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For Pope John Paul II's visit to Austria in 1983, a postcard with a printed 3 schillings stamp, the 'Bischofsmütze', was produced as part of the 'Get to know Austria' postcard series. The card depicts the wooden image of the...
In 1955 Hungary became the first country in the world to issue a “metal” stamp. And below you see an example. Aluminium foil glued to paper was used in the production process. Since then there have been many stamps released...
Writing about the First World War almost always means a story about the horrors of the battle, the trenches, the bombardments, the development of new, increasingly destructive weapons: tanks, airplanes, mustard gas, the tens of thousands of dead, killed or maimed far from home. In...
Many new stamps on a wide variety of subjects appear with great regularity. Below you will find a selection of recently issued stamps from around the world. Last October marked the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Rancagua, in which the...
Many new stamps on a wide variety of subjects appear with great regularity. Below you will find a selection of recently issued stamps from around the world. The Bayeux Tapestry on an Alderney block. A prestige booklet has also been released....
I once knew an eccentric philatelist who wanted something special: a collection of all the countries of the world, past and present, with a single postage stamp for each country. If the name of the country changed then that had...
The Vatican, like the Netherlands, began issuing postage stamps on January 1, 1852. Initially as the 'Papal States' (Patrimonium Petri), until the Papal States were incorporated into the Kingdom of Italy in October 1870. The currency was divided as follows: 1 Scudo was...
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