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Peanuts Comics Honored on USA Postage Stamps

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📬 ‘Peanuts’ Commemorated in New USPS Post Stamps The United States Postal Service is celebrating the 100th birthday of artist and “Peanuts” creator Charles M. Schulz with 10 new theme stamps, USPS announced in a press release. Characters from the beloved comic strip and holiday specials include Charlie Brown, Lucy, Franklin, Sally, Pigpen, Linus and more including, of course, Snoopy. Source:  Nbcdfw.com    A social circle of young children is the only thing that receives all of Peanuts‘ attention; adults … Continue reading →

Coronavirus on Postage Stamps

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The medical professionals fighting the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the country are featured on a commemorative postage stamp of Iran. We can read on National Iranian Postal Company that “the new stamp salutes the sacrifices of the country’s medical staff as front-line efforts to fight the coronavirus”.   NATIONAL HEROES The stamp design includes symbolic images from electron micrographs of the coronavirus with three people from the medical profession wearing face masks and a soldier wearing a gas mask and … Continue reading →