” Hopson was one of the Post Office’s most popular pilots William Hopson flew the mail for the Post Office D...
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Was There A Post Office? - In my areas of philatelic specialism the question is often asked, Were these stamps really issued? To answer this, you need answers to several other questi...
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Postal History: Pony Express - Pony Express is a very important part of the USA postal history. In the today’s article, we’ll take a look at some most important facts we should know. ...
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UPDATED Pre Decimal Booklets Pt 3 - Continuing the series we look at the first 2/- Pre Decimal Machin Booklets: PVA gum The date of the first known 2/- Pre Decimal Machin booklet is listed...
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Shrewsbury Stamp Fair, Barnabas Community Church, SY3 7DN. 6 October 2018 - This was a good, local fair. It has a decent number of dealers - about 17 - and they had a good range of stock. The Hall where it was held was not crowded...
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Book review – Nowherelands: An Atlas of Vanished Countries 1840-1975 - It is somewhat rare that a stamp collector writes an book of their hobby and interests these days. It is even more astonishing that the book becomes an int...
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More 18 codes, some yellow fluor and missing security text - 2p dark green M18L 8/5/18 5p ash pink M18L 9/2/18 20p light green, paler background, deeper head M18L 8/5/18 £1 wood brown, paler background, deeper head M1...
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Stand up for your Rights - In 1792 a book written by the lady whose portrait adorns the above stamp issued by Great Britain in 2009 became the first book to be published in the Eng...
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Mixed Hindenburg Luxemburg & Hitler-head WW2 Frankings: a 153-day Window - Mixed Hindenburg Luxemburg & Hitler-head WW2 Frankings1 Aug 1941 - 31 Dec 1941 a 153-day period *25 Rpf Hitler-head & 100 Rpf Hindenburg* Luxemburg 1c t...
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Blog de timbrofil. This is it! - This is it! From now on, ‘Blog de timbrofil’ – as I called my stamp-related blog a few years ago – has became history! It will still remain online with its...
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Å ilutÄ— 1942 - Postmark of Heydekrug March 1942 Sender's address: Kolleschen bei Jonaten Kreis Heydekrug (Ostpr.) It has been long since I have posted something here the ...
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I Focus... On the 1d Yellow Ochre (Part 3) - It began life as an experiment in a new type of stamp vending machine. The five stamp multi-value horizontal coil strip was issued in these new vending mac...
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Postcards are a good source of solo uses. - *The postcard pictured was drawn to my attention when it recently sold on online auction site eBay.* The rate to Zone C (which includes Australia) from 3 O...
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Party Political Conferences showcase Post and Go capability - Autumn is the start of the political party Conference season in the UK and as in previous years Royal Mail are keen to showcase their brand heritage ...
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Poppy Post and Go Stamp Inspires BFPO Northolt Official First Day - The Poppy design from the Symbolic Flowers Post and Go stamp set was re-introduced for use on the 24th October and will be on issue until 13th November 201...
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New Directions - It is summertime, here in the US Pacific Northwest. Historically, I never did much with my stamp collections during the summertime-- I expect this holds tr...
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Our blog has moved! - This is the last blog you’ll find here, but we haven’t disappeared – we’ve upgraded! In a little more than a year, we will be opening the doors to The Post...
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Millennium 16 : CN Tower - *[This post is another in a series profiling each of the 68 stamps issued by Canada Post Corporation on September 15, 1999 on the occasion of the new Mill...
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1940 Centenary of World's First Adhesive Postage Stamp - On May 6, 1840, Britain issued the world's first adhesive postage stamp,the "Penny Black", featuring an engraving of a young Queen Victoria. A set of s...
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