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Åland 2023, Part 2 (Mar 2023)
On 15 March, Åland Post will release a single stamp featuring a Bo Lundwall painting of two Parrot Crossbills (Loxia pytyopsittacus), a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It breeds in pine forests in northern and northeastern Europe. The parrot crossbill was formerly described in 1793 by the German naturalist Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen Continue reading
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Greece 2023, Part 1 (Jan/Feb 2023)
On 26 January, ELTA (Hellenic Post) released its first three stamps of 2023 to promote Sustainable Development in business activities under guidelines set by the Greek agency ESG or the Environment, Society and Corporate Governance. The stamps were designed by Myrsini Vardopoulou with one stamp for each of the three pillars of environment, society and Continue reading
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Mexico 2023, Part 1 (Feb 2023)
On 12 January 2023, the Mexican Postal Service announced several stamp issues seemingly scheduled for release on 23 January. Those have yet to appear — the Correos website still lacks images of these six stamps and the associated pages have no information. Nor have the stamps appeared on various online auction and catalogue sites. The Continue reading
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Ukraine 2023, Part 1 (Feb 2023)
On 15 February, Укрпошта (Ukrposhta, or the Ukrainian Postal Service) released its first issue of 2023 titled “Warriors of Light, Warriors of Good”. The miniature sheet is dedicated to the emergency workers who are restoring critical infrastructure after the Russian attacks. In announcing the set, Ukrposhta director Igor Smilyansky wrote on his social media accounts, Continue reading
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Guatemala 2023, Part 1 (Feb 2023)
On 3 February, the Department of Philately, Art and Culture of the General Directorate of Posts and Telegraphs of Guatemala issued a single stamp denominated 15.00 Guatemalan quetzals to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the National Civil Police of Guatemala. The value pays the postcard rate. The stamp was designed by Ziomara de León and Continue reading
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Spain 2023, Part 1 (Jan 2023)
Travel, vacations and getaways are always considered an opportunity for disconnection, especially from the daily routine. But today, with the technological revolution, that disconnection has become a permanent connection. Paradoxically, it is increasingly difficult to disconnect. We physically distance ourselves but immerse ourselves fully in our smartphones and the online platforms they offer us. Disconnecting Continue reading
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Andorra 2023, Part 1 (Jan/Feb 2023)
Andorra is a small nation lying amongst the peaks and valleys of the Eastern Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain. Today it is an internally self-governing nation with its own parliament. However, the heads-of-state are the Spanish Bishop of Urgell and the President of France. This is because the valleys were given to the Diocese Continue reading
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The Bahamas 2023, Part 1 (Jan 2023)
January 10 is a national public holiday in the Bahamas called “Majority Rule Day”. It commemorates the day in 1967 when the black majority living in the Bahamas Islands finally won a national election and had their numbers fairly reflected in the way that parliament was constituted. Majority rule is a principle that means the Continue reading
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British Virgin Islands 2023, Part 1 (Jan 2023)
On January 10, the British Virgin Islands released their first stamp since July 2021 to mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of BVI House in London which administers the Caribbean Sea island group. The British Virgin Islands (BVI) are a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, to the east of Puerto Rico and the Continue reading
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Aruba 2023, Part 1 (2023)
Aruba released a miniature sheet containing three stamps on January 22 to commemorate the Lunar New Year of the Rabbit which began on that date. Designed by Yohandy Larmonie, the diamond-oriented stamps have denominations of 220, 320, and 520 Aruban cents. The miniature sheet was printed by offset lithography. The design of this souvenir sheet Continue reading
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