Linn’s Stamp News reported last month that “all” 2020 U.S. “press sheets” had been removed from online sales, because quantities were too low. Since press sheets are rarely sold by USPS operations other than Stamp Fulfillment Services, and that operation is only taking orders by mail, in effect the press sheets were no longer available.
Press sheets are multi-pane sheets, as they come off the printing press. They are then perforated and cut apart to form the panes or “sheets” sold in post offices. There are often eight panes in a press sheet.
Postal Service spokesman Roy Betts tells The Virtual Stamp Club that only the first four 2020 press sheets have been taken off sale, and those are now completely sold out. However, the USPS continues to produce press sheets.
They are produced by the U.S. Postal Service in limited quantities, and often sell out quickly. This apparently has been the case in 2020.
The four 2020 issues whose press sheets have sold out are Year of the Rat, Made of Hearts, Gwen Ifill and Arnold Palmer. No press sheet was produced for the Maine Statehood stamp.
VSC also asked if ceremony programs had been produced, and then not put on sale, for ceremonies that had been canceled. “Ceremony Programs were not produced for cancelled events, Betts replied.
when news of the conflict’s end was announced, and the subsequent return of personnel from overseas and children who were evacuated
The Second World War in Europe officially came to an end in the early morning of 7 May 1945
A full set of all 12 stamps, available in a Presentation Pack, retails at £14.60
The eight images were originally photographed in black and white, but have been brought to life in colour for the first time by colourist, Royston Leonard.
Evacuees returning home to London after a wartime stay in Leicester
Israel’s official memorial to the victims of the Second World War Nazi genocide of six million Jews (which became known as the Holocaust), Yad Vashem – from the Hebrew for ‘A Memorial and a name’ was established in 1953. The Hall of Names memorial holds the names of millions of Holocaust victims, with some 600 portraits displayed on the exhibit’s cone-shaped ceiling.
Located near Egham, Surrey, and maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the Runneymede Memorial – sometimes known as the Air Forces Memorial – was unveiled by the Queen in 1953. It commemorates over 20,000 airmen and women who were lost during operations from bases in the UK and Europe during the Second World War and who have no known grave.
Originally unveiled in 1924 to commemorate more than 7,000 sailors who died in the First World War and have no known grave, the memorial was extended in the early 1950s to include nearly 16,000 sailors who perished during the Second World War. It is one of three national navel memorials built and maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Situated within the Taukkyan War Cemetery, the Rangoon Memorial commemorates almost 27,000 dead of the British and Commonwealth Land Forces who fell during the Second World War campaigns against the Japanese in Burma (Myanmar) with no known grave. Established by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in 1958, it forms the centrepiece of the cemetery which contains the graves of nearly 6000 Commonwealth soldiers.
The Second World War in Europe officially came to an end in the early morning of 7 May 1945, when Germany signed a document of unconditional surrender. Public celebrations to mark the end of the war began spontaneously in many places as soon as people heard the news.
August 1945 that Japan also accepted unconditional surrender. A two-day national holiday began with VJ Day on 15 August.
Philip Parker, Royal Mail said: “Our new stamps capture how the end of the War was greeted and the resulting return of service personnel after nearly six long years of conflict. We also pay tribute to those who never returned, and the victims of the Holocaust.”
OTTAWA – With many Canadians isolating at home and shopping more online, Canada Post is now processing and delivering parcels at levels only experienced during the busiest weeks of the Christmas season. We are working hard to respond in a responsible manner, putting the safety of our people, and the communities we serve, first.
We continue to operate across the country and have been delivering in record numbers. For example, on Monday April 20, we delivered more than 1.8 million parcels to Canadians. That’s similar to the biggest delivery days we see during the Christmas season. Customers should continue to track their parcels online through canadapost.caor the Canada Post app.
Both Léo Major and Veronica Foster have passed away.
The stamps tell the stories of Private Léo Major, who fought to liberate the Netherlands, and factory worker Veronica Foster, who helped recruit women to the wartime workforce. Together, they symbolize the more than two million Canadian men and women who played a key role in the Allied victory.
Canada’s military and economy were supported by unprecedented numbers of Canadian women who filled vital roles in factories and on farms during the war. Foster was among them. A vivacious and patriotic young woman, she spent her days assembling Bren machine guns at a factory in Toronto, where she was discovered. The Canadian government created a powerful promotional campaign around “Ronnie the Bren gun girl,” motivating a generation of women to roll up their sleeves to support the Allied effort. Foster is thought to have inspired the creation of the fictional “Rosie the Riveter” character in ads that later appeared in the United States.
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Royal Mail has announced the launch of 10 new Special Stamps on the 250th anniversary of the birth of William Wordsworth, the renowned Romantic poet, born on 7th April 1770.
The stamps also celebrate other major Romantic poets: William Blake; John Keats; Lord Byron; Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Mary Robinson; Percy Bysshe Shelley; Walter Scott; John Clare; and Letitia Elizabeth Landon.
The Romantic poets made poetry more passionate and more personal than ever before, and they embraced romantic landscapes and the natural world with vigour. Some became international household names. Lord Byron (1788–1824) was the original celebrity author and Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) became famous as the inventor of the historical novel. By contrast, the genius of some others, notably William Blake (1757–1827) and John Clare (1793– 1864), was recognised only after their deaths.
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Royal Mail worked with the award-winning biographer, Jonathan Bate, on the stamp issue. The images are lino-cut illustrations by the artist, Linda Farquharson.
The Hague, April 6, 2020 – PostNL has released new stamps in the Typically Dutch series. This time the tompouce is central, the famous pink pastry that is usually orange on King’s Day. This year, the Typically Dutch series focuses on foods and dishes that are characteristic of our country.
According to tradition, the pastry chef named his pastry after a circus artist named General Tom Thumb who was reportedly only 66 cm tall. Another explanation is that the puff pastry of a tompouce crumbs when you eat it. Just like in the fairy tale of Klein Thumb who sprinkled crumbs in the forest to find the way back home.
The first known U.S. postal worker has died from the coronavirus, according to the National Postal Mail Handlers Union. Anthony Smith (below) was a member of Local 307 in Detroit.
5435 (55¢) Wild Orchids coil stamp, Platanthera grandiflora, serpentine die cut 10¾ vert.
