Due to the death of King George VI on 6 February 1952 and the succession by Queen Elizabeth II, it was necessary to produce new permanent stamps featuring her image. This took considerable time, and only in 1953...
Stamps with the overprint OHMS instead of the perforation OHMS had only a very short lifespan. The Canadian Postal Service had, probably because it was cheaper, proceeded to have existing stamps reprinted with the overprint in order to...
Perrault (France) collected folk tales in the 17th century and wrote *Mother Goose Tales*, in which Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb are mentioned for the first time. The illustration for the cruel fairy tale Bluebeard is by Gustave Doré. The German Brothers...
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