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On 27 June 1976, Air France Flight 139, flying from Tel Aviv to Paris, was hijacked shortly after a stopover in Athens. The hijackers diverted the aircraft to Entebbe Airport in Uganda, where they were supported by Ugandan forces under...
In this column, we discuss a region that issued a number of stamps for only a short time. This time, Afars and Issas. Stamps bearing the country name "Territoire Francais des Afars et des Issas" were issued between 1967 and 1977. They concern...
Collectors of butterfly stamps consider the issue seen here to be the world’s first butterfly topical postage stamp. In 1891, the Kingdom of Hawaii issued a 2¢ dull violet Queen Liliuokalani stamp. Liliuokalani (1838-1917) was the only Hawaiian queen to...
Liechtenstein 2024 The Chinese New Year is upon us, this year being the Year of the Wood Snake. International designer Tiger Pan combined two traditional Chinese cultural elements for this Liechtenstein stamp sheet - the snake as a sacred animal...
Collecting street art stamps is not only a fascinating hobby for philatelists, but also for art lovers. They offer a unique insight into the culture and social issues of the time in which they were made. Street art, once considered...
British Antarctic Territory 2017 Deep on the floor of the world's oceans, wherever rocky surfaces occur, it is likely you’ll find habitats of corals. Many associate coral with warmer waters but these amazing creatures of the deep are also common...
Panama 1967 Hummingbirds can be found in North America, Central America, South America and many islands of the Caribbean Sea. According to the International Ornithologists' Union (IOU), the hummingbird family has 366 species and 112 genera, mostly south of the...
There were so many great stamps issued by France last year I find it difficult to make a small selection for this article! Above and below: could these be the first postage stamps depicting electric bicycles? Please enlighten me if...
In 2018 the United Nations Postal Administration issued a beautifully-illustrated set of stamps to celebrate 25 years of its Endangered Species series featuring 12 threatened flora and fauna species. United Nations Vienna 2018 The €0.80 U.N. Vienna stamps here above...
Togo 2019 Daniel Defoe's book "Robinson Crusoe" is regarded as the first true English novel. It is also the first novel with a first-person narrator. Crusoe ends up on an uninhabited island where, after some time, he experiences various adventures...
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