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There are various sources where those “special coins” can be purchased. The following are the basic methods and starting places to obtain the coin(s) you have long wanted.
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Trials are underway in America involving a new type of stamp hinge, designed to prevent the damage that current gummed hinges produce.
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Gibraltar has issued a set of 'New 7 Wonders of the World' stamps celebrate the seven treasures in our world as voted by people from all over the world.
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Guernsey's heritage is being celebrated with a set of new stamps, designed by Chris Griffiths. The set of six stamps feature words in Guernesiais, the Guernsey patois.
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New Zealand has become the setting for the new Chronicles of Narnia film, Prince Caspian. The postal authorities have released a $1.00 stamp to commemorate the film, and others are planned to be released soon.
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When a young French boy went through correspondence files in 1902, he could not realize that he was going to happen upon one of philately’s greatest rarities. He was searching through a batch of dusty letters when he saw a cover franked with 1 penny and 2 pence stamps from the volcanic island of Mauritius. As he examined the cover, he recalled reading about the unusual stamps in a magazine. The two values were the first stamps issued in the British colonies. The one penny was printed in orange, while the two pence was in dark blue.
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The stamp was found among old correspondence from British Guiana in 1873 by a 12 year old English schoolboy in Demerara named L. Vernon Vaughn. It was sold to a collector, N.R. McKinnon, for $1.50. McKinnon sold his entire collection to Wylie Hill of Glasgow, Scotland.
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