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Posted by printsmurf
 - Yesterday at 08:42:39 AM
Issued on 16 December 1999 for the 75th anniversary of the "Hindustan Times" Newspaper



Issued twenty-five years later on 16 November 2024 for the 100th anniversary


Posted by printsmurf
 - March 27, 2025, 07:57:25 AM
I have found quite a few First Day Covers for the stamp from Vatican City celebrating 100 years of L'Osservatore Romano Newspaper. (Post number 126 on page 9)    I show here only the ones that are print related




Same image, different colourways









First Day Postcard

Posted by printsmurf
 - March 26, 2025, 11:47:39 AM
Issued on 22 February 2020 for the 160th anniversary of L'Osservatore Romano Newspaper (Vatican City)


Posted by printsmurf
 - March 23, 2025, 02:22:39 PM
Issued on 31 October 2013 for 100th anniversary of the Morgunblađiđ newspaper             (Iceland)

Posted by printsmurf
 - February 16, 2025, 02:11:58 PM
Issued on 4 July 2013 for the 225th anniversary of The Times of London              (Isle of Man)                                         

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First Day Cover

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Posted by printsmurf
 - February 16, 2025, 01:44:35 PM
Issued on 10 January 1993 for the launching of Xinhua Daily Telegraph                                                   (China)

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Posted by printsmurf
 - February 09, 2025, 02:25:23 PM
Issued on 27 March 2009 to mark the 150th anniversary of The Irish Times             (Republic of Ireland)



First Day Cover



Information card from First Day Cover

Posted by printsmurf
 - February 01, 2025, 02:39:17 PM
Issued on 25 January 2019 for the centenary of the Polish Security Printing Works                                   (Poland)

The history of the firm dates back to 1919.  On 25 January 1919, at a meeting of the Council of Ministers chaired by Ignacy Jan Paderewski, the Prime Minister, (the chap on the stamp) a decision was made to establish the State Graphic Works.



Mini sheet



First Day Cover

Posted by printsmurf
 - January 30, 2025, 12:21:29 PM
Issued on 12 November 2012 in a series 'Cultural Heritage (2012)             (Montenegro)
Historical Hand Printing Press, Book Page



Makarije ot Černije Gori was the first Montenegrin and the first South Slavic printer of books in Cyrillic alphabet

First Day Cover


Posted by printsmurf
 - January 30, 2025, 11:13:20 AM
Issued on 22 July 2020 for the 140th anniversary of Azeri National Press       (Azerbaijan)



First Day Cover

Posted by printsmurf
 - January 30, 2025, 08:34:06 AM
Issued on 16 August 1951 for the 20th anniversary of the newspaper Scînteia                                   (Romania)

Scînteia (translation: Spark) was the name of two newspapers edited by Communist groups at different intervals in Romanian history. The title was a borrowing from the Russian Iskra



First Day Cover



Issued on 13 August 1956 for the 25th anniversary

Posted by printsmurf
 - January 12, 2025, 03:19:46 PM
Issued on 16 March 2013 for the 125th anniversary of the newspaper Malayala Manorma             (India)


Posted by printsmurf
 - January 12, 2025, 02:54:45 PM
Issued on 16 April 2007 in a series 'Anniversaries and Events 2007'                                                 (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
The centenary of the newspaper Gajret



First Day Cover



Posted by printsmurf
 - December 20, 2024, 12:05:58 PM
Issued on 20 February 1968 for the centenary of "Amrita Bazar Patrika" newspaper                 (India)



Amrita Bazar Patrika was first published on 20 February 1868. It shut down in 1991.


Posted by printsmurf
 - December 15, 2024, 03:11:18 PM
First Day Cover for post 452 on page 31



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