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1.- Top 10 Posts for September 2013 from Stamps of the World. Indian Railways in Postal Stamps (2000-2003). Western Railway: Churchgate Building, Mumbai. Churchgate building was originally the headquarters…
Stamps with embedded volcanic ash, sand from Sahara dunes, and even precious crystals A while ago, we took a look at examples of strange and noteworthy stamps from around the world. Today we have another…
NEW STSTAMP ISSUE ON 1 MARCH 2007Postal Transport Then and NowThe Åland Post issues two stamps featuring mail planes in March. The two stamps show an older plane, a Junkers F13 from the 1930s, and a Saab 340,…
Àland mail farmers and farmhands alike had to be ready when the coach horn sounded.
They knew then that it was time to carry the mail to the next farm, day or night. A stamp appearing in June focuses on the…
The National Footwear Museum in Izegem takes us back to an age when the town's shoes were synonymous with luxury and quality.Izegem's foot-wear industry prospered between 1920 and 1960 and the museum, which…
1.- Bird stamps from Dominica. Dominica is an island country in the Lesser Antilles region of the Caribbean Sea, south-southeast of Guadeloupe and northwest of Martinique. Its size is 750 square kilometres…
Countess Fabiola de Mora y Aragon was born in Madrid on 11 June 1928. Fabiola grew up with six siblings, as a member of a centuries-old Spanish aristocratic family.Fabiola met King Baudouin in 1958. Two years…
The Comoro Islands or Comoros (Shikomori Komori; Arabic جزر القمر Juzur al-Qamar; French Les Comores) form an archipelago of volcanic islands situated off the south-east coast of Africa, to the east of…
Immersing yourself in a hook and forgetting everything around you. Not a lot of adults can stili do that, but its no probleni for.children. They can become engrossed in a book, especially when it s brought to…
Finland is a Nordic country in Northern Europe bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Norway to the north, Sweden to the northwest, and Russia to the east. The capital and…