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FO 599FO 600Date of issue: 10. April 2007European postal operators, organised under PostEurop, conclude an annual agreement on the publication of common European stamps with a specific theme. This year’s…
Airmail stamp — for payment of airmail service. The term "airmail" or an equivalent is usually printed on special airmail stamps. Airmail stamps typically depict images of…
Dahomey was an African kingdom (located in the area of the present-day country of Benin) which lasted from about 1600 until 1894, when the last chief Behanzin was defeated by the French and the country was…
It was tour hundred years ago - 1609 -that thè Italian physi-cist, astronomer and mathematician Galileo Galilei first looked at thè sky through a telescope.He discovered that thè Moon was not a per-fect…
Spike and Suzy are comic strip figures that have grown large in tho collective memory of Belgium and thè Netherlands. More than 60 years ago, Willy Vandersteen approached thè director ol thè 'De Nieuwe…
India 89 World Philatelic Exhibition, Early RMS cancellation As a prelude to India-89, World Philatelic Exhibition, the Department of Posts issued a series of stamps. The fourth set issued, carries two…
The Caribbean Netherlands collectively refers to the three special municipalities (officially public bodies) of the Netherlands that are located overseas, in the Caribbean: the islands of Bonaire, Sint…
Introduction.
The story of philately is one that goes back to about the year 1841 when the first stamp collectors in the world began to emerge.
However, the subjects embraced by philatelists today commenced…
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