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new.things
BusyBees
Thursday, May 15, 2025 12:35 AM
Sunday Stamps
Australian Animals
$ 3.204
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new.things
BusyBees
Thursday, May 8, 2025 1:27 AM
Sunday Stamps - Charles Stuart and Kingsford Smith.
Australian Stamps from 1930 and 31
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new.things
BusyBees
Thursday, April 24, 2025 12:27 AM
Sunday Stamps -
Australian Commemorative stamps
$ 3.457
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daveks
GEMS
Monday, April 21, 2025 2:38 AM
Sunday Stamps ~ Olympic Events
In any given Olympics, there are a multitude of events or games. Back in 1976, it was Montreal, Canada’s turn to host. That year there was 21 different sports, and 198 events in total! The first 10 cent
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new.things
GEMS
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 10:13 PM
Sunday Stamps - The Kings Head
Australian second stamp series.
$ 1.133
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daveks
GEMS
Monday, April 7, 2025 2:44 AM
Sunday Stamps ~ XXI Olympics
XXI, also known as the 21st Olympics were held in Montreal Quebec, in 1976. As mentioned previously, there were quite a few stamps issued to commemorate this event. About 36 stamps in all — wow, that is
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daveks
GEMS
Monday, March 31, 2025 2:31 AM
Sunday Stamps ~ 1976 Olympics
The Canadian government kind of went overboard for the 1976 Montreal Olympics, meaning they issues a lot of different stamps and many coin sets! (This is an understatement) These three stamps were issued
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new.things
GEMS
Thursday, March 27, 2025 12:13 AM
Sunday Stamps - The Australia Kangaroo
Australia's first stamp
$ 2.439
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daveks
GEMS
Monday, March 24, 2025 2:33 AM
Sunday Stamps ~ Telephone
The telephone — remember that? Invented by Alexander Graham Bell back in 1874. The “telephone” remained popular until about about 2013, 2014 or so, and that is when cell phones or mobile phones gradually
$ 66.988
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daveks
GEMS
Monday, March 17, 2025 2:32 AM
Sunday Stamps ~ R.C.M.P.
In case you didn't know, R.C.M.P. stands for Royal Canadian Mounted Police. It is like a national police force, somewhat similar to the FBI, but different in that they offer a wider variety of policing
$ 64.317
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daveks
GEMS
Monday, March 10, 2025 2:36 AM
Sunday Stamps ~ Moraine Lake
Perhaps one of my favourite destinations in all the Canadian Rockies. Of course I’m talking about “Moraine Lake,” located inside Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. From canoeing to magnificent hiking,
$ 69.394
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daveks
GEMS
Monday, March 3, 2025 2:58 AM
Sunday Stamps ~ Canadian National Parks
Canada has many national parks to visit. So far, I have only visited about 7 of the 37 parks. Lot’s of catching up to do right? Glacier national park (not to be mistaken with Glacier national park down
$ 21.888
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daveks
GEMS
Monday, February 24, 2025 2:32 AM
Sunday Stamps ~ Bison
Bison or Buffalo, what is the difference? Both animals look very similar, but the Bison have larger heads, humps and are just bigger overall. This particular 35 cent stamp was issued in 1981, and is part
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daveks
GEMS
Monday, February 17, 2025 2:31 AM
Sunday Stamps ~ National Parks
Canada is a very large and expansive country, so naturally we have a lot of national parks. 37 national parks to be exact! The first $1 stamp depicts “Fundy National Park”, located between Halifax and
$ 21.165
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daveks
Silver Gold Stackers
Monday, February 10, 2025 2:31 AM
Sunday Stamps ~ Dollar
This one dollar stamp was issued in 1930. Yes, a long time ago! Back then, a dollar could certainly buy you much more than it does today. For example: about 4 dozen eggs could be purchased for a buck.
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daveks
GEMS
Monday, February 3, 2025 2:32 AM
Sunday Stamps ~ Atlantic Walrus
Have you ever seen a Walrus, other than in a zoo? Me neither. This big guy lives in and around the northern Hudson Bay area, as well as Greenland, which is not part of Canada, but soon may be part of the
$ 17.483
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daveks
GEMS
Monday, December 23, 2024 2:31 AM
Sunday Stamps ~ “Landscape Definitives”
Let’s go back to 1972, fall, Canada post released 5 different Landscape stamps. The 10 cent stamp features a typical central Canadian forest in the fall. Moving on to the 15 cent stamp, this one depicts
$ 24.990
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daveks
GEMS
Monday, December 16, 2024 2:21 AM
Sunday Stamps ~ “Christmas”
Sunday “Christmas” stamps, brought to you by Canadian school children, from the early 1970’s. Thought we would deviate from the usual Nature posts for today. Now our kids aren’t always the best artists,
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