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On this day in 2010, the XIX Commonwealth Games opened in Delhi, India. 4,352 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games to date dicksstamps.online/collections/... #Philately #Stamps #StampsCollecting

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

On this day in 1970, Australia hosted the 16th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference in Canberra dicksstamps.online/collections/... #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

On this day in 1991, the 5th All-Africa Games (aka Cairo 1991) held their closing ceremonies in Cairo, Egypt. Forty-three countries had participated in eighteen sports dicksstamps.online/collections/... #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

On this day in 1982, the XII Commonwealth Games opened in Brisbane, Australia. 1,583 athletes from 46 nations competed in 141 events in 12 sports dicksstamps.online/collections/... #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

On this day in 1940, the Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island in San Francisco closed for the final time. It was open 18 February–29 October 1939 and 25 May–29 September 1940, drawing over 17 million visitors dicksstamps.online/collections/... #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

With this self-adhesive $1.05 stamp of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, from the “Landscapes” issues added, my US airmails collection is complete! On to the global forevers... dicksstamps.online/collections/... #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

On this day in 1927, the Republic of San Marino inaugurated the Ara dei Volontari (Altar of the Volunteers), a major memorial honoring citizens who died while volunteering in wars tied to Italian and European history. dicksstamps.online/collections/... #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

On this day in 1980, Zambia hosted the 26th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference in Lusaka dicksstamps.online/collections/... #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

On this day in 1963, the Kingdom of Burundi issued a set of four stamps and this imperforate souvenir sheet as part of the global celebration for the centenary of the International Committee of the Red Cross. dicksstamps.online/collections/... #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

On this day in 1978, Jamaica issued four stamps for their hosting of the 24th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Kingston. 10c: Norman Manley, 1st Premier; 20c: Sir Alexander Bustamante, 1st PM; 25c: coat of arms; 40c: Gordon House Chamber, House of Reps. #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

On this day in 1979, New Zealand reissued one stamp from their 1975 "roses" issue, the 8c "Josephine Bruce" rose, revalued at 4c. For the rest of the roses: dicksstamps.online/collections/... #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

On this day in 1978, the US Post issued this se-tenant pair of airmail stamps to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the first powered, heavier than air flight by Orville and Wilbur Wright on December 17, 1903 at Kill Devil Hills near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

On this day in 1990, the XI Asian Games opened in Beijing, China. More than 6,800 athletes and officials were involved, from 42 countries, competing 34 sports. Debut sports were baseball, karate and modern pentathlon. dicksstamps.online/collections/... #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting

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1990 Asian Games, Beijing - Dick’s Stamps Online

The 11th Asian Games were held from September 22 to October 7, 1990, in Beijing, China.

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Did not get a lot of stamping done this last weekend, but I did mange to add two more pages to my US airmails, and fill in two missing stamps. Only two more pages to go, then on to the US global forever issues... dicksstamps.online/collections/... #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

On this day in 1986, the 10th Asian Games opened in Seoul, Republic of Korea. This would be considered a test event for the 1988 Summer Olympics, since the venues and facilities were the same. dicksstamps.online/collections/... #Philately #stamps #stampcollecting

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

On this day in 1959, following the creation of the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) in June, six countries released Europa stamps featuring a common design of a six-link endless chain dicksstamps.online/collections/... #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

On this day in 1961, Dag Hammarskjöld, Secretary General of the United Nations, died in the crash of his DC-6 airplane in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) while on route to cease-fire negotiations during the Congo Crisis. dicksstamps.online/collections/... #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting

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1961–2 Dag Hammarskjöld - Dick’s Stamps Online

Stamps commemorating the untimely death of Dag Hammarskjöld, Secretary General of the UN from 1953 to 1961.

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

On this day in 1962, Romanian anti-communist exiles in Spain issued this Cinderella souvenir sheet with a parody of that year's Europa theme, a stylized tree with 19 individual leaves (representing the 19 CEPT members), being cut down by a communist axe. #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

On this day in 1983, the 7th South Pacific Games closed in Apia in Western Samoa (now just Samoa), where 15 nations had contested 13 sports. Western Samoa issued this set of eight stamps to commemorate the event #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Awesome! The book I wrote with my colleagues is finally out in bookstores! So proud to have been part of this adventure! If you're bidding for contracts from government, you need this book!

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

On this day in 1949, the Dominican Republic issued four stamps to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union. (From one of my first first large stamp collections—over 180 counties and colonies!) dicksstamps.online/collections/... #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Another hole filled in my US air mails collection! That completes the 1962 booklet panes, albeit with a slightly misaligned print of C64b slogan 2—in my defense, this is the rarest variety and it was within my price range! dicksstamps.online/collections/... #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

On this day in 1965, the 4th Arab Games closed in Cairo. To commemorate the event, some countries overprinted their XVIII Olympiad issues, held in Tokyo the previous year, such as this souvenir sheet from the Republic of Guinea dicksstamps.online/collections/... #Philately #Stamps #Stampcollecting

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

On this day in 1965, the General Post Office issued this se-tenant block of six stamps to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” dicksstamps.online/collections/... #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

On this day in 1957, the 46th meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Conference began in London. Initially resistant to a special commemorative stamp, the Post Office eventually relented and issued this variation of the 1953 4d "Wilding" definitive stamp #Philately #StampCollecting #Stamps

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

On this day in 1988, the 16th Commonwealth Games opened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Over 3,600 athletes from 70 Commonwealth nations competed in 214 events in 15 sports. dicksstamps.online/collections/... #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

On this day on 1987, Syria issued four stamps and a souvenir sheet to commemorate their hosting of the 10th Mediterranean Games in Latakia from 11 to 25 September. The Games' emblem was a Phoenician ship with a Syrian flag sail, seen on the 330 piastre stamp #Philately #StampCollecing #Stamps

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

On this day in 1969, the US Post Office issued this stamp commemorating the first man on the moon. Since US postal policy generally prohibits living people on stamps, did this break the rule? No, they insisted—this was a generic astronaut, not Neil Armstrong! #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

On this day in 1963, the 1st South Pacific Games closed in Suva, Fiji. Since I posted Fiji's commemorative stamps for the Games' opening, here are New Caledonia's set of four for the event: relay, tennis, football, and javelin. dicksstamps.online/collections/... #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

On this day in 1959, the III Pan American Games closed in Chicago. Since I posted the US stamp for the Games' opening day, here are Panama's stamps commemorating the event dicksstamps.online/collections/... #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

On this day in 1995, the 10th South Pacific Games closed in Papeete, French Polynesia. Only 12 nations had contested 25 sports, with national boycotts due to France deciding to resume nuclear testing at Mururoa later that year dicksstamps.online/collections/... #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

New project: I'm remounting all my US airmail collection, adding some booklet panes, replacing some used with unused. Still no big Zeppelins, though—my pocket money only goes so far... 😊 #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting dicksstamps.online/collections/...

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1918–2012 United States Airmail - Dick’s Stamps Online

All the United States airmail issues, from the first Curtis Jenny issues in 1918 through the final national parks issues ending in 2012.

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

And my Commonwealth Games collections are now complete with the addition of these two strips of four se-tenant stamps commemorating the XXII Games held in Birmingham, England, in 2022! #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting dicksstamps.online/collections/...

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2022 Commonwealth Games, Birmingham - Dick’s Stamps Online

Commemorating the 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially the XXII Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham, England, in August 2022.

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Not really a collection—just a single stamp—but filling the penultimate hole in my Commonwealth Games collections. This one commemorating the XXI Games held on Australia's Gold Coast, Queensland, in 2018 #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting dicksstamps.online/collections/...

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2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast - Dick’s Stamps Online

Commemorating the 2018 XXI Commonwealth Games held on Australia’s Gold Coast, Queensland, from 4–15 April 2018

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

More pocket money saved up and and spent on these two lovely stamps to complete my 1948 Silver Wedding collection! This has been a multiyear project to collect all of them. On to the next... 😊 #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting dicksstamps.online/collections/...

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Having saved up my pocket money to acquire these two 1954 large denominations with the "winged wheel" watermark, my 1953–1977 "Italia Turrita" collection is now complete! Beautiful engraving by Mario Colombati. #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting dicksstamps.online/collections/...

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

On this day in 1963, the first South Pacific Games opened in Suva, Fiji. 646 competitors from 13 Pacific nations or territories contested ten sports. Fijian stamps for the event show running, discus, hockey, and women's long jump dicksstamps.online/collections/... #Philately #StampCollecting #Stamps

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

On this day in 1959, the 3rd Pan American Games opened in Chicago, Illinois. 2,263 athletes from 25 nations competed 166 events in 18 sports. The US Postal Service issued this 10c airmail stamp to commemorate the event #Philately #StampCollecting #Stamps dicksstamps.online/collections/...

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

On this day in 2011, the 14th Pacific Games (14e Jeux du Pacifique, aka NC 2011 or Nouméa 2011), opened in Nouméa, New Caledonia. Some 4,300 athletes from 22 nations competed in 27 sports. This die cut souvenir sheet features a medal, the torch, and the cauldron #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

RIP Tim Curry. Brilliant in "Rocky Horror," my wife and I saw him on stage in "What About Dick?" at the Orpheum in L.A. in 2012. One of the greats. variety.com/2026/film/ob...

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Tim Curry, ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Star, Dies at 80

Tim Curry, who soared to fame in the ‘70s as the flamboyant star of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” died on Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 80.

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Well, that's the Falkland Islands and Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) added. Just waiting for the Singapore pair to arrive from the APS Stamp Store! #Philately #StampCollecting #Stamps dicksstamps.online/collections/...

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

4 minisheets featuring classic railway locomotives from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales, issued 2011—2014, I had 3 of them so got the 4th to complete the set. I'm sure you have these, @timwilson-uk.bsky.social! dicksstamps.online/collections/... #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting

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2011-2014 Classic Locomotives of Great Britain - Dick’s Stamps Online

Four minisheets featuring classic railway locomotives from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales, issued from 2011 through 2014.

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

On this day 3 years ago I hosted an Art Talk in an SMA (@smawins.bsky.social) Town Hall on artist Roger Dean, famous for album covers for bands such as Yes and Asia. Included were 6 stamps of his art issued by the Isle of Man #Philately #StampCollecting #Stamps dicksstamps.online/news/sma-art...

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SMA Art Talk #161: Roger Dean - Dick’s Stamps Online

Stamps by British artist Roger Dean, subject of the popular Art Talk, part of the weekly Town Hall produced by SMA on August 24, 2023

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Any of my US-based #stampcollecting friends having trouble getting #stamps from outside the US? Orders from Canada are taking two weeks, and Europe closer to a month. Stamps ordered from Türkiye on June 8 still haven't arrived, and an order from Algeria hasn't arrived after a whole year! #Philately

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Another collection finished! With the final few countries added, that's my 1974 Sir Winston Churchill Birth Centenary collection completed. On to the next one! dicksstamps.online/collections/... #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Another set I was going to include in my Paris-JFK Concorde collection, but decided to keep separate. These from the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) show the supersonic passenger plane over the four cities it flew between in May 1978 #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting dicksstamps.online/collections/...

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1978 New Hebrides Concorde - Dick’s Stamps Online

By May 1978, Concorde’s primary scheduled routes were transatlantic services from London and Paris to New York and Washington.

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Wordman @iamwordman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

These were originally going to be part of my 1977 Concorde Paris—New York set I published yesterday, but I felt they stood on their own. I had never heard of Nungesser’s and Coli’s tragically brave attempt to cross the Atlantic #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting dicksstamps.online/collections/...

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1977 Benin Aviation Events - Dick’s Stamps Online

Four events from aviation history featured on four airmail stamps issued by Benin in 1977.

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