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Canada Post, an official supplier of the 2010 Winter Olympics and supporter of the Canadian Freestyle Ski Team, has a colorful lineup of stamps and collectible products.

A bang, novelty, corny joke and a paper hat, Christmas crackers today are vastly different from the original crackers of the 1800s.

Special occasions demand special stamp issues but for everyday use the common-or-garden definitive stamp is the workhorse of the worlds' postal system.

Leonard Everett Fisher of Westport, Connecticut designed all four 8-cent postage stamps and executed them using the scratch board method.

With courage, determination, and a positive spirit, Rosemary Brown fought against racism, sexism, and economic injustice in Canada and globally.

According to the Smithsonian National Postal Museum, the Queen Anne Act of 1710 is the basis behind the American postal system which was started on June 1, 1711.

The West Point Foundry, produced two early locomotives.

Needlepoint artist Dolli Tingle and Italian painter Raphael were honored by having their work chosen for 1973 Christmas commemorative stamps.

The Simpsons, America's favorite cartoon family created by Matt Groening, will soon be appearing at your post office.

From Howdy Doody to Dragnet, the Golden Age of Television is being honored on a sheet of 20 commemorative postage stamps on Aug. 11 in Hollywood.

Baseball is often regarded as America's favorite pastime. So it's no surprise that it is the most popular and common subject on U.S. postage stamps.

Although Scotland may boast golf's origins, Irish contributions of true links golf courses, world-renowned golfers, and golfing philosophy have influenced the world.

Kinosuke Takeda is little known in the English-speaking world, but he was one of Japan's pioneering TV puppeteers as well as a great traditional puppet artist.

This article shows how an entrepreneurial stamp collector can market commemorative stamps to millions of stamp collectors around the world at very little expense.

Constructed of silk balloon cloth, pipe, wood, tape and wire, and with a Curtiss 40-hp engine, JAD McCurdy flew the Silver Dart on Feb 23, 1909 at Baddeck Bay, NS

The premier wine tasting tourist attraction in the Santa Cruz Mountains takes place on Passport Weekend, held four times a year.

Disney stamps are a natural for the Olympics as they can focus both on the international flavour and competitive enjoyment of the games.

There are other ways to collect stamps other than just single ones, from blocks to souvenir sheets to panes.