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China has taken the decision to release a Special stamp to help raise funds for earthquake victims. This is the first time China has issued such a stamp with a charity surcharge.
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No stationery is needed in order to be able to collect stamps. However, the great majority of collectors choose to invest in a few essential items for the better display, preservation and inspection of their stamps. Below are some of the more commonly used pieces of stamp collecting stationery.
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Coin collecting is not as simple as keeping coins: it may be observed from numismatists or even coin enthusiasts that it is a systematic and somewhat complicated hobby. Certain tools must be employed to ensure both fun, discipline and to some extent, good profit.
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The three astronauts – Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins – onboard the historic 1969 Apollo 11 space mission, which landed the first men on the Moon, took a die for a postage stamp showing them setting foot on the Moon’s surface.
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A set of three stamps was required by Jamaica in 1968 to mark Human Rights Year, and designs were prepared by Jennifer Toombs. The designs went through the usual approval procedures, which included the Jamaican postal administration. It was not until the printed stamps reached the island that objections were raised locally about the stark nature of the black and white hands on designs, which provoked the image of a social divide. |
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In 1961, Tristan Da Cunha was plunged into chaos as the volcano erupted, and the inhabitants had to flee for their lives. The Governor of St. Helena, on which stocks of Tristan stamps were held, made the decision to overprint and surcharge four values, with the intention of the extra revenue going to help the Relief Fund.
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The mystery surrounds an issue from Swaziland, produced in 1956. It was a pictorial definitive, with the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, in values for postage/revenue up to £1. However the set also included a £5 revenue stamp in the design that had had previously been used for the King George V and George VI definitives.
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