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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Canada Post has issued the 38th edition of Collection Canada, a highly visual 90-page coffee-table book featuring every Canadian stamp design issued in 2011. Each year, more than 25,000 copies are sold worldwide, making it a five-time Canadian bestseller. Popular and highly collectible, these annual yearbooks gather all of Canada Post’s definitive and commemorative stamp [...]

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To celebrate The Sacred Royal Wedding of Bhutan’s “Dragon King”, Bhutan Post has released eight different stamps portraying His Majesty the King and the royal bride. In a traditional ceremony, Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk, 31, married Jetsun Pema, 21, a student and the daughter of an airline pilot, on October 13, 2011. The [...]

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The U.S. Postal service will release a commemorative cachet envelope collector series with double cancellations to commemorate the October 16, 2011 dedication of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial and the 16th anniversary of the Million Man March which was held on October 16, 1995. The cachet envelope for the double cancellation features a [...]

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