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USA 2012-10-01 On October 1st, 2012, the US Postal Service issued a new sheet of Forever stamps featuring fifteen aerial views of landscapes. Two of the stamps are images from the Landsat 7 satellite. The sheet was released October 1 to kick off National Stamp Collecting Month, and portrays a number of landscapes […] Israel 2012-09 In September 2012, Israel Post released a joint issue with Nepal Post marking full diplomatic relations established between the two countries in 1960. The issue depicts the two elevation extremes on the Earth. The highest, Mount Everest, in Nepal at 8,848 meters above sea level, and the lowest, Dead Sea, in […] Netherlands 2012-06-18 On June 18, 2012, the Netherlands Post (PostNL) issued a fascinating sheet depicting the well known “Bosatlas” an educational atlas used by schools throughout the Netherlands. The sheet was issued to celebrate the latest edition of the DeGrote Bosatlas, the most popular atlas used in Dutch classrooms. “The Bosatlas, which forms […]
Bolivia 2012-03-12 Correos Bolivia has issued a new map stamp on March 12, 2012. The 5.00 Boliviano denominated stamp shows Bolivia’s borders, extending to the Pacific Ocean, as they were in1879 at the start of the “War of the Pacific” or “Saltpeter War.” When the war ended in 1884, Chile had taken […] Belgium 2012-03-12 A new two stamp mini-sheet was issued by Belgium Post on March 12, 2012 to mark the 500th anniversary of the birth of Gerhard Mercator. The “Rate 3” denominated (€ 7.14) sheet features two stamps, the left one of Gerhard Mercator and the right of Jodocius Hondius. The background of the […] Germany 2012-03-01 The 500 year anniversary of the birth of Gerhard Mercator on March 5th was marked by German Post with a new high denomination stamp. The€2,20 square format issuefeatures an image of Mercator in the foreground holding what appears to be a pair of calipers placed on a small globe resting on […] |
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