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Postal Runners – the Heroes of early Communication

Posted in News, Personalised Stamps, Poll, Stamps and Stories, Uncategorized, tagged German missionaries in Namibia, gondwana collection namibia, namibia, namibia postage stamps, postage stamps, postal runner service, Sir Rowland Hill, stamps and stories, William Dockwra on October 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Talk of snail mail! That’s putting it very mildly. Are the loved ones back home all right? Are mother and father still alive? Will the head office send the urgently needed bibles or won’t they? German missionaries in Namibia had to wait two years before they received an answer to the letters they sent to [...]

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Why Postage Stamps have exciting Stories to tell

Posted in Uncategorized, News, Personalised Stamps, Stamps and Stories, tagged Festus Hangula, gondwana collection namibia, gondwana stamps, Manfred Goldbeck, namibia, namibia postage stamps, NamPost, NamPost’s anniversary, perso, sossusvlei, stamps and stories on October 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Postage stamps not only represent a financial value, they have patriotic value as well: often they pay tribute to their country’s outstanding personalities, depict country-specific aspects of nature and architecture or commemorate important events in the history of the nation. Namibia is no different, and Namibia’s postage stamps are without doubt among the most beautiful [...]

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