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July 5 is Algeria’s Independence Day! 1st Anniversary of Algeria’s Independence Issued in 1963 by the Algerian post office Designer: Ali Ali-Khodja After a bitter 8 year war, Algeria shed it’s 132 ...
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Stories about flora and faunaFlora & Fauna Stamps Stories about flora and fauna Flowers & planty stuff Canada Post’s gardenia stamps A Canadian study in 4 seasons University of Ferrara’s Botanical ...
The Netherlands buried Queen Willemina on December 8, 1962 at Nieuwe Kerk, Delft. Born August 31 1880, Willemina was Queen for fifty-eight years. She became Queen in 1890, on the death of her father.
Tunisia stamps 2021 topics and release dates are available. Unfortunately, Tunisian post offers few details about them.
Early aircraft - pre 1920 Slow growing list of early aircrafts, designers, pilots & dates. Not all aeroplanes were successful. This list is to document all designs, regardless their relative success.
On June 11. 1644, Italian scientist Evangelista Torricelli wrote to his friend Michelangelo Ricci describing his new invention, a mercury barometer. I have already called attention to certain ...
Turkey's 2021 stamp program includes three centenary commemoratives, Europa issues, sports, and arts. Frustratingly, information offered by Turkey's post ...
Enjoy some myths & a few frights courtesy post offices from around the world plus a few fun non-stamp articles from the archives: Me, Reptilicus and stamps Things that go bump in Canada I’m here for ...
EUROPA 2020 – Old Postal Routes 2020’s theme was Old Postal Routes. Some post offices called it ancient, some old. The topic was titled Ancient Postal Routes, but I’ve opted to use old for most of the ...
David Dovlatyan and Rem Saakyan return to helm the Armenia 2022 stamp program. Dovlatyan and Saakyan are the dynamos behind many of Armenia's best designs.