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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...
Lithuania 2004 The oldest known funicular is in Hohensalzburg Castle, Austria and it’s known as the Reisszug. It is used to transport people and cargo from the Nonnberg nunnery to the castle. The Reisszug has been in operation since the late...
Isle of Man 2021 2021 is the Year of the Ox for the Chinese. Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival or Lunar New Year, is probably the most important festival in China, similarly as important as Christmas...
Most of us have heard of Venice's Grand Canal, seen below. But perhaps fewer people are aware of the longest canal in the world, the Grand Canal in China, also known as the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. On June 22, 2014,...
As seen around this time last year, treasure continues to turn up in unlikely places. A collection of rare stamps was discovered in old church-donation envelopes stored in a cigar box in the loft of a house in the Cotswolds...
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. Croatia has issued a stamp in honor of the Paralympic Committee. In Qatar, this is...
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. Spain has issued a block containing a round stamp in honor of the Park...
The rarest stamp in the world will be auctioned at Sotheby's New York on June 17: The British Guiana 1856 One Cent Magenta. No stamp is rarer than the British Guiana 1856 One Cent Magenta. During the auctions of this stamp, ...
China has as many as 140 recorded dinosaur species, representing one-sixth of the world's total, and is recognised as a major dinosaur region. This stamp issue features six Chinese dinosaurs: Daxiatitan binglingi, Microraptor gui, Lufengosaurus magnus, Tuojiangosaurus multispinus, Protoceratops andrewsi...
In 1994, a marketing representative from Boots Pharmaceutical in the United Kingdom discussed a plan to increase greeting card sales with Royal Mail marketers. To achieve the objective, a whole new series of greeting cards was introduced beforehand...
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