{"id":119,"date":"2004-05-06T03:17:14","date_gmt":"2004-05-06T03:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=119"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T12:00:00","slug":"postage-stamps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderguy.com\/bennett\/2004\/05\/06\/postage-stamps\/","title":{"rendered":"Postage Stamps"},"content":{"rendered":"

The current Hong Kong local postage stamp is one of the most beautiful I’ve seen. For just $1.40 (20 US cents) you can have a tiny work of art, suitable for framing. The great thing is that if you send it to somebody as a present, it pays for its own postage. It’s the gift that sends itself.<\/p>\n

\"Hong<\/p>\n

It’s also one of the biggest stamps I’ve seen – you’d be hard-pressed to fit it on a small postcard. While I was poking around in my files, I also found this fun stamp.<\/p>\n

\"Round<\/p>\n

It’s a $1 stamp from New Zealand about 10 years ago. Very nifty, though it’s a bit fiddly to tear along the perforations. Good for sending circulars.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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