Feb 21
Christmas is fast approaching; Guernsey is glistening with festive decorations, bustling with shoppers in search of that perfect gift and the first flurry of Christmas cards are hitting the post. And to make Guernsey Christmas cards stand out from the crowd we have something very special embellishing our envelopes this season – a collection of …
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Feb 15
To welcome the Year of the Dragon, China’s postal service plans to release commemorative postage stamps featuring the fabled beast. but many customers are finding the image to be a little over the top. Here are some reactions cited by China’s Xinhua news agency: “‘The moment I saw the design of the dragon stamp on …
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Jan 19
ABU DHABI // After three hours of an often heated debate, the FNC approved a law to impose stiff new penalties on fraudulent jewellery dealers. It suggested the penalty for the false description of diamonds, gold, platinum and other jewellery should be set at up to three years in jail or a Dh1million fine. If …
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Jan 16
Posted on | January 16, 2012 | No Comments PRESS RELEASE BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS Students and the General Public have an opportunity to put their creative skills into action in the design of Commemorative Stamps marking the Diamond Jubilee of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Mr. Raphael Archibald, sub-committee chairman for the Commemorative Stamps, says …
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Jan 08
Practically all folks who owns a computer and printer, and uses the Combined States postal service will appreciate this. Everybody remembers the not-so-good old days of having to mail a letter a.S.a.P. and searching high and low for a postage stamp. Rummaging through desk drawers to no avail, then having no selection but to trudge …
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Jan 07
WHEN his stamp dealer father suffered a stroke some 40 years ago, Anthony Chan Guan Fook gave up his plan of furthering his studies in England to take over the trade. Allow it! The software you decide to purchase and then work on, needs to be fine tuned to your very own set of requirements. …
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Jan 03
Jakarta, Dec 20 (ANTARA) – Indonesia will host a World Stamps Championship and Exhibition from June 18-24, 2012 at the Jakarta Convention Center, Indonesian Philatelists Association Chairman Lt Gen (Ret) R Soeyono said on Monday. "the World Stamps Championship and Exhibition 2012 will be participated in by philatelists from 70 world philately federations and more …
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Dec 30
Come New Year’s Day at Walt Disney World, the lines to check out at the World of Disney, the resort’s souvenir megastore, may rival any to be found at Space Mountain. The first day of the year is also the second-busiest at Downtown Disney’s flagship store, which draws about 8 million people a year — …
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Dec 25
Each Christmas Royal Mail processes 2 billion items of post; many sent this year will feature the new Christmas stamps issued today. Royal Mail’s policy for Christmas stamps is to alternate non-secular and secular themes. the 2010 stamps featured children’s characters Wallace and Gromit, and this year the Nativity is the theme. the seven new …
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Dec 16
By Yoree Koh Google Inc.A screen shot of an image of Natori, Miyagi prefecture taken in August and archived in Google’s Street View project capturing images of areas in northeastern Japan affected by the March 11 disasters. In an incredible virtual album of Japan’s tsunami-torn northeastern region, Google Inc. overnight Monday released the first images …
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