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(via Royal Mail reveals King Charles III definitive stamp)

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More stamps illustrate support for Ukraine. https://t.co/wBxF9nOIwK #LinnsStampNews https://t.co/OqoXHk4tkT

— Linn's Stamp News (@LinnsStampNews) Apr 18, 2022

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Great Britain’s Royal Mail announced its commemorative stamp program for 2022 on Jan. 11.

As reported on page 1 of the Jan. 31 issue of Linn’s Stamp News, the program starts Jan. 20 with 12 stamps honoring the rock band the Rolling Stones.

Two sets of stamps are scheduled for February. The subject of the first set, on Feb. 4, has not been announced. The second set, on Feb. 18, will highlight the stamp designs of David Gentleman. The English artist, illustrator, designer and author has designed more than 100 stamps for Royal Mail, starting with the 1962 National Productivity Year issue (Scott 387-389).

March issues will include stamps for the Football Association Challenge Cup, a soccer competition commonly called the FA Cup, on March 8; and a salute to heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic on March 23.

Royal Mail and iChild Ltd. (a company that offers free resources to support children’s education, development and creativity) organized a competition for schoolchildren to design stamps honoring key workers and other heroes of the pandemic. A total of 606,049 submissions were received, achieving a Guinness world record for the largest postage stamp design competition.

Migratory birds will be featured on stamps to be issued April 7.

On May 5, Royal Mail will issue stamps paying tribute to the women of World War II as unsung heroes.

A set of Cats stamps on June 9 will be followed by an issue with an unannounced subject on July 1, and commemoratives for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games on July 28.

Later in the year, Royal Mail will honor the Royal Marines on stamps to be issued Sept. 29, release its Christmas stamps on Nov. 3, and mark the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun on a Nov. 24 issue.

Also stamps are slated to be issued Sept. 1 and Oct. 19, but their subjects have not yet been announced.

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First-day ceremony details announced for U.S. Title IX stamps. https://t.co/gEmczKuiMO #LinnsStampNews https://t.co/GvSOdNcgZC

— Linn's Stamp News (@LinnsStampNews) Feb 1, 2022

"These stamps commemorate the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX, a civil rights law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex from any educational program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. According to the Postal Service, the law’s “most visible impact has been on school athletics.”

The four stamp designs show dark blue silhouettes of a female runner, swimmer, gymnast and soccer player. Yellow laurel branches symbolizing victory are seen on the athletes’ hair and the swimmer’s cap."

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Hong Kong Post’s ‘Feel 100%’ stamps cross visual media. https://t.co/Eh6niPbyAl #LinnsStampNews https://t.co/YZd0fRe7yD

— Linn's Stamp News (@LinnsStampNews) Nov 12, 2021

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Espresso drink fans get four U.S. stamps for their favorites. https://t.co/cjDUiYrEpP #LinnsStampNews pic.twitter.com/VueSYRLT7h

— Linn's Stamp News (@LinnsStampNews) March 22, 2021

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The two Legends of Canadian Ballet stamps honor Karen Kain and Fernand Nault and were issued in separate self-adhesive booklets of six stamps and a moisture-activated souvenir sheet of two.

Canadian ballet legends honored April 29 on new stamps. https://t.co/kyzRNR646r #LinnsStampNews @canadapostcorp pic.twitter.com/uQ228cMuNy — Linn’s Stamp News (@LinnsStampNews) April 29, 2021

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British stamps show eight battles of the War of the Roses. https://t.co/Xf8R6Umq3Q #LinnsStampNews @RoyalMailStamps pic.twitter.com/1dfwueqscV — Linn’s Stamp News (@LinnsStampNews) April 29, 2021

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May the fourth be with you. New Star Wars Droids stamps debut nationwide today. https://t.co/5aofqJKcaF #LinnStampNews #StarWarsDay @USPS pic.twitter.com/gi51xehS7E

— Linn's Stamp News (@LinnsStampNews) May 4, 2021

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(via New Gibraltar Crypto stamp to be issued May 17)

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(via Jan. 14 issue date for new U.S. Love 2021 forever stamp)

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(via New British stamps honor six classic science fiction novels)

"The writers and their works honored are Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine on the pair of nondenominated first-class stamps; Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and John Wyndham’s The Day of the Triffids on the two £1.70 stamps; and Arthur C. Clarke’s Childhood’s End and Doris Lessing’s Shikasta on the £2.55 stamps."

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New South Wales issued world’s first semipostals. https://t.co/S7jlbmBdJz #LinnsStampNews #StampMarketTips pic.twitter.com/eOVg6dANRY

— Linn's Stamp News (@LinnsStampNews) September 29, 2020

The 1897 New South Wales semipostals (Scott B1-B2) commemorated the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria and raised money to support a home for consumptives (people with tuberculosis).

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Ireland pays tribute to U2 with stamp set, souvenir sheet. https://t.co/xq3Z9VpXxT #LinnsStampNews @AnPostvox pic.twitter.com/4m2gZpkwN5

— Linn's Stamp News (@LinnsStampNews) October 26, 2020

Ireland’s postal authority, An Post, issued four stamps plus a souvenir sheet Oct. 15 honoring rock band U2. This nondenominated stamp depicting a Joshua tree celebrates the group’s fifth studio album, released in 1987.

The four stamps featuring U2 album titles are offered in booklets of four and also in this single small pane. Each stamp is processed in a different shape, and the lithographed designs are accented with hot foil stamping.

The single-stamp souvenir sheet from the new U2 stamp set shows a panoramic view of Wembley Stadium in London during the group’s 2009 tour.

U2 was first honored by An Post in 2002 as part of a set honoring Irish rock bands. Two stamps celebrating U2 were issued with the same design but with different denominations.

An Post issued stamps in 2019 highlighting lyrics from Irish songs. U2 was part of this issue as well, with two similar stamps that have lyrics from With or Without You superimposed.

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(via Canada Post to issue Hanukkah stamp Nov. 5)

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed... with certain unalienable Rights. Happy #FourthofJuly from the APS! Patriotic #stamps are very, very common, from #flag 🇺🇸 to Declaration-signing stamps (see: Scott 1694a, 1976) 1/ pic.twitter.com/FTKgKtQhQk

— American Philatelic Society (@APS_stamps) July 4, 2019

A philatelic birthday tribute to the Declaration of Independence