The United States Postal Service has announced the joint issuance of new Forever stamps honoring Miles Davis and Edith Piaf, two of the world’s greatest musicians. The stamps will be issued with the French postal service, La Poste in June. “We look forward to issuing these great stamps jointly with La Poste, continuing a tradition [...]

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Canada Post has released a new stamp January 16 to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. The new domestic rate stamp features a cameo photograph of the Queen in robes and tiara waving from the window of a carriage. Gov. Gen. David Johnston officially announced the new stamp at the National Postal Museum [...]

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The United States Postal Service has unveiled a commemorative stamp honoring legendary entertainer Danny Thomas, the founder of renowned St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The unveiling took place at a star-studded celebration in Los Angeles this past weekend to mark Thomas’ 100th birthday and the St. Jude’s 50th anniversary. The Danny Thomas Forever Stamp will [...]

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The Samoa Post Office has issued two stamps to commemorate Samoa’s “Leap to the Future” when the country shifts sides of the International Dateline and skips Friday, December 30, 2011. Samoa was originally on the west side of the dateline until 119 years ago, when the country switched to be more closely aligned with its [...]

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The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that when Joe Hautman won the 2011 federal duck stamp contest this fall with his painting of a wood duck, it continued a most remarkable streak. Minnesota’s three Hautman brothers — Joe, Jim and Bob — now have won an unprecedented 10 of the past 21 highly prized federal duck [...]

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Blessed John Henry Newman and Westminster Abbey are depicted with Pope Benedict XVI on a commemorative stamp included in a new set of stamps recently issued by Vatican City to mark the Apostolic Journeys made by Pope Benedict during 2010, according to an article in Independent Catholic News. The Union Jack is also included in [...]

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Hong Kong Post and Romfilatelia have jointly issued a set of two stamps on handicrafts to showcase works from their places. The stamps feature dough figurines from Hong Kong and painted eggs from Romania. This marks the 11th joint stamp issue between Hongkong Post and other postal administrations. In addition to the two stamps, Hong [...]

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Sports-minded Canada Post has issued three Winnipeg Jets™ Picture Postage™ stamps and a souvenir postcard to help celebrate the return of the National Hockey League (NHL) to Winnipeg. The first stamp design features the Jets’ new team logo of a fighter jet poised over a red maple leaf, against a solid blue background. The next [...]

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