She was only six when Newfoundland issued the world’s first stamp featuring a princess who, until her death Sept. 8, was the British Commonwealth’s longest-reigning monarch. Born April 21, 1926 in an affluent west London area family home, Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was the Duke and Duchess of York’s first of two children. “As the child of a younger son of King George V, the young Elizabeth had little prospect of acceding to the throne,” the Encyclopædia Britannica notes. Continue reading →
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Philatelic community mourns loss of Queen Elizabeth II
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‘Excellent’ National Show brings collectors back to GTA
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BNAPEX, CPS show ‘a very well done exhibition’
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Summit Series stamp marks ‘greatest day in Canadian history’
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Annual semi-postal stamp features ‘magical’ treehouses
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Queen Elizabeth II on our stamps
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Mountains a popular stamp theme worldwide
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Report examines postal stationery after partition of Ireland
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Caesar, Egyptians helped shape words used in printing, posta
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