Join the Philatelic Society of Lancaster County and George Hauber, Jr. as he presents “World War II V-Mail” – a thorough and interesting history of the related necessity to get mail to the servicemen during World War II faster and cheaper with microfilm technology, while maintaining sufficient cargo space for…
View More Philatelic Society of Lancaster County: World War II V-Mail (Victory Mail)The French protectorate of Tunisia (Protectorat français de Tunisie), commonly referred to as simply French Tunisia, was established in 1881, during the French colonial Empire era, and lasted until Tunisian independence in 1956. In the decades leading up to the French incursion, Tunisia was a province of the declining Ottoman…
View More French TunisiaGibraltar is a British Overseas Territory located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula. The landscape is dominated by the Rock of Gibraltar. In 1704, Anglo-Dutch forces captured Gibraltar from Spain during the War of the Spanish Succession on behalf of the Habsburg claim to the Spanish throne. The…
View More GibraltarThe Chinese zodiac is a classification scheme based on the lunar calendar that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a repeating 12-year cycle. The 12-year cycle is an approximation to the 11.85-year orbital period of Jupiter. Originating from China, the zodiac and its variations remain…
View More Thematic: Astrology – Chinese ZodiacAstrology is a pseudoscience that claims to divine information about human affairs and terrestrial events by studying the movements and relative positions of celestial objects. Astrology has been dated to at least the 2nd millennium BCE, and has its roots in calendrical systems used to predict seasonal shifts and to…
View More Thematic: AstrologyThe zodiac is an area of the sky that extends approximately 8° north or south (as measured in celestial latitude) of the ecliptic, the apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the course of the year. The paths of the Moon and visible planets are also within…
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Do you have one of China’s zodiac stamps issued for the Chinese New Year? These beautiful and well sought after stamps are classics for the collector, learn about the Great Race (Origin story for the zodiac animals) and the famous Red Monkey Stamp with Exploring Stamps!
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The South African Republic (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek), also known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent and internationally recognised state in what is now South Africa, from 1852 to 1902. The Republic defeated the British Empire in what is often referred to as the First Boer War and remained independent until…
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The Transvaal Colony was the name used to refer to the Transvaal region during the period of direct British rule and military occupation between the end of the Second Boer War in 1902 when the South African Republic was dissolved, and the establishment of the Union of South Africa in…
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Northern Cyprus, officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, is a de facto state that comprises the north-eastern portion of the island of Cyprus. Recognised only by Turkey, Northern Cyprus is considered by all other states to be part of the Republic of Cyprus. Northern Cyprus extends from the tip…
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