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		<title>Utagawa Toyokuni on 1971 Hungarian postage stamp</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With 19th century Japanese artists of the floating world very much in vogue this spring with two major exhibitions running in European capital cities at the moment - Utagawa Hiroshige in Rome and Utagawa Kuniyoshi in London - I thought I'd share this 1971 Hungarian postage stamp featuring the work of another master of Japanese [...]]]></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>
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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>International Day of No Tobacco &#8211; Slovakia 1994</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This very curious and hard hitting message stamp was issued on May 31, 1994 in Slovakia on the occasion of the World Health Organisation's International Day of No Tobacco after the idea was suggested by the National Oncology Institute in Bratislava. The stamp was designed by Zdeno Brázdil and was engraved by Martin Cinovský. It [...]]]></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>Italian Post Office Entertainment Celebrities</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More Italian stamps! This time a brand new souvenir sheet issued on 18 October 2007 with a print run of 2 million. I picked this up at the Poste Italiane stand at the Rome Film Festival. The set was designed by R Fantini and depicts three anniversaries of celebrated entertainment figures on three separate 60 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>50th Anniversary of Italian Cycling Championships</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've lived in Italy since 1994 so I thought it was time that I listed some Italian stamps. I picked up this 1967 Italian First Day Cover at an antiques market at Piazza Cola di Rienzo in Rome; Primo Giorno di Emissione (first day of issue) is printed in red. It celebrates the 50th anniversary [...]]]></description>
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