All these news stories, and others, can be read in full in the March 2006 Philatelic Exporter

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CASB to commemorate Queen's 80th

TO commemorate the 80th birthday of HM Queen Elizabeth II the Crown Agents Stamp Bureau will issue an omnibus consisting of 16 sets on April 21 ...

Italy's Winter Olympics

AS host country of the 2006 Winter Olympics, Italy issued this miniature sheet and the nine stamps separately on February 8, two days before the Games opened in Turin ...

Agreement aims to stamp out African illegals

THE Albertino de Figueiredo Foundation for Philately and the Pan African Postal Union (PAPU), a regional branch of the Universal Postal Union, have signed a cooperation agreement in Madrid which will provide a framework for a wide range of activities aimed at promoting philately on the African continent ...

Tony Shields wins again

FOR the fourth year running Tony Shields has been voted 'The APTA Dealer of the Year' by members of the Australasian Philatelic Traders' Association ... Among the category awards for 2005, which were held in Melbourne on November 25, was:

Philatelic publication - Millennium/Brusden White (runner-up Philatelic Exporter - see January 2006).

Ice Age animals recreated on new British stamps

BEASTS that roamed Britain tens of thousands of years ago during the Ice Age are featured on Royal Mail stamps to be issued on March 21 2006.

Remains of all of the creatures featured on the stamps have been found in the UK, including a woolly rhino fossil under Battersea Power Station and a woolly mammoth under The Strand in London ...

2007 Midpex under threat

HELD every other year since 1995, Midpex 2007 is in danger of not happening as its venue, the Tile Hill Centre in Coventry, is due for demolition and the existing committee, after many years' sterling service, has retired ...

Guernsey adds world champ

AMONG a few changes to Guernsey's 2006 stamp programme is the addition of an issue to honour racing driver Andy Priaulx who won the 2005 World Touring Car Championship for BMW.

Born and bred in Guernsey, the 29-year-old started racing in karts when he was eight years old.

For more info log onto www.guernseypost.com

Sri Lanka recalls tsunami

ONE year on from the tsunami catastrophe Sri Lanka has issued these four stamps which show the train that was derailed with the loss of 1500 lives, including a postal worker responsible for mail on the train, the post office at Kalmunai, a lighthouse about to be swamped, and the waves hitting the shore. All four stamps are also in a miniature sheet

Dame Edna is Australian legend

TENTH recipient of Australia Post's Australian Legends Award has gone to Barry Humphries, aka the world over as Dame Edna Everage, 'housewife superstar' ...

Jersey 's Sea Shells stamp is another world first

ON April 4 2006, Jersey Post will release a new set of postage stamps in its Jersey Marine Life stamp series ... The entire issue has been enhanced with the use of various special printing techniques. Certain aspects of the six individual sea shell postage stamps have been highlighted using 'thermography' which helps give the sea shells an almost 3D appearance ...

For further details contact the Jersey Philatelic Bureau, Postal Headquarters, Jersey JE1 1AB, telephone 01534 516320, fax 516330, or www.jerseystamps.com

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