25-09-1974 Stamp Bulletin #39A on the stamp issue honoring Mr. S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (the late Prime Minister). Interesting biographical information & technical details.

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    Blocks of 4 35 & 55 Massevirkningsloven (Law of Mass Action in chemistry) centenary stamps in 1964, well centered & never hinged. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 nc

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4 / 79 Norway issue for International Year of the Child, complete set of 2, mint never hinged. $1.00

1 October 1979 International Year of the Child complete set of 3 stamps on 38 matching cacheted FDC's with all active Faeroes post offices represented. Only 100 such sets were prepared-- per the trade announcement that is included with the lot. Clear cancels like these from the smaller towns-- Funningur, Gøta, Hov, Hvalba, Leirvik, Mykikes, Skáli, Skopun, etc.--are not easily found. $195.00 fc

10 / 18 / 79 Spanish Andorra International Year of the Child, 19-pta stamp mint never hinged, complete. (2 available) $0.50 each. ac

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CHINA PHILATELY
In English, China Philately is the bimonthly official publication
of the All-China Philatelic Federation. Always well-illustrated,
it shows many interesting stamps & covers in color.

November 1985 China Philately: designing commemoratives honoring Lin Zexu, Chinese stamp titles, the Fuzhou bisect, etc. $5.00

January 1986 China Philately: the Forbidden City on stamps, the overprints of 1912 (illustrated in color), etc. $5.00

March 1986 China Philately: China's space stamps, design of the Tiger Year stamp, 1-fen of the former Jiangxi Red Post, etc. $5.00

May 1986 China Philately: Lin Boqu's birth centenary, Huanshan Mountains on stamps, Qi Baishi art on stamps & souvenir sheets, etc. $5.00

July 1986 China Philately: designing the dwelling houses issue, Chinese writers & their works on stamps, printing of the New China definitives, etc. $5.00

September 1986 China Philately: how the magnolia issue was born, China sports stamps, print quantities of the 1985 stamps, etc. $5.00

November 1986 China Philately: souvenir sheet for the 2nd ACPF Congress, newly discovered Liberated Area stamps (in color), designing the first series of postage dues, etc. $5.00

January 1987 China Philately: the story of the Jiangxi Red Post stamp, designing the Rabbit Year stamp, late letter fee stamps, etc. $5.00

July 1987 China Philately: draft designs of Mount Tai stamps (color), double-surcharged red revenue small-type 4-fen, kite stamps, etc. $5.00

September 1987 China Philately: Dunhuang murals stamps, 60th anniversary of PLA stamps, Lusi stamps, etc. $5.00

November 1987 China Philately: farmers' paintings of Jin Shan County, reconstruction of the back of the 3rd Andong print, Chinese ancient fairytales on stamps, etc. $5.00

January 1988 China Philately: Hunan-Jianxi Border Province issue (color), dragons on Chinese stamps, printing quantities of 1986 stamps, etc. $5.00

March 1988 China Philately: designing the Heroes of the Marsh stamps, the chime bells souvenir sheet,
stamps honoring Tao Zhu, etc. $5.00

May 1988 China Philately: Mao Zedong issue of Lushan print (color), printing quantities of 1987 stamps, rare provisionals printed at Xiangyun, etc. $5.00

July 1988 China Philately: commemoratives on Hainan Province founding, Tonghua print of Chairman Mao's portrait (color), large dragon one-candarin cliches, etc. $5.00

September 1988 China Philately: stamps honoring Cai Yanpei, first set of modern Chinese scientists, how the W.2 stamps came into being, etc. $5.00

November 1988 China Philately: 11th Asian Games stamps, revenue stamps of 1988 (color), origin of the large dragon design, etc. $5.00

January 1989 China Philately: selections from China's National Stamp Museum (color), newly discovered red revenue small one dollar, Chinese orchid stamps, etc. $5.00

March 1989 China Philately: T.131 Romance of the 3 Kingdoms issue, postage dues from Wu Naigen's collection (color), Pére David's deer on stamps, etc. $5.00

OTHER CHINESE PHILATELIC LITERATURE

"1994 / Yang's Postage Stamp Catalogue of / The People's Republic of China [Part II-People's Republic Issues" edited by Nai-Chiang Yang, 10^th edition illustrated in color throughout, paperbound, 154 pages plus covers. Includes military post, money order stamps & stamp booklets. Bilingual--Chinese & English. Paper bends at one corner, otherwise fresh. $18.00 c%

CHINESE POSTAGE / STAMP BOOKLETS by Ellery Denison, paperbound, 44 pages plus covers. 1917 - 1980 is the time period covered. Well illustrated. About to go out of print. PRICE ON REQUEST. tc

"THE POSTAGE STAMPS OF CHINA / 1951 EDITION" softbound, published by L. F. Livingston, gently used. Seldom offered. $5.00 c NEW / NOVA / NUEVO

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CHRISTMAS STAMPS

November 2 1965 US angel with trumpet 5-c Christmas stamp in NH plate number (#28294) block of 4. Premium number per Durland. $1.00 uc

    November 6 1967 US Christmas issue in matched NH plate number 29430 blocks of four--1979 Durland lists at 10 times normal $4.50 uc-

11 / 4 / 75 Malta's Christmas semi-postal issue complete in 3 NH matched corner blocks of four. $5.50 mc

 
17 / 11 / 76 Christmas issue in an unexploded booklet of 10 65-o stamps. Depicts the archangel Michael. $4.50 sc

 
17 / 11/ 76 Christmas issue in an unexploded booklet of 10 (5 each of 2 different 1 Kr stamps). Images are from a 15th century Austrian prayer book. $6.00 sc NEW / NOVA / NUEVO

Special: Both of the above booklets: $9.50

Bureau of Posts Philippine Stamp News announcing the December 1, 1976 issue of Christmas stamps, folded to fit in #10 envelope. $1.00 pc

11 / 2 / 77 Gibraltar Christmas & Peter Paul Reubens paintings issue, complete in 8 mint never hinged stamps, including the perforation varieties. 5 with selvedge attached; the other 3 in a triptych. $4.50 gcp

12 / 5 / 78 Spanish Andorra Christmas issue, 5-pta mint never hinged stamp, short set. (2 available) $0.25 each. ac

11 / 81 Saint Vincent Christmas issue complete set of 4 mint never hinged, overprinted SPECIMEN. Seldom seen. $10.00

See also US Christmas seals.

CHRISTMAS PHILATELIC LITERATURE

    "AUSGABE 7.DEZEMBER 1972" 48-page postcard-sized booklet in German & English for their Christmas stamp issue. $1.50 lc

October 1974 Western Samoa Philatelic Bulletin No. 46 announcing the Christmas issue in November, order form, illustrations & some technical details. $1.00 w-c

August 1975 Western Samoa Philatelic Bulletin No. 51 announcing the 4-stamp Christmas issue in October. Order form, illustrations & some technical details. $1.00 w-c

1978:19 Sweden's official announcement of their 6-stamp Christmas issue depicting old toys. $1.00 sc

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    3 different Labuan from their 1896 issue (missing overprint, identifiable by color from their North Borneo counterparts), cancelled-to-order, one shown. All 3 for $8.00

1920 eight Liechtenstein engraved imperforate stamps showing their coat of arms, LH. $1.00 lc NEW / NOVA / NUEVO

HERALDRY PHILATELIC LITERATURE

    Liechtenstein's official trilingual announcement of the 6 September 1973 stamp issue showing the coats of arms of the Principality and its communes, including the order form. $1.00 lc

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COMMUNICATIONS STAMPS

1967 Kuwait's Arab Publicity Week complete set of 2, NH. $0.75 kc

    1972 block of 4 Panama 13-c World Telecommunications Day (in 1971) stamps, unused. Panamanian stamps are not often seen in block of 4; for an explanation, please click here. $2.50 p

10 / 1 / 73 cylinder block of 4 South Africa ITU 15-c stamp on the scarce RSA tête-bêche watermarked matt paper, NH, together with the printed governmental explanation of this scarce variety. Seldom offered. $35.00 sc NEW / NOVA / NUEVO

COMMUNICATIONS PHILATELIC LITERATURE

1 Octobre 1974 official announcement of Burundi's International Letter-writing Week stamp issue, 3 neat folds. $1.00 bc

3.10.76 Finland new stamp issue announcement for 0,80 mk Finnish language stamp, 3 neat folds. $0.75 cf

22 November 1976 Swaziland official announcement of 5-stamp telephone centenary issue, 3 folds. $1.00 cs

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1976 Boletín Filatelico No. 45 announcing the 20-30 Clubs issue in February. $1.00

11 November 1976 Boletín Filatelico No. 51 announcing the 3 airmail stamp-on-stamps & 2 souvenir sheet issued for the VIIth National Philatelic Exhibition. Interesting details such as quantities issued. $1.00 sc-c

February 7 1980 issue of Boletín Filatelico No. 95 announcing the 10-colones stamp commemorating 50 years of legal medicine teaching in that country, bilingual & folded. $1.00 lc

1981 Boletín Filatelico No. 112 announcing the University of Costa Rica issue. $1.00

June 8 1981 Boletín Filatelico No. 115 announcing the Monsignor Bernardo Augussto Thiel & stained glass windows issue. In color. $1.00 sc

August 13 1981 Boletín Filatelico No. 123 announcing the 3-stamps on the Bar Association of Costa Rica, bilingual & folded. lc

December 13 1982 Boletín Filatelico No. 135 announcing the 4-stamp issue on the 30th anniversary of the Inter-Governmental Migration Committee, bilingual & folded. $1.00 lc

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1985 official announcement of the definitive issue released in March, in four languages, containing interesting technical information about the stamps & current exchange rates, folded once. $1.00

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Collection of Czechoslovakia & Slovakia housed in a quality German Ka-Be binder (springback type). No rarities, but not many spaces otherwise. Owner knew how to properly hinge stamps. Postage dues particularly strong. 166 pages take us through Czechoslovakia 1967, followed by 11 more for Slovakia. About 1500 stamps in all, with very little damaged material.

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$320.00 postpaid & insured to US

1937 - 1946 personal delivery stamps written up neatly on 4 exhibit pages. The early issue is shown in oblong & square block formats, with perforation varieties. Used singles & pairs of both 1937's are shown. Single & corner block (shown) of the 1946 issue finish the presentation. Material is lightly hinged, fresh colors throughout. These stamps were issued as prepayment of a fee to ensure personal delivery for an addressee; all the stamps so issued are present. $37.50 c%

April 1967 complete set of 6 stamps & 1 souvenir sheet honoring Expo'67 in Montreal, unused & LH. Also 2 magazine clippings showing the making of Bohemian glassware (the subject of the 60h stamp) & Czech gymnasts in action who performed there--useful if you like to design your own pages. $4.75 c NEW / NOVA / NUEVO

June 1968 souvenir sheet for Praga 68, three lightly cancelled & postally used examples on piece with four other stamps that franked a parcel. Most unusual, because stamps had to be purchased with an entrance ticket. $15.00 ce

July & August 1970 The American Philatelist with Zdenek Kvasnika's article on "Czechoslovakia: 1920 T. G. Masaryk Issue" Well illustrated & interesting. $10.00 for 2 complete issues

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CZECH CROSS-REFERENCES
Also at this site, and of potential interest:

    See also Bohemia post cards.

    See also Czechoslovakia gymnastics photos. Shown is Daniela Bartova competing at the 1991 World Championships. 

See also Czechoslovakian postal history.

See also Czech Republic postal history.

    See also Slovakia postcards. Shown is a Gruss aus from Komárom.

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