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New Zealand 2023, Part 1 (Feb 2023)
Today, 1 February, New Zealand releases a set of four stamps marking the 100th anniversary of the death of writer Kathleen Mansfield Murry (née Beauchamp). Designed by Caitlin McArthur, the stamps were printed using offset lithography by Southern Colour Print in Napier, New Zealand, in gummed sheets of 20 stamps for each design and a Continue reading
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Stamps of 2023: The Schedule Pages
There are now 41 up-to-date 2023 Stamp Schedule pages on this blog. Simply click on the “Stamps of 2023” link in the menu at the top of any page and you will see a listing of countries and other stamp-issuing entities in alphabetical order. Clicking on any of these will take you to the current Continue reading
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2023 Loading… Reboot
Well, here we go again…. I have been posting about New Issues fairly regularly on my personal blog since early December (and daily since just before New Year’s). My current writing and posting routine seems to be working, despite a fairly heavy workload. Thus, I feel the time is right to do SOMETHING with Philatelic Continue reading
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Moving Forward
At the start of January 2020, I moved all content of this blog (Philatelic Pursuits) from the original WordPress-hosted site over to my own doman. For more than two years, I concentrated on New Issues and posted quite a bit of content. For a number of reasons, I stopped posting to PhilatelicPursuits.com around the end Continue reading
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Exhausting Holidays
With just five days remaining until the start of the Twenties, I find myself inundated with non-philatelic pursuits. I live in a country that is over 90 percent Buddhist with most of the remaining population being Muslim or Hindu. Christians make up an extremely small portion of the residents. And yet, Christmas is extremely popular. Continue reading
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Christmas Stamps 2019: Norway
Norway Christmas 2019 08 November 2019 Technical details Issue Date: 08.11.2019 Designer: Camilla Kvien Jensen Printer: Joh. Enschedé Security Print Process: Offset Values: Domestic Norwegian Broadcaster NRK first began to air Advent calendar series in 1979 as a pre-Christmas program for children. Thirty-nine years have passed since Jul i Skomakergata (Christmas on Cobbler’s Street) was Continue reading
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Christmas Stamps 2019: Romania
Romania Christmas 2019 15 November 2019 Technical details Issue Date: 15.11.2019 Designer: Mihail Vămășescu Process: Offset Colours: 4 Colours Size: Stamp size: 36 x 36 mm; Minisheet size: 124 x 132 mm; Perforated souvenir sheet size: 124 x 109 mm (stamp size 52 x 82 mm) Blocks size: 124 x 136 mm (in philatelic album); Continue reading
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Christmas Stamps 2019: Slovenia
Slovenia Christmas 2019 — Snowy Landscape 08 November 2019 Technical details Issue Date: 08.11.2019 Designer: Edi Berk Printer: Agencija za komercijalnu djelatnost d.o.o., Zagreb, Croatia Process: Offset Colours: 4 Colours Size: 23,76 x 30,80 mm Values: B, C About Christmas 2019 – Stamp B – Snowy Landscape Many people still believe that it isn’t really Continue reading
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Christmas Stamps 2019: Luxembourg
Luxembourg Christmas 2019 — The Holiday Season 3 December 2019 The Christmas stamps 2019 illustrate a classic subject, a decorated fir tree. A work by artist Anita Wünschmann. On closer inspection, you will notice that it is a collage; a composite image made of pieces of paper and other materials. This technique uses fragments to Continue reading
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Christmas Stamps 2019: Germany
Germany Christmas 2019 — Stained Glass Window (The Nativity) 10 October 2019 Brand details: Wet-glue stamps at 0.80 EUR each with a 0.40 EUR surcharge in a 10-sheet, suitable for franking standard letters up to 20 g. Draft: Marvin Hüttermann, Düsseldorf Motive: Monograph de la Cathédrale de Chartres (1867) Value: 0.80 + 0.40 EUR surcharge Continue reading
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