Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. It is the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands and the largest island in Micronesia. People born in Guam are American citizens by birth. Indigenous Guamanians are the CHamoru, historically known…
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Guadeloupe is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. Navigator Christopher Columbus was the first European to see Guadeloupe, where he landed in 1493, and gave the island its name It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the two inhabited Îles…
View More GuadeloupeThe Faroe Islands, or the Faroes (also written Faeroes), are a North Atlantic archipelago. Between 1035 and 1814, the Faroe Islands were part of the Kingdom of Norway, which was in a personal union with Denmark from 1450. In 1814, the Treaty of Kiel transferred Norway to the King of…
View More Faroe IslandsBrazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. Brazil was inhabited by numerous tribal nations prior to the landing in 1500 of explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral, who claimed the area for the Portuguese Empire. It remained a Portuguese colony until…
View More BrazilThe Åland Islands, or simply Åland, is an archipelago at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea belonging to Finland. It is an autonomous and demilitarised region of Finland since 1920 by a decision of the League of Nations. Åland’s autonomous status means that those provincial…
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On 8 June 2021, one of the world’s rarest and most valuable stamps was estimated by Sotheby‘s to be sold for USD$10-15million. When the hammer hit, it achieved only $7million*. Within hours of being sold, Stanley Gibbons, one of the world’s oldest stamp dealers, announced it had purchased the stamp.…
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Join the Falkland Islands Philatelic Study Group as they look at West Falkland and Inter Island Mail 1838-1930. Mail from West Falkland, starting with American whaling mail from New island in 1838. West Falkland local mail to and from Stanley and overseas mail is covered plus the mail schooners and…
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Derwin Mak is both a comics fan and philatelist. Here he presents to the Philatelic Specialists Society of Canada his two interests in an exhibit about Superman, the comic book superhero and one of the most famous fictional characters of all time.
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Suzanne Rae, Chairman of the PTS & STAMPEX in conversation with Peter Cockburn President-elect Royal Philatelic Society of London, Marcus Orsi of David Feldman and Graham Beck Exploring Stamps.
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Postal Pleasures Presents: Laos Stamp Unboxing Ep1
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