Extra Wide Length Stamps - Update

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Algeria 2023 Monument to the Friends of the Algerian Revolution Extra wide stamps

Issue date 01 November 2023

Algerian Post to commemorate the Martyr's Monument - Monument to the Friends of the Algerian Revolution has issued a special extra wide stamp 

The stamp measures 35mm x 105 mm wide

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Card Stamps - Update

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Austria 2024 200 Years Piatnik - Herz Card Stamps

Issue date 23 May 2024

Austria Post to commemorate 200 years of Piatnik - Herz, a Viennese company that produces and sells games, playing cards and puzzles since 1824, has issued a set of 4 miniature sheet printed on a playing card design with "Ace" stamp in 4 different types of playing card. The cards are sold as a pack of 5 playing cards of one color design with one stamp (Ace) and remaining 4 cards with Cinderella stamps of the same color design (King, Queen, Jack, 10).

A similar set was issued by Correos Spain in 2020 - click here

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Extra Wide Length Stamps - Update

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Sorry for the long awaited post. I do not update the blog till I receive the stamps in hand.. 

Philippine 2024 125th Anniversary of the first Philippine Republic

Issue date 12 June 2024

Philippine Postal Corp. (PHLPost) to commemorate the 125th Anniversary of the first Philippine Republic, has launched a postage stamp to commemorate important historical events that marked the start of the journey towards Philippines Independence Day and Nationhood. 

The sheetlet strip of three (3) measures 200mm x 35mm, setting the world record for being the World's Longest Postage Stamp. It beats the previous widest stamp by Kyrgyzstan Post in 2023 featuring Kyrgyzstan’s Chaar-Tash mountain range commemorating the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development. The stamp is 184 millimeters (7.2 inches) long and the second longest stamp 170mm-long (6.7 inches) issued by Thailand Post in 2017 commemorating the 70th anniversary of King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s accession to the throne.

According to PHLPost, the stamp illustrates the Philippines’ journey to nationhood from the historic proclamation of independence on June 12, 1898 to the declaration of the first Philippine Republic in 1899. The stamp commemorates the following events in Philippine history:

Declaration of Philippine Independence in 1898

Arrival of President Emilio Aguinaldo in Malolos, Bulacan

Inauguration of the first Philippine Republic at the Barasoain Church in 1899

Philippine-American War

Aguinaldo’s odyssey in northern Luzon

Apolinario Mabini in Pangasinan

Aguinaldo’s capture in Isabela

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Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps - Update

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French Polynesia 2011 Chinese Horoscope - Dragon Stamp with Glow in Dark Printing

Issue date 22 December 2011

La Poste French Polynesia to commemorate the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Water Dragon 2012 has issued a special Stamp printed with Phosphorescence ink for the Glow in the Dark under UV light.

My sheet number is 27987

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Glow in the Dark Stamp Under UV Stamps

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