It was only available for a short time, and the 2 cents face value was overprinted with green ink as a half measure ... The only known stamp of its kind, the Alexandria Blue Boy is a circular blue ...

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Japan’s new prime minister is declaring war, but there’s no danger of an international conflict: the target of his ire is the humble ink stamp known as hanko. It might seem ironic in a country ...

The result will be that any attempt to erase the cancel-mark would remove the colored ink of the stamp itself long before the mark would be affected. Now that the Post-office Department has begun ...

Note that the local post office holds strict hours — you’ll want to double-check it’s open ... A Japanese passport stamp is not elusive or difficult to obtain, but it’s one of the most unique stamps.

[Photo provided to China Daily] Yet, proper use of those ink sticks required grinding on an inkstone, a practice that has been carried on for thousands of years, until Xie Songdai from the Qing ...

Members post dated images of stamps they’ve secured and meticulous notes about their locations ... They secured the familiar half dollar-sized circle of ink at their penultimate park in May, having ...

The oldest known piece of mail dates back to ancient Egypt, around 255 BCE. While messengers were used for communication much ...

The stamp was designed by Stephane Humbert-Basset who signed copies at an event on Thursday Nearly 600,000 scratch-and-sniff postage stamps ... a “bakery scent”. Ink used on the stamps ...

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"Yidege has been committed to both preserving tradition and driving innovation, enhancing our product lines and focusing on developing student stationery products," says Bai Bing, the ink brand's ...

In the early years of the twentieth century, Wonsan was, for the most part, merely a brief stopover for steamships traveling ...