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Can you believe it's been 40 years!!

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Kiwi Pets to Star on NZ Post Stamps

NZ Post are giving Kiwi pet owners the opportunity to have their cherished companions appear on a new stamp collection with contest entries invited through its Collectables Facebook page and to date over 700 pet owners have entered. NZ Post’s Head of Stamps and Collectables Antony Harris says pet owners are welcome to enter a good quality photo into one of the competition’s four categories; Best…

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Happy Easter 2023

Easter is here again. Whether it is a time for you of religious celebration and reflection, packed family gatherings or simply an excuse to over indulge in chocolate – Easter holds a special place for many of us. The symbolism that surrounds Easter is evocative and highly colourful and the postage stamps that are released around this time of year are no exception. Aside from images drawn from…

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Anatomy of a Postage Stamp

Ever since the first adhesive postage stamp blazed onto the scene in 1840 the pieces that make up the anatomy of a stamp have hardly changed in over 180 years.. Sure, the way they are printed and the security components that are in, and on, the paper they are printed on have evolved – but a stamp is a stamp. So what are the basic elements that make a postage stamp a postage stamp? The Image –…

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Counterfeit Stamps on the Rise in U.S.

Counterfeit stamps no joke!

Seizure of counterfeit self-adhesive stamps by US Customs & Border Protection, March 2023 (source US CBP) 4,080 counterfeit U.S. stamps were seized recently by U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP)     officers at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. CBP officers discovered the fraudulent postage stamps after inspecting a manifest that identified as “hand account/self-adhesive sheets.” …

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King Charles Stamps Go International

King Charles III goes all international postage

A new King Charles III stamp will be released in the UK on the 4th April 2023 just one day after the new £2.20 international letter rate comes into effect. New King Charles III International Letter Rate Stamp (source Royal Mail) Royal Mail announced the designs for the first four King Charles III stamps back in February this year.  This set of four stamps is comprised of the 1st and 2nd class…

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Street Artist Banksy Chosen for New Ukraine Stamp

Graffiti taking FCK PTN to postage stamps

A piece of street art by the famous artist Banksy has been chosen for the design of a new Ukraine postage stamp to mark 12 months of conflict in the country. Banksy who is famous for ‘bombing’ walls in cities all over the world, began tagging in Bristol in the UK. Just as famous for his secrecy as his art, Banksy has explored canvas, sculpture and even film as well as the gritty urban backdrop…

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UK Definitive Stamps Enter the Digital Age

Digital postage stamps for real!

Royal Mail are future proofing their definitive stamps for the digital age. A quick recap. Definitive stamps are stamps issued by a country’s postal authority  and are a series of postage stamps that are not only have a long ‘shelf life’ , and their design seldom changes, but they  also do the heavy lifting. Go up to a post office counter in any country in the world and ask for a stamp to send…

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USPS Shredding Postage Stamps

What does USPS and skateboarding have in common?

What? Have they gone mad?!  Well no. Not this time at any rate. In a nod to counter-culture USPS has designed a set of Forever® stamps that depict deck art from four skateboarders turned artists. This is a neat piece of marketing but requires all the dexterity and poise that the famous ’shredding’ trick requires to pull it off. In a smart move by USPS, the dedication ceremony for the stamps was…

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