Russia 2020 The subject for the 2020 Europa postage stamps was Ancient Postal Routes, a very interesting issue for the collector. Russia produced the first example we show here. The oldest Russian regular postal service between Arkhangelsk and Moscow was...
Portugal 2006 The year 2006 was declared the International Year of Deserts and Desertification by the United Nations General Assembly. Several countries issued stamps that year in an effort to raise awareness of the problem of increased desertification in the world. In the...
There’s a philatelic link between the author Ian Fleming, creator of the James Bond spy character 007 and a historic bridge in Turkey. In 2014 the Channel Island Alderney issued a set of stamps entitled “The Life of Ian Fleming”....
I imagine postal authorities worldwide would be rather apprehensive nowadays to issue stamps on the subject of tobacco, unless they were using the medium to discourage people from smoking - as seen with the 2006 World Day Without Tobacco stamp...
The recent problems at the Oroville Dam in Northern California, which caused more than 180,000 people to be evacuated from their homes, have highlighted the danger of living in the downstream vicinity of a major river dam. Though damming projects...
New stamps appear regularly with a variety of subjects. Below is a selection of recently-published stamps from around the globe. In Turkey, this stamp was issued to draw attention to wastage. Literally translated, it states: "Do not waste bread". During...
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