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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...
Mali 1965 This article focuses on a man who achieved great things in his life - Albert Schweitzer. He was born 14 January 1875 in the small town of Kaysersberg in Alsace, a town that in 1871 had become part of...
The Soviet Union amazed the world on Nov. 3, 1957, with the launch of the small satellite Sputnik 2. On board was a small dog, Laika, the first animal to actually orbit Earth. Unfortunately Laika was doomed to die during...
The thematic collector of mushroom/fungi stamps has an amazing choice of stamps to seek out. It is thought that there are around 10,000 known varieties of mushrooms, with experts predicting possibly thousands more undetected. Here are some fine examples of...
The Phare de Ténès (1997 Algerian stamp above left) is the oldest lighthouse in Algeria. Built in 1861 on a rocky Mediterranean coastal site, the lighthouse rises to 57 meters above the sea. This lighthouse has withstood the two earthquakes that...
It’s often said that it is good for your health to laugh. This article is dedicated to some of the most popular comedy talents that have entertained and amused people worldwide AND have been depicted on postage stamps.Probably the most...
The Summer Olympic Games of the XXII Olympiad were held in Moscow in 1980. The only other city that had bid to host these games was Los Angeles. Due to a US-led boycott, only...
There aren't many stamps featuring a pied flycatcher. And it is quite possible that the Ficedula hypoleuca itself will soon be gone as well. The little songbird is a European example of a bird species that is threatened...
Flipping through channels like National Geographic and Animal Planet, they sometimes appear: beautiful images of coral reefs. 'Wow,' I always think, 'I'd really like to see that in real life.' But well, with my introductory diving training, I will...
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