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celticeagle @celticeagle (189825) • Boise, Idaho 5 Feb

The British Guiana 1 cent Magenta is widely regarded as the rarest and most valuable stamp in the world. The stamp shows a sailing ship with the Latin motto "Damus Petimus Qui Vicissim" (We give and expect in return) surrounding...

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What do you think about this stamp?

youless @youless (114117) • Guangzhou, China 31 Dec 22

Every year the post office will issue a stamp which stands for next year. And it will be the Year of Rabbit and the stamp is from a very famous painter called Huang Yong Yu. Yes, he is quite famous, and I know he is good at...

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Stamp Prices to Increase Soon

CarolDM @CarolDM (203396) • Nashville, Tennessee 14 Nov 18

Get ready to pay more for a stamp. On Tuesday, the Postal Regulatory Commission approved a U.S. Postal Service request for the largest-ever increase in the cost of a stamp. The cost of a Forever stamp will rise from 50 cents to...

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Went to gas station

Ms Rae @carebear29 (32002) • Wausau, Wisconsin 6 Apr 18

So I went to the gas station for the purpose of getting a stamp. Well, I went and got a snack bar, salad and coffee but forgot the stamp of all things. Ugh. Not a good day what-so-ever lol. Husband said he would pick one up on the...

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Visited a Post office

Sreekala @Sreekala (34312) • India 5 Jul 17

Dear friends, It has been long time now I have visited a post office. There is tremendous changes in our life.A Post office become an unnecessary part in our life is one among them. We are depending only on e-mail, phone calls...

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A little Lost Mann

Inlemay @Inlemay (17712) • South Africa 28 Nov 16

It seems somewhere in my stockpile of postcards, this wonderful delivered one, got lost and I havent done a post on it yet! The quaint tourist map on the postcard was sent - well I actually dont know the date on the postage...

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Mail came rolling in!

Inlemay @Inlemay (17712) • South Africa 23 Nov 16

Lloret de Mar, "a town on the Costa Brava in Spain's Catalonia region, is known for its Mediterranean beaches. The medieval hilltop Castle of Sant Joan, to the east, offers views over the area, while the central Iglesia de Sant...

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Sealing envelopes

CaseyL @CaseyRoss9966 (4056) • United States 15 Sep 16

Today at work I have to hand label, stuff, stamp, and lick seal a 200 envelopes. I would normally just use a sponge and some water to seal them or just take them to the campus post office and they run them through the machine to...

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Now lets Work the Bank

Inlemay @Inlemay (17712) • South Africa 15 Aug 16

“Everyday is a bank account, and time is our currency. No one is rich, no one is poor, we've got 24 hours each.” ~ Christopher Rice After being away for the week-end and not really having the time to chat or respond to everyone,...

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A little Spring from Amsterdam

Inlemay @Inlemay (17712) • South Africa 1 Aug 16

"When its Spring again, I'll bring again, Tulips from Amsterdam . . ." Good Morning - so the chores are half done and the postman rang twice . . YES my postman has a bell on his bike and he rings for me lately so that he can...

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Chester for your Viewing

Inlemay @Inlemay (17712) • South Africa 29 Jul 16

I am going to give you a peek preview of the lovely postcard that arrived today from @Asylum . . . and hopefully the time it lies in wait of your viewing, will give it justice. Strangely Nostalgia was my theme for today and no...

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Bury Brings Barry to me!

Inlemay @Inlemay (17712) • South Africa 15 Jul 16

My intro probably should have be the other way round, but it would have sounded a little weird. As I sat down to have my lunch of baked beans on toast . . . do you know baked beans? well I heard a bicycle bell from the garden,...

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Lets Talk a Little Texan!

Inlemay @Inlemay (17712) • South Africa 14 Jul 16

"Dont mess with Texas!" is the first instruction I read on the flip side of this hilarious and very informative postcard! I think Texas is the first of the American states to confess that any lingo spoken in Texas is certainly...

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Whangamata Surf

Inlemay @Inlemay (17712) • South Africa 7 Jul 16

"The earliest known picture postcard was a hand-painted design on card, posted in Fulham in London to the writer Theodore Hook in 1840 bearing a penny black stamp - further information tells us that the Penny Black stamp was the...

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Narzisse Blom

Inlemay @Inlemay (17712) • South Africa 3 Jul 16

Believed to be very common in Germany, the flower represented on the stamp pasted on my postcard, is of the Narzisse flower or otherwise known as a daffodil. Afsolutely beautiful stamp as well as a flower that I had been lucky...

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Guten Morgen

Inlemay @Inlemay (17712) • South Africa 3 Jul 16

If you recognized the greeting then I am very impressed with you. Guten Morgen is the German phrase for "good Morning" My postbox overflowith bringing greetings and Good morning all the way from Thelma and the country of...

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Despite having seen it!,

Inlemay @Inlemay (17712) • South Africa 2 Jul 16

"Despite having seen it" are The words from Barry regarding the stamp licked and pasted onto my postcard sent from Turkey! @Asylum How could he forget? Easy, it was weeks ago and he is obviously due for another break-a-way from...

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Hand to Hand

Inlemay @Inlemay (17712) • South Africa 29 Jun 16

I have a feeling that all the postcard sending might just be keeping the snail mail and the existence of stamps very much alive, and what a wonderful thought that is. Greetings have arrived from Wisconsin. Yesterday my mailbox,...

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Close your eyes

Inlemay @Inlemay (17712) • South Africa 27 Jun 16

All my loving I will send to you! The earworm has been ringing in my head for a few days now and before it drives me crazier than I am, let me share it with you. Since this video was recorded in Melbourne in the 1960's, I thought...

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The gradual demise of the humble postage stamp.

Koalemos @Asylum (47893) • Manchester, England 17 Jun 16

Several Mylot members have discussed postcard collecting and also shown a great interest in the various stamps used on them from other countries. As a result I make a point of acquiring actual stamps when sending a postcard. This...

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