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		<title>First transatlantic flight by Charles Lindbergh</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 15:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On this day 21 May, 1927, American aviator Charles A. Lindbergh made history when he successfully completed the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. The transatlantic flight left from New York and landed in Paris and was made in the monoplane Spirit of Saint Louis and took about 33.5 hours to complete the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Darwin Day!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Darwin Day is a global celebration of science and reason held on or around February 12, the birthday anniversary of evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin. 2009 marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth. In his On The Origin of Species, published in 1859, Darwin outlined how life evolved through natural selection over millions of years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose &#8211; Bengali polymath</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst the rest of the world took decades to begin to acknowledge the importance of the pioneering work of Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose (November 30, 1858 – November 23, 1937) a commemorative Indian postage stamp had been issued to celebrate the centenary of his birth in 1958 with a portrait of the Bengali polymath. He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1975 Polish Mountain Guides Anniversary Stamps</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These four stamps were issued as joined pairs as part of a six stamp set - sadly I don't have the 4 Zt value stamps - on 30 September, 1975 to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Polish Mountain Guides. The stamps feature scenes of mountains paired with flowers and were designed by well-known Polish graphic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Italian postage stamps featuring other stamps!</title>
		<link>http://www.pennyblack1840.com/blog/2008/09/05/italian-stamps-pictured-on-stamps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's an interesting example of a vintage postcard design issued on the occasion of the XX National Philatelic Convention in Rome in 1965 (Convegno Nazionale Filatelico) which includes a 1961 Italian postage stamp within the design - in the carriage window there is a 30 lire stamp featuring the Sibilla Eritrea which was issued as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amelia Earhart and U.S. Air Mail Stamps</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 09:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On this day 20th May, in 1932, Amelia Earhart the American aviator, set off from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland on the first solo transatlantic flight by a woman! The flight lasted 14 hours, 56 minutes and she landed in a field in Culmore, north of Derry, Northern Ireland. This 8¢ U.S. Air Mail Stamp featuring the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Italian Anna Magnani Postage Stamp &#8211; 1997</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nobody living in Italy could have failed to notice that 2008 is the centenary year of the birth of one of Italy's greatest and best loved actresses, Anna Magnani, with numerous television documentaries, exhibitions, DVD releases and book publications accompanying the event. Sadly, Nannarella as she was affectionately known in Italy, died in 1973 but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winston Churchill at Race Track</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[World leaders have always been an obvious choice as subjects on commemorative stamps but this stamp issued on 25 November, 1974 by Dominica on the occasional of the Centenary of Winston Churchill's birth on 30th November, 1874 is unusual in the informality of the setting. The one-half cent issue pictures Winston Churchill at the Race [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Royal Silver Wedding Anniversary 1948</title>
		<link>http://www.pennyblack1840.com/blog/2007/11/22/the-royal-silver-wedding-anniversary-1948/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip celebrating their diamond wedding anniversary this week I thought this stamp might make a timely post - The Royal Silver Wedding Stamp issued in 1948 to celebrate 25 years of marriage between Queen Elizabeth II's parents King George VI and the Queen Consort, Elizabeth (later known throughout her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pluto, Donald Duck and Goofy on the moon!</title>
		<link>http://www.pennyblack1840.com/blog/2007/11/09/pluto-mickey-and-goofy-on-the-moon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent space shuttle mission reminded me of this set of stamps, although I waited till the crew got home safely before posting this! Issued by Saint Lucia in 1979 - The International Year of the Child - the set of six stamps was issued on the 10th Anniversary of the Moonwalk and features several [...]]]></description>
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