#Famous people on stamps
Art Canada: Yousuf Karsh
This set of three stamps celebrates photographer Yousuf Karsh and his work on the 100th anniversary of his birth. The stamps are part of the Art Canada series. Born in Armenia-in-Turkey in 1908, Karsh's photographic career began in 1925 when he apprenticed under his uncle in Quebec. Over a sixty-year career, Karsh told the stories of those individuals that defined the 20th century through stunning
Finland: Two-stamp miniature sheet to be issued for Kimi Raikkonen
Kimi Raikkonen's 2007 Formula 1 world championship is to be celebrated with stamps. The commemorative issue is a self-adhesive miniature sheet bearing two 1st class non-value indicator stamps. The miniature sheet will be issued on 5 September 2008. The reigning world champion will get his stamp on the verge of the Belgian Grand Prix, two days before the start of the qualifying round. The designer
San Marino: Artists
The set is made up of four values: € 0,60 - € 0,65 - € 1,00 and € 1,80 and celebrates the following artists: the brilliant conductor, Arturo Toscanini, and the Florentine painter, Ottone Rosai, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of their deaths, the neoclassical sculptor, Antonio Canova, to mark the 250th anniversary of his birth and the Venetian playwright, Carlo Goldoni, to mark the 300th annivers
Warne makes his mark on Caribbean stamps
Shane Warne may have gone from Test cricket but on the palm-fringed beaches of the Caribbean, his image lives on. The island nation of Grenada has released a series of 24 postage stamps depicting various images of the spin champion and world-record Test wicket taker. "Grenada Post, on behalf of the West Indies government of Grenada, is releasing a full collection of national stamps to honour Shane
Fan wants Jack Benny honored on 39-cent stamp
The number 39 has been in the news lately because the US Postal Service plans to raise the price of a first-class stamp to 39 cents. And Laura Leff of Oakland, California, thinks a good way to mark that change would be to issue a 39-cent stamp in honor of America's most famous 39-year-old. If you're over 39 yourself, chances are that you remember him -- he drove a Maxwell, played the violin (poorl
Austria: Max Schmeling postage stamp
The special stamp is based on the 1926 painting by German artist George Grosz (1893-1959) entitled: "Max Schmeling the Boxer", oil on canvas, housed in the Axel Springer Hochhaus, Axel Springer Verlag AG, Berlin.
