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Mommsen Stamp

This 1950 East German stamp commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Prussian Academy of Sciences features the smiling face of Roman historian Theodor Mommsen, who was born on this date in 1817. Source.

Friedrich Wolf

 

Friedrich Wolf.

Donald Sutherland First Day Cover

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The Lindworm of Klagenfurt

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Greensted Church

St Andrew's Church in Greensted, Essex is the oldest stave church in England. The nave is built of timbers cut in the late 11th century, but there is an earlier structure of some kind in there. St Edmund was brought here on the way to being buried in Bury St Edmund. Source.

Cinema Stamps

These Swiss stamps celebrating the history of cinema won the prestigious Asiago Award for philatelic art in 2021. Source.

Léo Major

Crazy bastard Léo Major captured the Dutch town of Zwolle from the retreating Germans on this date in 1945. Source.

1953 Frontal Pole Stamp

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Dürer Airmail, 1971

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Kawabata Nobel Prize Postage Stamp

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