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1992 Canada in Space The Anik E2 telecommunications satellite was launched in 1991 and retired in 2005.  The first Anik was launched in ...

January 9th, 2017, Canada prepaid postcard of domestic rate stamp The Chinese Year of the Fire Rooster begins on January 28th, 2017. ...

Jan 25, 1996 Great Britain for Bicentenary of Rabbie Burns calligraphy by Peter Horridge illustration by Graham Evernden A Red, Red Ro...

c 1950s postcard folder Sunset on Diamond Head Diamond Head is on the island of Oahu, near Waikiki for sunrise/sunset at Postcards fo...

2014, Russia, Olympics - curling Curling is played by sliding heavy granite stones (rocks) across an iced surface (sheet). It was inven...

2012, Germany, Christmas welfare stamp The chapel in this stamp is in Elmau/Oberbayern, Bavaria on the grounds of the Schloss Elmau . ...

1998 Czech Republic This black grouse is turning its back on the year that was. Unfortunately, these have been in decline for the las...

2007, Ireland Merry Christmas!

hang up the stocking turn out the light make way for Santa this is his night

2011, Finland, Christmas "Light in the Window" 1st class overseas designers: Aino-Maija Metsola and Georgi Eremenko Aino-Ma...

1965 Switzerland designer: Edi Hauri Edi Hauri (1911-88) was from Basel and a prolific graphic designer whose works included travel po...

2001, Botswana joint issue with South Africa The two stamps on this souvenir sheet are of a leopard and a bat eared fox . Though leo...

1998, US,  Celebrate the Century series illustrated by Richard Waldrep Binney & Smith developed its wax crayons in 1903 which we...

2013 Canada Children's Literature illustrator and author: Marie-Louise Gay This stamp features the cover illustration from the b...

1994, Saint Lucia,  Commemorating the Auxiliary Territorial Service, the women's branch of the British Army during the Second World...

2016, USA, National Parks Service Centenary photo by Art Wolfe Photographer Art Wolfe described this shot as "perfectly backlit b...

2016, USA Halloween carved by Paul Montanari photographed by Sally Andersen-Bruce designed by Derry Noyes The Forever Jack-O-Lantern...

2016, Australia Fair Dinkum Aussie Alphabet Series S for South Australia artist: Gavin Ryan The idea is for Australians to "grab...

1984 NABA ZURI National stamp show Jun 22 - July 1  se-tenant stamp showing a panorama view of Zurich Zurich is the largest city i...

2005, Russia, gastronomy designer: V Larichkin For 2005, the Europa theme was gastronomy and Russia chose to showcase a typical feast ...

1990, Canada for Canada Post Corporation This is how the Canada Post delivery vans looked in the late 1980s and 1990s. The Post Office ...

1978, Rwanda Chrysococcyx cupreus, more commonly known as the African Emerald cuckoo . It lives across most of sub-Saharan Africa and i...

1950s, definitive Netherlands Antilles Queen Juliana The Dutch Antilles was established as a country in 1954 and was dissolved in 2010...

1962, Gabon, fruits Gabon is a small country on the west coast of Central Africa which gained independence from France in 1960. This tr...

1969, Territoire Francais des Afar et Issas (Djibouti) Between 1967 and 1977 what is now known as Djibouti was called The French Territ...

2014, Germany, 1250th Anniversary of Kloster Lorsch In 1991, this ruined abbey in Lorsch was made a Unesco World Heritage Site. It was ...

1968, Canada, Armistice, 1918-1968 Vimy Memorial designed by Harvey Thomas Prosser engraved by Yves Baril (picture) and Gordon Marsh...

1956, Bulgaria, Olympics In 1956, the Summer Games were held in Melbourne and were the first to be held in the southern hemisphere as...

2010, Japan Another of Japan's wildly popular Hello Kitty series was issued in 2010 for that year's Expo in Shanghai China. She...

1934, USA, National Parks Crater Lake, in Oregon, was formed around 7,000 years ago after the eruption of Mount Mazama. There are no ri...

1950's Brasil Turistico Maracana Stadium

2013, Czech Republic, Horses designer: Peter Oriesek The Chumlec horses from the Kinsky stud farm are among the best horses bred in th...

2014, additional postage ¥18 for Celebrations                         2014, ¥52 for Happy Greetings Designer: Hoshiyama Ayaka          ...

1958, Canada International Geophysical Year designer: Alan Pollock The International Geophysical Year was an international scientific ...

2010, Russia, Cities of Military Glory Each of the five stamps in this set is exactly the same, save for the name of the city written i...

1961,  France  "14 Juillet" R de la Fresnaye 14 July, the French National Day, is commonly called Bastille Day in English. Th...

issued July 1, 1979, Canada  Provincial flags designer: Raymond Bellemare The flags of each province appear on this souvenir sheet in ...

2015 Germany Asterix and Obelix designer and engraver: Thomas Steinacker Prior to the release of the latest book (the 34th) in Octob...

1999, Solomon Islands issued for the 100th birthday of the Queen Mum (1900 - 2002)

1988, Canada, Dogs of Canada designed by David Nethercott paintings by Mia Lane The Canadian Kennel Club celebrated its 100th anniver...

2015, Latvia, Lighthouses Designer Arta Ozola Jaunaraja The white brick, rectangular Salacgrivas Baka (baka = lighthouse in Latvian) c...

2010, FDC Singapore Butterflies Illustrator: Nicodemus Loh These four stamps show the butterfly and caterpillar in similar backgrounds...

2006, Russia floral compositions designer Alexandr Ozolin A se-tenant stamp showing bouquets of flowers for (clockwise from top left) s...

issued 7 May 1971, Canada designer Laurent Marquat engraver Charles Gordon Yorke Samuel Hearne was commissioned by the Hudson's B...

unsent, 1991, commemorating the 9th World Rose Congress, Belfast from the stamp designed by Yvonne Skargon

1953, Nigeria Tin Mining engraved Tin is still mined in the Jos Plateau, which is in the middle of the country, but it has been severe...

2013, 68p Jersey, Damsels and Dragons illustrator: Lizzie Harper A series of six stamps to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Bri...

  1968, Canada, Narwhal designer: John Alexander Crosby The Narwhal is a small whale that is found only in the Arctic Ocean and mai...