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CZESLAW SLANIA, THE WORLD'S MOST PROLIFIC STAMP ENGRAVER HONORED ON WORLDWIDE STAMPS
Bom in Poland in 1921, Czeslaw Slania was passionate about drawing from childhood. He studied engraving at the School of Fine Arts in Kraków, and developed his talent in intaglio. He threw himself wholeheartedly into this painstaking discipline, which is beloved of philatelists because, from an aesthetic point of view, it produces a much better effect than can be achieved by offset printing. Slania began his philatelic career in his country of origin in 1951. In 1960, by which time he had been l
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Oct 17th 2021
WILL CRYPTO CURRENCY STAMPS BEGIN A NEW PHASE OF DIGITAL PHILATELY?
Recently, Croatia, the United Nations, and Austria have issued stamps featuring crypto currency. Many collectors will be vying to obtain first issues of this new and evolving philatelic phenomenon. The web shop (crypto.posta.hr/stamp/v2) where Croatian Post enables the purchase of crypto stamps is conceived as an interactive mosaic that provides an opportunity to pay for a stamp with cryptocurrencies. In order to faithfully translate collectibles into the digital world, cryptographers
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Aug 5th 2021
SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE- US CELEBRATE THE CENTURY SERIES
Celebrate The Century Series On February 3, 1998, the USPS issued the first sheet in the Celebrate the Century Series.As America approached the end of the century, the USPS sought a way to honor the wide variety of events that had taken place. This led them to the massive 150-stamp Celebrate the Century Series.The USPS issued the first Celebrate The Century souvenir sheet on February 3, 1998, in Washington, DC. It began one of the largest stamp series in US history. Highlighting the important ev
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Jul 1st 2021
LATEST UNITED STATES POSTAL ISSUE ADDS STAR WARS "DROIDS" TO THEIR SCIENCE, FANTASY, & TECHNOLOGY COLLECTION
The first characters fans meet in the first “Star Wars” film, “Star Wars: A New Hope,” are droids — namely C-3PO and R2-D2 — and droids have continued to play pivotal roles throughout the “Star Wars” galaxy.With 10 dazzling new character-inspired stamps, the Postal Service salutes beloved droids from the “Star Wars” galaxy and the imagination that brings these technological marvels to the screen.Representing more than four decades of innovation and storytelling, the droids featured in this pane
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Jun 10th 2021
CELEBRATING THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
About 250th Anniversary Birth Of Ludwig Van Beethoven 1770-2020Ludwig van Beethoven is acknowledged as one of the world's renowned pioneers in classical music of the 18th and 19th Century. Beethoven was born in December 1770 in the city of Bonn in Germany. At a very young age he was taught music by his father, where he soon showed talent.At just ten years of age he withdrew from school and started studying music full time. His music tutor was Christian Gottlob Neefe, who at the time had just bee
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Jun 4th 2021