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Wallis and Futuna 2024
2024 Stamp Schedule Date of Issue Name of Issue 14 Feb 2024 Eastern Barn Owl (Tyto alba) xx Mar 2024 Banana (Faahiga pukaka) 29 Mar 2024 Easter 29 Mar 2024 International Day of Dance — Me’e Fakaniutao 30 May 2024 Money Cowrie (Monetaria moneta) 05 Jun 2024 Traditional Fishing Gallery 14 Feb 2024 – Eastern Continue reading
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Vatican City 2024
2024 Stamp Schedule Date of Issue Name of Issue 13 Feb 2024 Villa Madama Accords 40th Anniversary 19 Feb 2024 Pontificate of Pope Francis MMXXIV 19 Feb 2024 Easter 19 Feb 2024 Vatican Pharmacy 150th Anniversary 19 Feb 2024 Cardinal Ercole Consalvi 200th Death Anniversary 19 Feb 2024 Dream of St. John Bosco 200th Anniversary Continue reading
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Croatia 2024
2024 Stamp Schedule Date of Issue Name of Issue 05 Jan 2024 Zagreb Solists’ First Concert 70th Anniversary [postal card] 22 Jan 2024 Rijeka Electric Tram 125th Anniversary 21 Feb 2024 Popular Culture – Felix the Postman 22 Feb 2024 Shrine of the Mother of God of Sljeme [postal card] 26 Feb 2024 Croatian Medical Continue reading
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Falkland Islands 2024
2024 Stamp Schedule Date of Issue Name of Issue 20 Jan 2024 Working Dogs 12 Feb 2024 St. Mary’s Church 125th Anniversary 20 May 2024 Tribute to Fallen Firemen Gallery 20 Jan 2024 Working Dogs FALKLAND ISLANDS WORKING DOGS In the Falkland Islands, working dogs are used for a variety of roles. For local farmers, Continue reading
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World Local Post Day 2024 – Dragons
The last Monday in January is annually celebrated by the postmasters of local posts as World Local Post Day. Spearheaded by the Local Post Collectors Society, a common theme is established for local posters to design their stamps around. For 2024, in honor of Lunar New Year, the theme is “Dragons”. I have operated my Continue reading
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Into 2024
Philatelic Pursuits experienced a period of downtime in December as I was hit by a car just as I walked outside of my school one afternoon. As a result, I got woefully behind on updating 2023 stamp release schedules and never got far on accumulating this year’s Christmas stamps for my annual blog about those. Continue reading
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Thailand’s National Day 2023
I have lived in Thailand for nearly 20 years now. Not long after I arrived, I attended celebrations in Bangkok marking the 60th anniversary of the reign of the revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej and was struck by how Thai people worshipped him as a demi-god. As my birthday preceded His Majesty’s by a couple of Continue reading
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Maxis on Mondays #6: Agnes of Prague
On 16 February 1982, Vatican City’s postal administration issues a pair of stamps marking the 700th anniversary of the death of Agnes of Bohemia (Svatá Anežka Česká in Czech). Also known as Agnes of Prague, she was a medieval Bohemian princess who opted for a life of charity, mortification of the flesh and piety over Continue reading
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Additions to 2024 U.S. Schedule
On 30 November, the United States Postal Service announced additions to the subjects and designs first revealed on 23 October. The four issues are: Ansel Adams, Photographer One of the most renowned and influential artists of the 20th century, Ansel Adams (1902-1984) made thousands of awe-inspiring photographs that collectively create a rich visual portrait of Continue reading
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Maxis on Mondays #5: Russian Postcrossing
I became a member of Postcrossing on July 1, 2006, when the project was less than one year old. I didn’t receive my first postcard from Russia until December 11 of that year — a lovely image of the Kremlin was on the picture side and it had been mailed on August 22, taking 111 Continue reading
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