January not only was the start of a new year but it signaled a new focus to my stamp blogging. When attempting to cover the vast number of stamps issued in any given year, it is quite easy to become overwhelmed. Witness my failed attempts in 2020, 2021 and 2022. I made numerous but different … Continue reading Stamps of 2023: Monthly Wrap-Up (January)
Author: Mark Joseph Jochim
Stamps of 2023: Canada (January 2023)
Jan. 30, 2023 Chloe Cooley Canada Post will release its first stamp of 2023 later today, January 30, as the latest entry in its annual series marking Black History Month. The single stamp portrays Chloe Cooley who was a young black woman held as a slave in Fort Erie and Queenston, Upper Canada in the … Continue reading Stamps of 2023: Canada (January 2023)
Sunday Summary #24
Welcome to Sunday Summary, the meme in which I attempt to summarize the week that came before. The good news is that my dear Kanchana is back firmly in the Land of the Living following a prolonged illness. In fact, it has been a whirlwind week as we both got caught up on things and … Continue reading Sunday Summary #24
Stamps of 2023: Turkey (January 2023)
Jan. 26, 2023 Monumental Trees On January 26, Posta ve Telgraf Teşkilatı (PTT) of Turkey released its first stamp issue of 2023. Titled "Monumental Trees", the set honors two of the country's heritage trees with a third featured on the first day cover. The stamps and cover were designed by Cüneyt Akın and printed digitally … Continue reading Stamps of 2023: Turkey (January 2023)
Stamps of 2023: Aruba (January 2023)
Jan. 22, 2023 Year of the Rabbit Aruba Post released a miniature sheet containing three stamps on January 22 to commemorate the Lunar New Year of the Rabbit which began on that date. Designed by Yohandy Larmonie, the diamond-oriented stamps have denominations of 220, 320, and 520 Aruban cents. The miniature sheet was printed by … Continue reading Stamps of 2023: Aruba (January 2023)
Stamps of 2023: Fiji (January 2023)
Jan. 22, 2023 Year of the Rabbit Fiji Post recently issued a set of four stamps marking the Lunar New Year of the Rabbit. Now, their own website (as well as one or two other blogs) state the release date as December 28, 2022 but one page on the Fiji Post site states January 6. … Continue reading Stamps of 2023: Fiji (January 2023)
Stamps of 2023: Mongolia (January 2023)
Jan. 13, 2023 Year of the Rabbit Mongolia released its annual Lunar New Year stamp issue on January 13 marking the Year of the Rabbit, the latest in a series begun in 2017. The two designs are printed using offset lithography in panes containing five horizontal strips of two stamps and a central decorative label. … Continue reading Stamps of 2023: Mongolia (January 2023)
Stamps of 2023: Andorra (January 2023)
Andorra is a small nation lying amongst the peaks and valleys of the Eastern Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain. Today it is an internally self-governing nation with its own parliament. However, the heads-of-state are the Spanish Bishop of Urgell and the President of France. This is because the valleys were given to the Diocese … Continue reading Stamps of 2023: Andorra (January 2023)
Stamps of 2023: Algeria (January 2023)
Jan. 15, 2023 2022 African Nations Championship On January 15, Algérie Poste issued a single stamp marking Algeria's hosting of the 2022 African Nations Championship which had been postponed from July-August 2022 until January-February 2023. Algeria has made it to the Quarter-Finals and is set to play Ivory Coast on January 27 at Nelson Mandela … Continue reading Stamps of 2023: Algeria (January 2023)
Stamps of 2023: Finland (January 2023)
Jan. 18, 2023 Golden Gift Finland issued ten stamps in four sets on January 18. The first of these is a single stamp called "Golden Gift". According to Posti, The Golden Gift is an elegantly minimalistic and versatile stamp suitable for various types of congratulations, invitations or other festive occasions. The stamp with unique perforations … Continue reading Stamps of 2023: Finland (January 2023)
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