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Abu Dhabi(1964 - 1972)
Aden (1937 - 1965)
Aden-Seiyun (1942 - 1964
Aden-Shihr and Mukulla (1942 - 1963)
Afars and Issas (1967 - 1977)
Afghanistan (1871 - )
Agean Islands (1912 - 1940)
Aitutaki (1903 - )
Ajman (1964 - 1965)
Aland (1984 - )
Alaouites (1925 - 1928)
Albania (1913 - )
Alderney (1983 - )
Alexandretta (1938 - 1938)
Algeria (1924 - )
Allenstein (1920 - 1920)
Alwar (1877 - 1901)
Anatolla (1920 - 1922)
Angola (1870 - )
Angra (1892 - 1905)
Anguilla (1967 - )
Anjouan (1892 - 1912)
Annan and Tonkin (1888 - 1888)
Antigua (1862 - )
Antioquia (1868 - 1890)
Argentina (1858 - )
Armenia (1919 - )
Aruba (1986 - )
Ascension (1922 - )
Australia (1913 - )
Australian Antarctic Territory (1957 - )
Austria (1850 - )
Azerbaijan (1919 - 1924, 1992 - )
Azores (1868 - )

Baden (1851 - 1868, 1947 - 1949 )
Bahamas (1859 - )
Bahawalpur (1947 - 1949 )
Bahrain (1933 - )
Bamra (1888 - 1893 )
Bangkok (1882 - 1885 )
Bangladesh (1971 - )
Barbados (1852 - )
Barbuda (1922 - )
Barwani (1921 - 1948 )
Basel (1845 - 1845 )
Basutoland (1933 - 1966)
Batum (1919 - 1920)
Bavaria (1849 - 1920)
Bechuanaland (1886 - 1897)
Bechuanaland Protectorate (1888 - 1966)
Belarus (1992 - )
Belgian Congo (1886 -1960)
Belgium (1849 - )
Belize (1973 - )
Cayes of Belize (1984 - 1985)
Benin (1892 - 1894, 1975 - )
Bergedorf (1861 - 1867)
Berlin (1948 - 1990)
Berlin-Brandenberg (1945 - 1945)
Bermuda (1848 - )
Bhopal (1876 - 1949)
Bhor (1879 - 1901)
Bhutan (1962 - )
Bijawar (1935 - 1937)
Bohemia and Moravia (1939 - 1944)
Bolivar (1863 - 1904)
Bolivia (1867 - )
Bophutatswana (1977 - 1994)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (1879 - 1918)
Botswana (1966 - )
Boyaca (1902 - 1904)
Brazil (1843 - )
Bremen (1855 - 1867)
British Antarctic Territory (1963 - )
British Central Africa (1891 - 1907)
British Columbia (1867 - 1869)
British Columbia & Vancouver Island (1860 - 1860)
British East Africa (1890 - 1898)
British Guiana (1850 - 1966)
British Honduras (1866 - 1973)
British Indian Ocean (1968 - )
British New Hebrides (1908 - 1980)
British Virgin Islands (1866 - )
Brunei (1906 - )
Brunswick (1852 - 1865)
Buenos Aires (1858 - 1862)
Bulgaria (1879 - )
Bundi (1894 - 1947)
Burkina Faso (1984 - )
Burma (1937 - 1990)
Burundi (1962 - )
Bushire (1915 - 1915)
Bussahir (1895 - 1900)

Cabo Gracias a Dios (1904 - 1909)
Cambodia (1951 -1970)
Cameroon (1972 - )
Cameroons1960 - 1960)
Cameroun (1897 - 1972)
Canada (1868 - )
Canada Province (1851 - 1864)
Canal Zone (1904 - 1978)
Cape Juby (1916 - 1926)
Cape of Good Hope1853 - 1910)
Cape Verde1877 - )
Caroline Islands1900 - 1919)
Carupano1902-1903
Castellorizo1920-1932
Cavalla1913-1913
Cayman Islands1900-
Central Africa (1959 - )
Central Lithuania (1920-1922)
Ceylon (1857 - 1972)
Chamba (1886 -1948)
Charkhari (1894 - 1943)
Chile (1853 - )
China (1878 - 1949)
Central China (1949 - 1950)
Chios (1913 - 1913)
Christmas Island (1958 - )
Cilicia (1919 - 1921)
Ciskei (1981 - 1994)
Cochin (1892 - 1949)
Cochin China (1886 - 1888)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (1963 - )
Colombia (1859 - )
Comoro Islands (1950 - )
Confederate States of America (1861 - 1865)
Congo Democratic Republic (1960 - 1971)
Congo People's Republic (1959 - )
Cook Islands (1892 - )
Cordoba (1858 - 1858)
Corfu (1923 - 1941)
Corrientes (1856 - 1878)
Costa Rica (1863 - )
Crete (1898 - 1910)
Croatia (1941 - 1945, 1991- )
Croatia-Slavonia (1918 - 1919)
Cuba (1855 - )
Cundinamarca (1870 - 1904)
Cyprus (1880 - )
Cyrenaica (1923 - 1950)
Czech Republic (1992 - )
Czechoslovakia (1918 - 1992)

Dahomey (1899 - 1975)
Dalmatia (1919 - 1922)
Danish West Indies (1856 - 1913)
Danzig (1920 - 1939)
Dedeagatch (1913 - 1913)
Denmark (1851 - )
Dhar (1897-1900)
Diego-Suarez (1890 - 1892)
Djibouti (1977 - )
Dodecanese Islands (1947 - 1947)
Dominica (1874 - )
Dominican Republic (1865 - )
Dubai (1963 - )
Duttia (1893 - 1920)

East Africa and Uganda Protect (1903 - 1919)
East China (1948 - 1949)
East Saxony (1945 - 1946)
Eastern Rumelia (1880 - 1885)
Eastern Silesia (1920 - 1920)
Ecuador (1865 - )
Egypt (1866 - )
Egyptian Occupied Palestine (1948 - 1965)
Elobey, Annobon, Corisco (1903 - 1910)
El Salvador (1867 - )
Epirus (1914 - 1915)
Equatorial Guinea (1968 - )
Eritrea (1892 - )
Estonia (1918 - )
Ethiopia (1894 - )

Falkland Islands (1878 - )
Falkland Islands Dependencies (1946 - )
Far Eastern Republic (1920 - 1922)
Faridkot (1887 - 1896)
Faroe Islands (1919 - )
Fernado Po (1868 - 1968)
Fezzan (1949 - 1951)
Fezzan-Ghademes (1946 - 1946)
Fiji (1870 - )
Finland (1856 - )
Fiume (1918 - 1924)
France (1849 - )
French Andorra (1931 - )
French Colonies (1859 - 1945)
French Congo (1891 - 1903)
French Equatorial Africa (1936 - 1958)
French Guiana (1886 - 1947)
French Guinea (1892 - 1941)
French India (1892 - 1952)
French Morocco (1891 - 1955)
French New Hebrides (1908 - 1980)
French Polynesia (1892 - )
French Southern Antarctic Territory (1955 - )
French Sudan (1894 - 1942)
French West Africa (1943 - 1959)
Fujeira (1964 - 1965)
Funchal (1892 - 1905)

Gabon (1886 - )
Galapagos Islands (1957 - 1957)
Gambia (1869 - )
Geneva (1843 - 1850)
Georgia (1919 - 1923, 1993 - )
German Democratic Republic (1949 - 1990)
German East Africa (1893 - 1916)
German North Guinea (1897 - 1919)
German South West Africa (1897 - 1919)
Germany (1872 - )
Ghademes (1949 - 1949)
Ghana (1957 - )
Gibraltar (1886 - )
Gilbert and Ellice Islands (1911 - 1975)
Gilbert Islands (1976 - 1979)
Gold Coast (1875 - 1957)
Graham Land (1944 - 1944)
Grand Comoro (1897 - 1912)
Greece (1861 - )
Greenland (1938 - )
Grenada (1861 - )
Grenada Grenadines (1973 - )
Guadalupe (1884 - 1947)
Guam (1899 - 1899)
Guatemala (1871 - )
Guayana (1903 - 1903)
Guernsey (1958 - )
Guinea (1959 - )
Guinea-Bissau (1974 - )
Guyana (1966 - )
Gwalior (1885 - 1949)

Haiti (1881 - )
Hamburg (1859 - 1867)
Hanover (1850 - 1864)
Hatay (1939 - 1939)
Hawaii (1851 - 1899)
Hejaz (1916 - 1925)
Hejaz-Nejd (1926 - 1932)
Heligoland (1867 - 1879)
Holstein (1864 - 1866)
Honduras (1865 - )
Hong Kong (1862 - )
Horta (1892 - 1905)
Hungary (1871 - )
Hyderabad (1869 - 1949)

Icaria (1912 - 1913)
Iceland (1873 - )
Idar (1939 - 1947)
Ifni (1941 - 1968)
India (1854 - )
Indochina (1889 - 1949)
Indonesia (1950 - )
Indonesia - Riau (1954 - 1960)
Iran (1868 - )
Iraq (1923 - )
Ireland (1922 - )
Isle of Man (1958 - )
Israel (1948 - )
Istria and Slovene Coast (1945 - 1947)
Italian Colonies (1932 - 1934)
Italian East Africa (1938 - 1941)
Italian Social Republic (1944 - 1944)
Italy (1862 - )
Italy - Lero (1912 - 1932)
Italy - Lisso (1912 - 1932)
Italy - Patmos (1912 - 1932)
Ivory Coast (1892 - )

Jaipur (1904 - 1949)
Jamaica (1860 - )
Jammu (1867 - 1877)
Jammu and Kashmir (1866 - 1867)
Japan (1871 - )
Japanese Occupied China (1942 - 1945)
Jasdan (1942 - 1942)
Jersey (1958 - )
Jhalawar (1887 - 1890)
Jind (1885 - 1942)
Johore (1876 - 1986)
Jordan (1920 - )

Karelia (1922 - 1943)
Kashmir (1866 - 1870)
Katanga (1960 - 1962)
Kazakhstan (1992 - )
Kedah (1912 - 1986)
Kelantan (1911 - 1986)
Kenya (1963 - )
Kenya Uganda (1922 - 1927)
Kenya Uganda Tanganyika (1935 - 1965)
Kenya Uganda Tanzania (1965 - 1976)
Khmer Republic (1970 - )
Kiauchau (1900 - 1916)
Kionga (1916 - 1916)
Kiribati (1979 - )
Kishangarh (1899 - 1947)
Korea (1948)
Kuwait (1923 - )
Kyrgyzstan (1992 - )

La Aguera (1920 - 1922)
Labuan (1879 - 1905)
Lagos (1874 - 1905)
Laos (1951 - )
Las Bela (1897 - 1904)
Latakia (1931 - 1933)
Latvia (1918 - 1940, 1991 - )
Lebanon (1924 - )
Leeward Islands (1890 - 1954)
Lemnos (1912 - 1913)
Lesotho (1966 - )
Liberia (1860 - )
Libya (1912 - )
Liechtenstein (1912 - )
Lithuania (1918 - 1940,1991 - )
Ljubljana (1941 - 1945)
Lombardy-Venetia (1850 - 1865)
Lourenco Marques (1895 - 1920)
Lubeck (1859 - 1865)
Luxembourg (1852 - )

Macau (1884 - )
Macedonia (1992 - )
Madagascar (1884 - 1957, 1993 - )
Madeira (1868 - 1928, 1960 - )
Mafeking (1900 - 1900)
Malacca (1948 - 1986)
Malagasy (1957 - 1993)
Malawi (1964 - )
Malaya (1900 - 1934, 1957 - 1963)
Malaysia (1963 - )
Maldives (1906 - )
Mali (1959 - )
Malta (1860 - )
Manchukuo (1932 - 1945)
NorthernMariana Islands (1899 - 1919)
Marienwerder (1920 - 1920)
Marshall Islands (1897 - 1916, 1984 - )
Martinique (1896 - 1947)
Mauritania (1906 - )
Mauritius (1847 - )
Mayotte (1892 - 1912, 1997 - )
Mecklenberg-Schwerin (1856 - 1867)
Mecklenberg-Strelitz (1864 - 1864)
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1945 - 1946)
Memel (1920 - 1923)
Mesopotamia (1917 - 1921)
Mexico (1856 - )
Micronesia (1984 - )
Modena (1852 - 1859)
Moheli (1906 - 1912)
Moldavia (1858 - 1859)
Moldavia-Walachia (1862 - 1864)
Moldova (1992 - )
Monaco (1885 - )
Mongolia (1924 - 1932, 1945 - )
Montserrat (1876 - )
Morocco (1956 - )
Morvi (1931 - 1948)
Mozambique (1877 - )
Mozambique Company (1892 - 1941)
Muscat (1944 - 1966)
Muscat and Oman (1966 - 1970)
Mytilene (1912 - 1912)

Nabha (1885 - 1944)
Namibia (1990 - )
Naples (1858 - 1860)
Natal (1857 - 1909)
Nauru (1916 - )
Neapolitan Provinces (1861 - 1861)
Negri Sembilan (1891 - 1986)
Nepal (1881 - )
Netherlands (1852 - )
Netherlands Antilles (1873 - )
Netherlands Indies (1864 - 1949)
Netherlands New Guinea (1950 - 1962)
Nevis (1861 - 1883, 1960 - )
New Britain (1914 - 1915)
New Brunswick (1851 - 1863)
New Caledonia (1859 - )
New Guinea (1925 - 1937)
New Republic (1886 - 1887)
New South Wales (1850 - 1906)
New Zealand (1855 - )
Newfoundland (1857 - 1949)
Nicaragua (1862 - )
Niger (1921 - )
Niger Coast Protectorate (1892 - 1898)
Nigeria (1914 - )
Niuafo'ou (1983 - )
Niue (1902 - )
Norfolk Island (1947 - )
North Borneo (1883 - 1963)
North China (1946 - 1950)
North Epirus (1940 - 1941)
North German Confederation (1868 - 1869)
North Ingermanland (1920 - 1920)
North Korea (1948 - )
North Viet Nam (1945 - 1960)
North West Pacific Islands (1915 - 1922)
Northeast China (Manchuria) (1946 - 1950)
Northern Ireland (1958 - )
Northern Nigeria (1900 - 1912
Northern Rhodesia (1925 - 1963
Northwest China (1945 - 1950)
Norway (1855 - )
Nossi-Be (1889 - 1891)
Nova Scotia (1851 - 1863)
Nowanuggur (1877 - 1893)
Nyasa (1898 - 1924)
Nyasaland Protectorate (1908 - 1964)

Obock (1892 - 1894)
Oldenburg (1852 - 1867)
Oltre Giuba (1925 - 1926)
Oman (1970 - )
Orange River Colony (1868 - 1908)
Orchha (1913 - 1940)

Pahang (1889 - 1986)
Pakistan (1947 - )
Palau (1983 - )
Palestine (1918 - 19420
Panama (1878 - )
Papua (1901 - 19370
Papua New Guinea (1952 - )
Paraguay (1870 - )
Parma (1852 - 1859)
Patiala (1884 - 1945)
Penang (1948 - 1986)
Penrhyn (1973 - )
Penrhyn Island (1902 - 1929)
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1967 -1990)
People's Republic China (1949 - )
Perak (1878 - 1986)
Perlis (1948 - 1995)
Peru (1857 - )
Philippines (1854 - )
Pitcairn Islands (1940 - )
Poland (1860 - )
Ponta Delgada (1892 - 1905)
Poonch (1876 - 1890)
Port Arthur and Darien (1946 - 1950)
Portugal (1853 - )
Portuguese Africa (1898 - 1945)
Portuguese Congo (1894 - 1915)
Portuguese Guinea (1881 - 1973)
Portuguese India (1871 - 1961)
Prince Edward Island (1861 - 1872)
Prussia (1850 - 1867)
Puerto Rico (1873 - 1900)

Qatar (1957 - )
Queensland (1860 - 1909)
Quelimane (1913 - 1914)

Rajasthan (1948 - 1949)
Rajpeepla (1880 - 1880)
Ras Al Khaima (1964 - 1964)
Reunion (1852 - 1975)
Rhine Palatinate (1947 - 1949)
Rhodesia (1890 - 1917, 1965 - )
Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1954 - 1961)
Rio De Oro (1905 - 1922)
Rio Muni (1960 - 1968)
Romagna (1859 - 1859)
Roman States (1852 - 1868)
Romania (1865 - )
Ross Dependency (1957 - )
Ruanda-Urundi (1924 - 1960)
Russia (1857 - 1917, 1992 - )
Rwanda (1962 - )
Ryukyu Islands (1949 - 1972)

Saar (1920 - 1959)
Sabah (1964 - 1986)
Saint Christopher (1870 - 1888)
Saint Helena (1856 - )
Saint Kitts (1980 - )
Saint Kitts-Nevis (1903 - 1980)
Saint Lucia (1860 - )
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (1885 - )
Saint Thomas & Prince Islands (1869 - 1995)
Saint Vincent (1861 - )
Saint Vincent Grenadines (1973 - )
Sainte Marie de Madagascar (1894 - 1894)
Samos (1912 - 1915)
San Marino (1877 - )
Santander (1884 - 1907)
Sarawak (1869 - 1963 )
Sardinia (1851 - 1863 )
Saseno (1923 - 1923 )
Saudi Arabia (1934 - )
Saurashtra (1929 - 1949 )
Saxony (1850 - 1863, 1945 - 1946 )
Schleswig (1864 - 1865, 1920 - 1920)
Schleswig-Holstein (1850 - 1865 )
Scinde District (1852 - 1852 )
Scotland (1958 - )
Selangor (1878 - 1986 )
Senegal (1887 - )
Senegambia and Niger (1902 - 1903)
Serbia (1866 - 1920)
Seychelles (1890 - )
Shajah and Dependencies (1963 - 1965)
Shanghai (1865 - 1896)
Siam (1883 - 1948)
Siberia (1919 - 1922)
Sicily (1859 - 1859)
Sierra Leone (1859 - )
Singapore (1948 - )
Sirmoor (1879 - 1892)
Slovakia (1939 - 1945, 1993 - )
Slovenia (1991 - )
Solomon Islands (1907 - )
Somali Coast (1894 - 1966)
Somalia (1903 -)
Somaliland Protectorate (1903-1960
Soruth (1864 - 1914)
Sourashtra (1923 - 1929)
South Africa (1910 - )
South Arabia (1963 - 1966)
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South Orkneys (1944 - 1944)
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Southwest China (1949 - 1950)
Spain (1850 - )
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Spanish Guinea (1902 - 1959)
Spanish Morocco (1903 - 1954)
Spanish Sahara (1924 - 1976)
Spanish West Africa (1949 - 1951)
Sri Lanka (1972 - )
Stellaland (1884 - 1885)
Straits Settlements (1867 - 1946)
Sudan (1897 - )
Sungei Ujong (1878 - 1895)
Surinam (1873 - )
Swaziland (1889 - )
Sweden (1855 - )
Switzerland (1850 - )
Syria (1919 - )

Tadjkistan (1992 - )
Tahiti (1882 - 1915)
Taiwan (1945 - 1949)
Tanganyika (1921 - 1931, 1961 - 1962)
Tangier (1929 - 1951)
Tanna Tuva (1926 - 1933)
Tanzania (1964 - )
Tasmania (1853 - 1912)
Tchad (1922 - )
Tete (1913 - 1914)
Tetuan (1908 - 1908)
Thailand (1950 - )
Thrace (1913 - 1920)
Thuringia (1945 - 1946)
Thurn and Taxis, Northern Dist (1852 - 1866)
Thurn and Taxis, Southern Dist (1852 - 1867)
Tibet (1912 - 1945)
Timor (1885 - 1973)
Tobago (1879 - 1896)
Togo (1897 - )
Tokelau (1948 - )
Tolima (1870 - 1904)
Tonga (1886 - )
Transcaucasion Federated Republic (1923 - 1923)
Transkei (1976 - 1994)
Transvaal (1869 - 1903)
Travancore (1888 - 1949)
Travancore-Cochin (1949 - 1951)
Trengganu (1910 - 1986)
Trieste (1948 - 1954)
Trinidad (1851 - 1909)
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Tripolitania (1923 - 1934)
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Trucial States (1961 - 1971)
Tunisia (1888 - )
Turkey (1863 - )
Turkish North Cyprus (1974 - )
Turkmenistan (1992 - )
Turks & Caicos Islands (1900 - )
Turks Islands (1867 - 1894)
Tuscany (1851 - 1860)
Tuvalu (1976 - )

Ubangi-Shari (1915 - 1931)
Uganda (1895 - )
Ukraine (1918 - 1919, 1992 - )
Umm Al Qiwain (1964 - 1970)
Union of Myanmar (1990 - )
Union Soviet Socialist Republics (1918 - 1991)
United Arab Emirates (1972 - )
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United Kingdom (1842 - )
United Kingdom - Eritrea (1948 - 1950)
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United Kingdom - Morocco Agen (1898 - 1957)
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United Kingdom - Tripolitania (1948 - 19500
United Nations Geneva (1969 - )
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United States (1847 - )
Upper Senegal and Niger (1906 - 1917)
Upper Silesia (1920 - 1923)
Upper Volta (1920 - 1984)
Uruguay (1856 - )
Uzbekistan (1992 - )

Vancouver Island (1865 - 1865)
Vanuatu (1980 - )
Vatican City (1929 - )
Venda (1979 - 1994)
Venezuela (1859 - )
Victoria (1850 - 1912)
Viet Nam1951 - 1955, 1960 - )
Vryburg (1899 - 1900)

Wadhwan (1888 - 1889)
Wales and Monmouthshire (1958 - )
Wallis & Futuna (1920 - )
West Griqualand (1874 - 1878)
West Irian (1962 - 1970)
West Saxony (1945 - 1946)
Western Australia (1854 - 1912)
Western Samoa (1877 - )
Western Ukraine (1918 - 1919)
Wilayah Persekutuan (1986 - 1986)
Wurttemberg (1851 - 1900, 1947 - 1949)

Yemen (1926 - )
Yugoslavia (1921 - )

Zaire (1971 - )
Zambesia (1894 - 1917)
Zambia (1964 - )
Zanzibar (1895 - 1967)
Zil Elwannyen Sesel (1980 -1992)
Zimbabwe (1980 - )
Zululand (1888 - 1896
Zurich (1843 - 1850)

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Tales by Mail - Book 1, by Karen Cartier

All about stamps - Tales by MailTales by Mail is for children of all ages, perhaps up through 60 or so. It brings together stories literally from around the world ... from Botswana to Denmark, from New Zealand to the Faroes, from Saar to Israel.
The stories are short, each with a message, and each illustrated by a stamp issued by the country of the story's origin. Each who reads this book no doubt will develop a different favorite story, which is to be expected. Formatted simply, each story is preceded by a full-color illustration of the commemorative stamp that no only is impressive in its own right but also serves through its design to set the stage for the story that follows.
For those who wonder of the relationship between a stamp design and what is "behind" the design, this book serves as an excellent example.

Teddy Bears Celebrate 100th Anniversary


All about stamps - Teddy BearsTeddy bears, enormously popular symbols of human caring and loving, are being honored by the U.S. Postal Service with the issuance of the Teddy Bears commemorative stamps. The 2002 issuance of the stamps coincides with the 100th anniversary of teddy bears.
The Teddy Bears pane of 20 self-adhesive stamps depicts four lovable, cuddly teddy bears. Photos of the bears appear in the header; details of the photos appear on the stamps. The four stamp designs are repeated five times each on the pane. All four teddy bears were manufactured in the United States and are now owned by private collectors. The Ideal bear dates to circa 1905, the Bruin bear from circa 1907 and the Gund bear from circa 1948. The unlabeled "stick" bear dates from the 1920s. Mass- produced stick bears were characterized by their short arms, thin legs and upright posture. The Ideal bear, the Bruin bear and the stick bear belong to Paul and Rosemary Volpp of Carson City, Nev. The Gund bear belongs to Helen Sieverling of Pasadena, Calif.
The idea of the teddy bear was born in 1902 when President Theodore Roosevelt refused to shoot a captive bear during a hunting trip. Washington Post cartoonist Clifford Berryman depicted the incident on the front page of the newspaper, and soon toymakers began to manufacture the "teddy" bears associated with the president's name. People in all walks of life love teddy bears, and enthusiasts—known in the teddy bear world as arctophiles—pay top dollar for the collectibles.
Today there are teddy bear magazines, clubs, collector shows and programs, both educational and medical, that feature these little stuffed companions. Teddy bears have had endless books, songs and poem written about them. Widely viewed as symbols of security and comfort, teddy bears are often used by police officers and hospital staff to calm the young and old alike in traumatic situations

Second Set Of Penguin Stamps

All about stamps - PenguinsBritish Antarctic Territory has issued its second set of penguin stamps on a miniature sheet and in a booklet from the Port Lockroy Post Office.
The 12 airmail postcard values feature photographs of Chinstrap, Emperor, Adelie, Gentoo and Macaroni penguins, including juveniles.
All the photographs were taken by members of the British Antarctic Survey.


 
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