'Liechtenstein Panorama' series
On the 6th of September the Liechtenstein Post issued two stamps dedicated to the landscapes of this country.
Although the picture most people have of Liechtenstein is determined by the mountain world of the Lower Alps, in reality it is the valley landscape divided in two by the Rhine. The first two stamps in the "Liechtenstein Panorama" series highlight the "valley landscape".
PHILATELIE.LI
September 06, 2010
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Liechtenstein 'Children's book' issue
The theme of this year's PostEurop "Europa stamp" is "Children's Book". For the purpose Philatelie Liechtenstein has immortalised on a commemorative stamp a classic of Liechtenstein children's literature: "Lisa and Max".
PHILATELIE.LI
September 05, 2010
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Chinese Folk Legend Postage Stamps
The content of these stamps is based on the legend of "the Cowherd and the Weaving Maid," one of the four Chinese folk love stories.
The stamps are expressed in the folk art form including shadow puppets, paper cut dolls and portrait bricks of the Han dynasty.
XABUSINESS.COM
September 04, 2010
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'Higher Education' - Stamps From Costa Rica
Costa Rica has issued two stamps under the name "Higher Education". The first stamp shows a segment of the mural painted by the artist Eduardo Torijano, located in the building of General Studies at the UCR (University of Costa Rica), the other stamp depicts a detail of the Monument to the Disarmament and Peace, work of the artist Thelvia Marin, located at UPAZ (University for Peace).
CORREOS.GO.CR
September 04, 2010
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Stamp in honor of Joe Petrosino
The Italian Post has issued a stamp commemorating the 150th birthday of Joseph Petrosino, famous American policeman of Italian origin.
IBOLLI.IT
September 03, 2010
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Spectacular Biodiversity Celebrated on Stamps
On September 1, 2010 the U.S. Postal Service issued the 'Nature of America: Hawaiian Rain Forest' stamp pane and stamped postal cards.
Featuring a Hawaiian rain forest, this 2010 Nature of America collectable stamp pane is the 12th and final pane in an educational series focusing on the beauty and complexity of major plant and animal communities in the United States.
USPS
September 02, 2010
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Stamp Dedicated to Urban Renaissance in Israel
The Israel Philatelic Service has issued a stamp dedicated to urban renaissance in Israel.
The stamp reflects the vision of people and organizations that work to further urban renaissance in Israel, and the actions of all who take part in planning and implementing the rejuvenation of city centers.
ISRAELPOST.CO.IL
September 01, 2010
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Pakistani stamp issued on Youth Olympic Games in Singapore
In August the Pakistan Post issued a commemorative postage stamp on the 1st Youth Olympic Games 2010 in Singapore.
The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international multi-sport event which has been first held in Singapore from August 14 to August 26 2010.
PAKPOST.GOV.PK
September 01, 2010
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Russia to issue stamps for the Sochi 2014 Olympics
The first series of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics stamps will be issued from January 2011 to 2015. Stamps will depict Sochi, its sports and tourist facilities and Olympic sports.
RUVR.RU
August 31, 2010
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New Greeting Stamps from Israel
The Israel Philatelic Service has released two new Greeting Stamps (definitive).
The stamps are also issued in the "My Own Stamp" sheet format.
ISRAELPOST.CO.IL
August 30, 2010
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UN Transport - Land/Sea/Air
On 2 September 2010, the United Nations Postal Administration will issue three se-tenant strips of five stamps each in the denominations of 44 cents, F.s. 1,00 and ˆ 0,65 on the theme "UN Transport - Land/Sea/Air".
UNSTAMPS.UN.ORG
August 30, 2010
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Stamp in honour of Czeslaw Slania
On 26 August, 2010, An Post issued a stamp to commemorate legendary stamp engraver, Czeslaw Slania.
The stamp depicts a scene from the ballet Romeo and Juliet.
IRISHSTAMPS.IE
August 29, 2010
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Message in a bottle - from Iceland Post
Iceland Post has started selling and distributing bottled messages – "Message in a Bottle".
The item consists of a plastic bottle (26 g) with a nice picture from Iceland on one side and an address label on the other.
POSTUR.IS
August 27, 2010
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Stamps To Honor 50 Years of Television in Norway
Norway Post has issued a series of stamps to celebrate 50 Years of Television in Norway.
The first tests of television broadcasts in Norway were conducted in 1954. Television broadcasting officially began in 1960, making Norway one of the last countries to launch television in Western Europe.
POSTEN.NO; NRK.NO
August 26, 2010
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Autumn's first Finnish stamps: Pop culture classics, national parks and nature
The autumn stamps kick off on 13 September with pop antiques from the 1960s. Many homes in those days had the Cobra phone, go-go boots, ball chair and floral mirror shown on Pekka Piippo's stamp. The Antiques stamp series thus makes a leap in time from the previous Gustavian and Art Nouveau stamps.
ITELLA.FI
August 25, 2010
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Jersey Nature - Freshwater Fish Postage Stamps
A set of six postage stamps plus a Miniature Sheet will be issued on 7th September 2010 to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Jersey Freshwater Angling Association.
JERSEYPOST.COM
August 24, 2010
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Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games Commemorative Stamps
On 14 August 2010, the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee in collaboration with the Singapore Post launched four Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games (Singapore 2010) stamps.
The stamps come in a set of four designs featuring the Singapore 2010 Mascots, Lyo and Merly.
SINGPOST.COM.SG
August 22, 2010
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Nigeria has launched OPEC golden jubilee anniversary stamps
Ahead of the 50th anniversary celebration of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, Nigeria's Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke, has flagged off the in-country celebration of the Organization's Golden Jubilee with the launch of commemorative postage stamps.
AFRIQUEJET.COM
August 22, 2010
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Day of the Stamp 2010 by Austria Post
The traditional "Day of the Stamp" commemorative, with a surcharge of EUR 1.30 to support organised philately in Austria, is to be launched at the largest federation exhibition of the year, OVEBRIA, where it will be presented to the interested public.
POST.AT
August 21, 2010
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Aviation Centenaries - New stamps from Gibraltar
This Gibraltar stamp issue commemorates significant aviation centenaries.
The stamps feature Baroness Raymonde de Laroche, the first woman to obtain the pilot's license on 8th March 1910; the first fare-paying passengers flown by DELAG's Zeppelin LZ7 on 21st June 1910; Hubert Latham setting the altitude record at the time of 4,541ft. on Antoinette VII on 7th July 1910 and the Clement-Bayard No.2 - the first airship flight across English Channel on the 16th October 1910.
GIBRALTAR-STAMPS.COM
August 21, 2010
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Royal Mail celebrates British locomotive heritage
On the 50th Anniversary of the building of British Rail's last steam locomotive 'Evening Star' Royal Mail take a look back at the glory days of steam power.
NORVIC-PHILATELICS.CO.UK
August 19, 2010
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'Foreign musicians' on Chinese postage stamps
Chinese Post has issued a series of four stamps under the name of "Foreign musicians". The set contains portraits of Bach, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven.
XABUSINESS.COM
August 19, 2010
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Romanian-Argentinean Joint Stamp Issue - Mountain Lakes
In December 1930, the Romanian-Argentinean diplomatic relations were established at legation level.
Marking the 80th anniversary of diplomatic ties, this year Romfilatelia introduces into circulation a joint stamp issue (Romania - Argentina) illustrating the theme "Mountain Lakes."
ROMFILATELIA.RO
August 18, 2010
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Vethathiri Maharishi Postage Stamp
India Post has issued a stamp dedicated to Vethathiri Maharishi, Indian spiritual leader and qualified physician in Ayurveda, Siddha and Homeopathy.
INDIAPOST.GOV.IN
August 18, 2010
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Argentinean-German joint stamp issue
This joint issue is dedicated to the Annual Frankfurt Book Fair and its Guest of Honour, Argentinean writer Jorge Louis Borges.
PHILATELIE.DEUTSCHEPOST.DE
August 17, 2010
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Croatian Stamp Secures Funds For Building Church In Africa
For the past thirteen years Croatian Pos has organized a vote for the most beautiful postage stamp issued in the previous year. This year, unlike previous contests, Croatian Post invited the public to participate and give their vote.
The postage stamp commemorating the 800th anniversary of the declaration of Varazdin as a free city was voted as the most beautiful in 2009.
POSTA.HR
August 17, 2010
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Cupids, N.L. gets stamp to mark 400 years
This issue commemorates the 400th anniversary of the historic settlement of Cupids, Newfoundland, one of the earliest European settlements in North America.
CANADAPOST.CA
August 16, 2010
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German steamers on stamps
This set issued on the 12th of August 2010 by German Post and dedicated to steamers proceeds the special series of stamps "for the youth to flow" by the Foundation for German youth. This Foundation promotes youth welfare and national youth education.
PHILATELIE.DEUTSCHEPOST.DE
August 16, 2010
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Postage stamp to honor German aviator Elly Beinhorn
German Post has issued a stamp dedicated to Elly Beinhorn, famed German aviator.
On 13 August 1935 Elly Beinhorn performed a flight which made her famous. Her airplane Bf 108 "Taifun" flew 13.5 hours in a distance of 3,470 kilometers.
PHILATELIE.DEUTSCHEPOST.DE
August 14, 2010
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Art postage stamps from San Marino
The ˆ1,00 stamp depicts Botticelli's work of art, "The Birth of Venus" (1485-88), commissioned by Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici to adorn Villa di Castello in the Florentine countryside.
AASFN.SM
August 14, 2010
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Stamps celebrate 10th birthday of London Eye
Stamps celebrating 10 years of London Eye in the capital have been released by the Royal Mail.
The London Eye Commemorative Sheet features 10 big wheel-themed images.
BBC
August 13, 2010
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Russian Monastery on New Postage Stamp
Russia has issued a postage stamp depicting the Ferapontov Monastery.
The Ferapontov Monastery, in the Vologda region in northern Russia, is an exceptionally well-preserved and complete example of a Russian Orthodox monastic complex of the 15th-17th centuries.
August 12, 2010
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Aland-Macau Joint Issue - Church windows
In August, Aland Post will be issuing a miniature sheet as well as a stamp on the theme "Church windows". The Macau Post presents the Macau interpretation of the same theme in this joint issue.
POSTEN.AX
August 11, 2010
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Traditional Festive Food Stamps from Malaysia
It can be licked but cannot be eaten. It is a stamp for collectors featuring traditional festive food of the various ethnic communities in Malaysia which was issued on the 10th of August by Pos Malaysia.
THESTAR.COM.MY
August 11, 2010
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Turkish Locomotive stamps
Turkey has issued a set of postage stamps featuring two different types of locomotives.
August 10, 2010
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Endemics of Anguilla on Stamps
The Anguilla Philatelic Bureau in conjunction with the Anguilla Stamp Advisory Committee (ASAC) is issuing a series of postage stamps featuring three of the island's endemic species.
August 10, 2010
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Belarus to Issue Green Snaketail Stamps
On August 10, 2010 the Republic of Belarus will issue 4 stamps depicting the Green snaketail (Ophiogomphus cecilia).
The Green snaketail is a dragonfly listed in the Red Book of Belarus.
The stamps are issued under the aegis of the nature protection organization World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and bear the WWF logo.
BELPOST.BY
August 08, 2010
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Birds of Prey on Irish Stamps
On 29 July, 2010, An Post issued four stamps featuring Ireland's birds of prey (raptors) as part of the Fauna and Flora series. The species depicted on the stamps are the Buzzard, the Golden Eagle, the Peregrine Falcon and the Merlin.
IRISHSTAMPS.IE
August 07, 2010
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India releases stamp on Syed Mohammedali Shihab Thangal
On Monday, 2 August in Delhi Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh released a commemorative stamp on religious leader Janab Syed Mohammed Ali Shihab Thangal on his first death anniversary.
MY-KERALA.COM
August 07, 2010
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Australia to Issue Bangkok Stamp Show 2010 Minisheet
Australia Post has produced a souvenir minisheet to commemorate Bangkok 2010 - 25th Asian International Stamp Exhibition.
The minisheet includes the event logo and shows part of the Royal Grand Palace complex in Bangkok.
STAMPS.COM.AU
August 06, 2010
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Special Occasions stamp series from Australia
For just over a decade Australia Post has regularly released its popular Special Occasions stamp series, the purpose of which is to provide postage stamps for mail relating to specific events and celebrations. Some of the designs in this year's issue are occasion-specific, such as those marking a wedding or the birth of a baby; others, such as the tulip and the balloon designs, can be used for a broader range of occasions.
STAMPS.COM.AU
August 05, 2010
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Bangkok 2010 - 25th Asian International Stamp Exhibition
25th Asian International Stamp Exhibition (BANGKOK 2010) will be held at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC) Bangkok, Thailand, during August 4 - 12, 2010. The visitors will see more than 1,000 frame of album sheet awards showcase.
BANGKOKSTAMP2010.COM
August 04, 2010
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'Grand Knight of Valour' stamps from Malaysia
The Pos Malaysia released a set of three stamps on July 31, under the name of Grand Knight of Valour (or Gallant Warrior).
The Seri Pahlawan Gagah Perkasa ('Gallant Warrior" or Warrior of Extreme Valour) is the highest federal award which can be presented in Malaysia.
POS.COM.MY
August 04, 2010
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Papua New Guinea Bowerbirds on Stamps
On the 4th of August the Papua New Guinea Post will release a series of stamps dedicated to very exciting species of birds inhabiting the country, called Bowerbirds.
POSTPNG.COM.PG
August 03, 2010
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Postage Stamp In Honor of Nodar Kumaritashvili to be Issued
Georgia is issuing a postage stamp in honor of a Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili.
Kumaritashvili suffered a fatal crash during a training run for the 2010 Winter Olympics competition in Vancouver, Canada, on the day of the opening ceremony. He was the fourth athlete to ever die during the Winter Olympics preparations.
NEW.INTERPRESSNEWS.GE
August 03, 2010
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New stamps in honor of Frederic Chopin
Uruguay has launched a philatelic sheetlet in honor of the bicentennial from the birth of Frederic Chopin.
Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of French-Polish parentage. He was one of the great masters of Romantic music.
CORREO.COM.UY
August 02, 2010
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New Zealand Post confirms price increase
From October, a regular New Zealand Post stamp will cost 60 cents - a 10 cent rise on the current cost.
That rise will also include the increase in GST from October.
TVNZ.CO.NZ
August 02, 2010
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Special Stamp in Honor of Swimming Championships
Magyar Posta greets the 30th LEN European Swimming, Diving, Synchronised Swimming and Open Water Swimming championships to be held in Budapest and Balatonfured between 4-15 August 2010 with the issue of a special stamp.
POSTA.HU
August 01, 2010
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Slovak Saints on stamps
Slovak Post has issued a set of two stamps dedicated to the two of seven Slovak Saints - St. Clement and St. Gorazd.
August 01, 2010
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Algerian Post celebrates Year of peace and security in Africa
Algerian Post has issued a stamp to mark 2010 as Year of peace and security in Africa.
It was declared by the African Union in August 2008, hoping this would help marshal collective continental efforts to douse all raging conflicts and wars in Africa.
August 01, 2010
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