Love stamps: small pieces of paper can convey big emotions
By Janet Klug
In 1967 when the Beatles sang "All You Need is Love," some of the world's postal administrations heeded the advice and began issuing love stamps.
Love stamps are designed around a love theme. In the United States, they were first issued in 1973. Generally timed to appear before Valentine's Day, they are also used on wedding invitations throughout the year.
25¢ Love, doves & heart, pane of 10 from booklet, folded, no tab (1/18/90)
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Bauer’s love of philatelic literature translated into his devotion to the American Philatelic Research Library where he was a founding member, a trustee for twelve years, and a Daniel Vooys Fellow.
Stamp collectors love firsts! Doesn't everybody? We all seem to have a fascination with the first of anything, whether it's the first flower of spring or winning first place in a contest. "Star light, Star bright, First star I see tonight.
"Phil" is a prefix that connotes attraction or love, hence a philosopher is a "lover of truth" and an Anglophile is a "lover of all things English".
Do you love movies or rock and roll? Stars of both can be found on stamps. Are you a sports fan? You can probably find your favorite sport on stamps as well.
In one instance, a medical man with a real love for stamps, put wonderful specimens in the margins of a printed album, simply because he didn't know what else to do with them. He hadn't thought of an unhinged sheet and typewriter.
Stamp clubs hold Stamp Competitions and Exhibitions and club members love to show off their stamp collections at these events.
Special stamps are the extra stamps the post office prints each year. The Love stamps and the Christmas stamps are special stamps.
The collecting and study of postage stamps and related items such as is known as philately-a coined Greek word meaning, literally, "love of what is free of further tax".
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A Frenchman, Georges Herpin, coined the word Philately, meaning the study of postage stamps, stamped envelopes, postmarks, postcards and other material relating to postal delivery. It has been derived from Greek "philos" meaning "love" and "ateleia" ...
A stamp specially designed for use on greetings mail, such as birthday cards, Valentine's Day mail, Get Well cards, etc. Some countries call them "Love Stamps".
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It used to be that it was ‘the unprinted marginal paper on a sheet or pane of stamps’, but these days, there is often wording or design included in the selvage. Some marcophilists love having a postmark covering selvage, ...
such as Contemporary Christmas, Traditional Christmas, Hanukkah and the like are considered special stamps. They are printed in substantially greater quantities than commemorative stamps, and sometimes return to press for additional printings. Love ...
There were exhibits of Israeli stamps and revenue stamps and Brazilian stamps and stamps of sword fights. There was an exhibit by a girl of dozens of different Love stamps and postmarks.
USA First Class: 1: love; U. S. non-denominated postage stamp, value 34¢, issued Jan. 19, 2001. 2: Statue of Liberty; U. S. non-denominated postage stamp, value 34¢, issued Dec. 15, 2000.
 See also: Stamp, Cover, Used, Set, Sheet
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