Category: Stamps of 2023
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Philatelic Round-Up! #3
Week of 28 May 2023 Åland Post Artist Video Åland Post recently uploaded a brief video in which Christopher Relander, the photographer who designed the upcoming Bark Boat in a Jar stamp, explains his inspiration and design process. While the audio is in Swedish, there are excellent English subtitles. I wish more postal administrations/philatelic departments…
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Canada 2023, Part 2 (Mar-May 2023)
Overview This year’s flower stamp issue depicts Ranunculus asiaticus on 2 stamps. The annual flower issue is a bestseller, and often used to mail wedding stationery such as invitations. It’s also popular stamp issue among Canadian gardeners. Take home or gift this booklet of 10 PermanentTM domestic rate stamps. About the Flower Ranunculus asiaticus, also known as Persian…
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Europa 2023: Gibraltar (30 March)
On 30 March, Gibraltar’s Post Office became the first entity to release their Europa 2023 issue which consisted of two designs each in sheets of 10 and included in a miniature sheet consisting of both stamps. The non-common design stamp and miniature sheet, first day covers, etc. were designed by Stephen Perera. The promotional material explains the background of…
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Åland 2023, Part 4 (June 2023)
Åland Post starts off the summer on 9 June with two issues that will serve to evoke memories of happy times — of childhood toys and summers by the seashore. The first of these is a single stamp called “Bark Boat in a Jar”, the result of a new concept at Åland Post — assigning…
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Europa 2023: Guernsey (24 May)
On 24 May, Guernsey Post released six stamps under the theme of “Peace: The Highest Value of Humanity” and all are inscribed with this slogan. Issued in denominations of 56p, 79p, 87p, £1.21, £1.39, and £1.50, these have been printed using offset lithography in sheets of 10 stamps for each design. Only the middle two…
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Philatelic Round-Up! #2
Week of 20 May 2023 I have decided Fridays and Saturdays are probably the best time of the week to put together these Philatelic Round-Up! summaries of stampy stuff found around the Internet. We will see how that works out once I return to work (only one more week remaining in our extended holiday). Let’s…
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Europa 2023: Ukraine (24 May)
Ukraine’s participation in Europa 2023 will be released on 24 May. It will consist of two designs — the common design by Linda Bos and Runa Egilsdottir on the no-value indicator stamp inscribed with the letter A (currently equal to one U.S. dollar) and the design by Maria Suslova which took second place in last year’s PostEurop…
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Europa 2023: Germany (4 May)
On 4 May, Deutsche Post AG of Germany issued a single stamp denominated at 85 euro cents as its entry in the 2023 Europa theme of Peace: The Highest Value of Humanity. It will be released in a sheet of 10 stamps using the common design with the layout credited to Goldstein, Rheinstetten. According to the promotional material, This…
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Europa 2023: France (5 May)
France’s 2023 Europa stamp was initially sold by La Poste at the Strasbourg Foundry Post Office, 1 rue de la fonderie, 67000 Strasbourg, France on Friday, 5 May from 10am to noon and from 14:00 to 16:00 and at Carré d’Encre, 13 bis rue des Mathurins, 75009 Paris on Friday, 5 May and Saturday, 6 May from 10am to…
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Europa 2023: Finland (9 May)
On 12 October 2022, Posti of Finland became the first to announce their Europa 2023 stamp, a single non-denominated self-adhesive issue using the common design. It was printed in sheets of 10 stamps and released on 9 May 2023. Non-denominated, it is sold at the national value, currently €2.10. In May 2023, European postal administrations will publish a stamp…
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Albania 2023, Part 1 (April 2023)
On 27 April, the national postal service of Albania — Posta Shqiptare — released a sheetlet containing two stamps to mark the 15th anniversary of the Republic of Kosovo’s independence, denominated 200 and 250 leke. These are Albania’s first stamps of 2023 and no additional issued have yet been announced although it is expected to…
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Philatelic Round-Up! #1
Week of 15 May 2023 Early each week, I scan through a large number of different stamp collecting blogs and social media accounts getting a sort of “philatelic fix” before pursuing one or more of my ongoing projects (not necessarily hobby-related). Along the way, I stumble across many articles and other resources that may be…
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