Latest Blog Posts for stamps2008

• Kahului Railroad Stamps
  on Mar 18, 2009
  The Post Office in Paradise Web site showcases Hawaiian postal history from the years before Hawaii became a part of the United States.The site features a huge collection of colorful stamps, cover letters to foreign countries, pre-postal mail, soldie...
• Tamper-proof Stamps
  on Mar 18, 2009
  The UK's Mirror reports, "Tamper-proof stamps are to be issued to thwart fraudsters who peel off or soak old ones to reuse them."According to an article by David Collins, "The new security Machin stamps have two sticky panels that tear if they're pee...
• Lions, Leopards, Unicorns & Dragons
  on Mar 18, 2009
  Alison Bean of the British Postal Museum & Archive writes to say they have a new blog that focuses on postal history and stamps.On the blog is a write-up about the Lions, Leopards, Unicorns & Dragons: The first “Regional” stamps exhibit w...
• Women's History Month Exhibits
  on Mar 18, 2009
  March is Women's History month and the National Postal Museum is celebrating with a new online exhibit - Women on Stamps: Part I.According to a write up in the Postmark, the museum's electronic newsletter, "Since 1893, when the image of a woman first...
• Mail Delivered 7-Days a Week Prior to 1912
  on Mar 18, 2009
  The Washington Post reports, "In testimony before a Senate subcommittee Wednesday, Postmaster General John 'Jack' Potter said the post office may be forced to cut back to five-day delivery for the first time in the agency's history, citing rising cos...
• VIET NAM - Vietnamese Birds Stamps
  on Mar 18, 2009
  North Viet Nam birds stamps.
• IRAN - Iranian Birds Stamps
  on Mar 18, 2009
  Iran birds stamps on 1966.
• The Pleasures of Stamp Collecting
  on Mar 18, 2009
  An article that originally appeared in the New Zealand Stamp Collector, the official journal of the Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand, was posted on the Philatelic Database Web site.It deals with the pleasures of stamp collecting.According to t...
• ROC - Taiwan Platalea Minor Birds Issue
  on Mar 18, 2009
  Platalea minor Platalea minor Platalea minorPlatalea minorTaiwan Platalea Minor Birds issue on 2004.
• Stamps Cancelled
  on Mar 18, 2009
  Jay Bigalke of Linn's Stamp News reports in the March 23rd editon that three United States stamp issues, originally planned for release in 2009, have been pulled from the current year's stamp program because of the economic downturn.According to Jay,...

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