Sierra Leone stamps

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Sierra Leone is a Republic in Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Liberia. The name Sierra Leone (from the Portuguese name: Serra Leão) meaning is "Lion Mountains". During the 1700s Sierra Leone was an important centre of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Like neighboring Liberia, it was founded by freed slaves, who in 1791 founded the capital, Freetown. In 1808, Freetown became a British Crown Colony, and in 1896, the interior of the country became a British Protectorate. The Crown Colony and Protectorate joined and gained independence in 1961.

From 1991 to 2000, the country suffered greatly under a devastating civil war that resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and the displacement of more than 2 million people (about one-third of the population). To end the civil war, UN and British forces disarmed 17,000 militia and rebels, in the largest UN peacekeeping act of the decade. The last UN peacekeepers withdrew in December 2005, leaving full responsibility for security with domestic forces, but a new civilian UN office remains to support the government. The average life span of a Sierra Leoneian is 38 years for men and 42 years for women.

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Scott: #192O

Issued: 10.10.1949

UPU Issue

Inside #192: Stamps on Envelopes

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Scott: #369O, #370O, #371P

#372O, #373O, #374O

#C84O, #C85O, #C86P,

#C87O, #C88O, #C89O

Issued: 1.3.1969

5^th Anniversary of Free form Self Adhesive Postage Stamps

Inside #369 (1C): Sierra Leone #3O

Lou wrote: Scott has changed the numbering of the “first” Sierra Leone stamp for about the fifth time!  It went from #1 to #2 to #3, and there is now a #1 again, but it is not the stamp reproduced on all the Sierra Leone SOS. Scott now lists a bright violet stamp as #1, but the reproduced stamp which I own (bought as a #2 30+ years ago), and you have a scan for (as #3), is now listed as #1a/dull violet. Neither Gibbons nor Michel agree with this order. According to the Scott editor, their color policy is to give the primary # to a major color (br violet), even tho the minor listing (dull violet), is the actual first stamp.

Inside #370 (2C): Sierra Leone #311O

Inside #371 (3½C): Sierra Leone #220O

Inside #372 (5C): Sierra Leone #315O

Inside #373 (12½C): Sierra Leone #189O

Inside #374 (1L): Sierra Leone #120O

http://www.sandafayre.com/gallery/country_335_1.htm

Inside #C84 (7½C): Sierra Leone #C54O

Inside #C85 (9½C): Sierra Leone #C70O

Inside #C86 (20C): Sierra Leone #C16O

Inside #C87 (30C): Sierra Leone #C26O

Inside #C88 (50C): Sierra Leone #165O

Inside #C89 (2L): Sierra Leone #C7O

(#207 with “2^nd Year of independence” overprint - Thanks to Lou for the scan)

Self-adhesive stamp revolution sweeps world

http://www.linns.com/howto/refresher/selfadhesives_20020218/refreshercourse.asp?uID=

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Scott: #C135-6O

Issued: 1.3.1971

Provisional Revalued on #C87

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Scott: #459-61P

Issued: 19.12.1979

Death Centenary of Sir Rowland Hill

Inside #459: G.B. #6O

(thanks to Komlóssy Zoltán for the scan)

Inside #460: Sierra Leone #9O

Inside #461: Sierra Leone #220O

Scott: #462P

Inside #462: Sierra Leone #119O

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Scott: #653-5O

Issued: 9.10.1984

125th Anniversary, Sierra Leone Stamps

Inside #653-5: Sierra Leone #2O

(thanks to Komlóssy Zoltán for the scan)

Inside #655: G.B. #1

Scott: #656O

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Scott: #741-3O

Issued: 28.11.1985

40th Anniversary, UN

Inside #741: UN #30P(Burundi)	Inside #742: UN #59P	Inside #743: UN #44P(Burundi)

Scott: #744O

Thanks to Lloyd Gilbert for scan

Inside #744 (In Margin): UN #212P

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Scott: #965O

Issued: 19.4.1988

OLYMPHILEX '88

Inside #965: Pseudo Stamp Overprint

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Scott: #1136O

Thanks to Lloyd Gilbert for scan

Issued: 17.11.1989

World Stamp Expo '89

Inside #1136 (In Margin): Pseudo Stamp

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Scott: #1206-7P

Issued: 3.5.1990

150th Anniversary, Penny Black

Inside #1206: G.B. #2

Inside #1207: G.B. #3

Scott: #1208O

Inside #1208: G.B. #1

(Thanks to Lou for the scans)

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Scott: #1343-50O

Issued: 13.5.1991

Phila Nippon '91

Inside #1343-50: Pseudo Stamp

Scott: #1351-4O

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Scott: #1451O

Issued: 24.12.1991

Walt Disney Christmas Cards

Inside #1451: Stamp on envelope

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Scott: #1715aO

Issued: 18.2.1994

Hong Kong '94

Inside #1714: Hong Kong #455O

(Thanks to Zhang for the scan)

Inside #1715: Sierra Leone #1084O

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Scott: #1729a-fO

Issued: 11.7.1994

25^th Anniversary, First Moon Landing

Inside #1729f: United States #C76P

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Scott: #2484P, #2485PP

Issued: 01.03.2001

International Stamp Exhibition "Hong Kong 2001" - Hong Kong, China

Inside #2484-5 (In margin): Pseudo Stamp

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Scott: #2842-5O

Issued: 07.04.2006

Olympic winter games

Inside #2842: United States #1146P

Inside #2843: Canada #1152P

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Scott: #2847O

Issued: 27.5.2006

300th Anniversary birth of Benjamin Franklin

Inside #2847: United States #300P

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Scott: #2911O

Issued: 14.5.2008

2008 World Stamp Championships, Israel

Inside #2911 (In margin): Pseudo Stamp

Thanks to G.B.

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Scott: #2936O

Issued: 10.04.2009

Chang Dai-Chien - China 2009

Inside #2936: Pseudo Stamps (logo)

Thanks to G.B.

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Scott: #2937O

Issued: 10.04.2009

China 2009

Inside #2937: Pseudo Stamps (logo)

Thanks to G.B.

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Scott: #2938O

Issued: 16.02.2009

Summer Games - China 2009

Inside #2938: Pseudo Stamps (logo)

Thanks to G.B.

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Scott: #3312P, #3331P

Issued: 26.06.2015

175th Anniversary Penny Black

Inside #3312b-d: G.B. #1 [M-H]

Inside #???? (in margin): G.B. #1 [L-D, L-E, L-F, M-D, M-E] From block of 6

Lou wrote: In the margin of the 1 v S/S, there is an incredible designer error:  on a cover, the Penny Black stamp is placed OVER the red Maltese cross cancel, and has a black frame like a stamp mount around it. The designer obviously used the Wikipedia Penny Black scan with the M-H check letters exactly as it appears on that site. 

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #4357P, #4377P

Issued: 30.06.2017

Stamps on Stamps

Inside #4357a: Poland #3050O

Indonesia #2168fO	Irland #1362O	Moldova #386O
Paraguay #1498eO	Hungary #C427AP	Russia #B142P

Inside #4357b: State of Oman unlistedO

Irland #1362O	USA #1713P	Russia #5390P
Czeck Rep. #3632aO		France #2228P

Inside #4357c: Moldova #386O

G.B. #3231O	TBI	Korea (north) #3022O
Hungary #2852P	Russia #7422aO	Jamaica #1055O

Inside #????: Cuba #2768O

State of Oman unlistedO	Russia #7422aO	Vietnam #478O
Korea (north) #3098O	USA #C14O

Inside #4357d: Hungary #C427AP

USA #2425P	USA #C14O
TBI	Russia #B168 + LabelP
	USA #2721P

Russia #5050P	G.B. #668P	G.B. #3231O	USA #C76P
Russia #2465P	G.B. #3362O		Luxembourg #B496O
Burkina Faso #718O	Russia unissued (1984)O	Russia #3673P	G.B. #3415dO

Russia #4792P	Panama #478CO

Vietnam #478O	Austrlia #892cP	Nicargua #87O	Japan #1196P
Indonesia #2168fO	Burkina Faso #718O		Russia #2463P

Thanks Lou Guadagno for the IDs and scans

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Scott: #4628P

Issued: 30.01.2018

150th Anniversary of the Birth of Paul P. Harris

Inside #4628d: Brazil #1079P

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Scott: #4671O

Issued: 27.02.2018

Stamps on stamps

Scott: #4671aO

Inside #4671a: Laos #42P

Inside #4671a: U.S. #1042P

Inside #4671a: Canada # 274P

Scott: #4671bO

Inside #4671b: Cayman Is #87O

Inside #4671b: U.S. #1042P

Inside #4671b: Monaco # 993O

Scott: #4671cO

Inside #4671c: South Africa #1022P

Inside #4671c: Canada #274P

Inside #4671c: France # 2227P

Scott: #4671dO

Inside #4671d: Poland #1309P

Inside #4671d: Cuba #4853P

Inside #4671d: Russia #7735aO

Scott: #4690O

Inside #4690: Russia #7735aO

Inside #4690: U.S. #1042P

Inside #4690: Monaco #993O

In margin Under magnifier:

 German - DDR #684P

In lower margin above maps:

  U.S. #1042P

In lower margin below maps:

Laos #42O

Cuba #4853P

In map of Western Hemisphere:

U.S. #2392O

U.S. #C78P

U.S. #2343O

U.S. #2345P

U.S. #4469O

Other TBI

Thanks to Komlóssy Zoltán and to Lou Guadagno for the IDs and scans

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Scott: #5272O

Issued: 28.03.2019

Fauna on Stamps on stamps

Inside #5272a: Anguilla 1983O

Inside #5272b: Afghanistan #1173O

Inside #5272c: Antigua & Barbuda 1987O

Inside #5272d: Algeria #875O

Inside #5272e: Austria 1988O

Inside#5272f: Albania 1990O

Inside #5272g: Angola #781O

Inside #5272h: Ascension Is. #483O

Inside #5272i: Azores #388O

Scott: #5273O

Inside #5273a: Alderney 1993O

Inside #5273b: Aruba #101O

Inside #5273c: Azerbaijan 1994O

Inside #5273d: Aland #124O

Inside #5273e: Armenia 1996O

Inside #5273f: Australia 1998O

Inside #5273g: Australian Antarctic Territory #L118cO

Inside #5273h: Aitutaki #537O

Inside #5273i: Argentina #2192dO

Scott: #5274O

Inside #5274: Afghanistan #1174O

Scott: #5275O

Inside #5275: Aitutaki #534O

Scott: #5276O

Inside #5276: Aland #124O

Scott: #5277O

Inside#5277: Albania #2334O

Scott: #5278O

Inside #5278: Alderney #69c

Scott: #5279O

Inside #5279: Algeria #875O

Scott: #5280O

Inside #5280: Angola #781O

Scott: #5281O

Inside #5281: Anguilla #540O

Scott: #5282O

Inside #5282: Antigua & Barbuda #1010O

Scott: #5283O

Inside #5283: Argentina #2192aO

Scott: #5284O

Inside #5284: Armenia #543O

Scott: #5285O

Inside #5285: Aruba #103

Scott: #5286O

Inside #5286: Ascension Is. #486O

Scott: #5287O

Inside #5287: Australia #1678O

Scott: #5288O

Inside #5288: Australian Antarctic Territory #L118bO

Scott: #5289O

Inside #5289: Austria #1425O

Scott: #5290O

Inside #5290: Azerbaijan #454dO

Scott: #5291O

Inside #5291: Azores #385O

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Scott: #5399O

Issued: 30.05.2019

Gandhi, 150th Birth Anniversary

Fauna on Stamps on stamps

Inside #5399: India #201P(India)

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #????-?O

Issued: 01.10.2019

Fauna on Stamps WWF

Inside #????: Fiji #593O

Inside #????: Faroes Is. 1990P

Inside #????: Falkland Isl. #535O

Inside #????: Finland #907cO

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Fiji #594O

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Faroe Is. 1990P

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Falkland Isl. #536O

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Finland #907dO

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Scott: #????-?O

Issued: 30.10.2019

Fauna on Stamps WWF

Inside #????: Ivory Coast 1985O

Inside #????: Indonesia #1380O

Inside #????: Israel #1402P

Inside #????: Italy 1991P

Inside #????: Ireland #869O

Inside #????: Iceland #763O

Inside #????: Isle of Man #399P

Inside #????: Iran #2876bO

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Ivory Coast 1985O

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Indonesia #1381O

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Italy 1991P

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Isle of Man #401P

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Ireland #871O

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Iceland #765O

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Iran 2876aO

Scott: #????O

Inside: Israel #1401P

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Scott: #????-?O

Issued: 28.11.2019

85th Birth Anniversary, Yuri Gagarin

Inside #????: Czechoslovakia #2140P

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #????-?P

Issued: 27.03.2020

180^th Anniversary of the Penny Black

 Inside #????: G.B. #1

Scott: #????O

Scott: #????O

Scott: #????O

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Scott: #????O

Issued: 27.03.2020

180th Anniversary of the Penny Black Stamp

 Inside #????: G.B. #1 [S-S]

Scott: #????O

Scott: #5891O

Scott: #5892O

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Scott: #5895aP

Issued: 27.03.2020

180^th Anniversary of the Penny Black

 Inside #????: G.B. #1

Scott: #5893O

Scott: #5894O

Scott: #5895O

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Scott: #????O

Issued: 27.03.2020

Penny Black COVID-19

 Inside #????: G.B. #1 [S-C]

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Scott: #????O

Issued: 19.06.2020

50th Anniversary of the launch of VENERA 7 

Inside #????: Russia #4012P

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Scott: #????-?O

Issued: 12.06.2020

Fauna on Stamps WWF

Inside #????: Palau 1983

Inside #????: Paraguay #2139g

Inside #????: Poland #2678

Inside#????: Portugal #1717P

Inside #????: Papua New Guinea #698

Inside #????: Pakistan 1989

Inside #????: Philippines 1991

Inside #????: Panama #846a

Inside #????: Palestine #150a

Inside #????: Peru 2004

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Palau 1983

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Paraguay #2139f

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Poland #2681

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Portugal #1715P

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Papua New Guinea #699

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Pakistan 1989

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Philippines 1991

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Panama #846c

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Palestine #150b

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Peru 2004

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Scott: #????-?O

Issued: 09.11.2022

WWF

Inside #????a: Tajikistan #185aO

Inside #????a: Botswana #806O

Inside #????a: Australia #1678O

Inside #????b: Canada #1688O

Inside #????b: Cuba #3605O

Inside #????b: Indonesia #474O

Inside #????c: Papua New Guinea #443O

Inside #????c:  Singapore #1254bO

Inside #???? (In margin): Australia #1678O

Inside #???? (In margin): Laos #520O

Thanks Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #????-?O

Issued: 09.11.2022

WWF

Inside #????: Angola #1364bO

Inside #????: Botswana #806O

Inside #????: Australia #1678O

Inside #???? (In margin): New Zealand #1162O

Inside #???? (In margin): Estonia #271P (Central Africa)

Inside #???? (In margin): Uzbekistan #64O

Thanks Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #????O

Issued: 09.11.2022

WWF

Inside #????: Australia #1675O

Inside #???? + In margin: Botswana #806O

Inside #????a + In margin: Australia #1678O

Inside #???? (In margin): Angola #1364dO

Thanks Lou Guadagno

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Scott: #????O

Issued: 30.11.2022

The 65th Anniversary of the First Animal in Space

Inside #????: Romania #1200P (Hungary)

Thanks Lou Guadagno

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SP: #SR230102b2O

Issued: 15.01.2023

Pele

Inside #????: Brazil #1144O

Thanks Lou Guadagno

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SP: #SR230242aO

SP: #SR230242bO

Issued: 29.03.2023

75th Anniversary of the XIV Olympiad of 1948

Inside #SR230242a, #SR230242b (In margin): GB #274P (Haiti)

Inside #SR230242a, #SR230242b (In margin): Monaco #204O, #208O

Inside #SR230242a: GB #271P(Y.A.R)

Inside #SR230242a, #SR230242b (In margin): GB #272P

Inside #SR230242a, #SR230242b (In margin): GB #273P

Inside #SR230242a: Poland Olympic fund label 1948

Inside #SR230242a: France Olympic boxing org label 1948

Inside #SR230242b, #SR230242a (In margin): Monaco #205P

Inside #SR230242b, #SR230242a (In margin): Monaco #206O

Inside #SR230242a (In margin): Korea #85O

Inside #SR230242a (In margin): Peru #C78O

Inside #SR230242b (In margin): Umm Al-Qiwain Michel #23P

Inside #SR230242b (In margin): Umm Al-Qiwain Michel #19P

Lou wrote: Once again, Stamperija went to the well to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the XIV Olympiad of 1948 with another two s/s from Sierra Leone, supposedly issued on March 29, 2023.

Many of the SoS were the same as on the earlier Guinea issue. Again the same stamps are repeated on both s/s, and again, stamps that have nothing to do with the 1948 Olympics are added to the margins of one s/s. Some SoS are shown in black/white images and several Olympic non-postage labels are illustrated. 

Thanks Lou Guadagno

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ST: #SRL230317aO

ST: #SRL230317bO

Issued: 25.05.2023

 History of Postal Transport

Inside #SRL230317a: Falkland Is. #???? (2019)O

Inside #SRL230317a: U.S. #5281O

Inside #SRL230317a: France #4404O

Inside #SRL230317a: France #4403O

Inside #SRL230317a: Germany DDR #2301P

Inside #SRL230317a: Bahamas #531O

Inside #SRL230317a: U.S. #C128P

Inside #SRL230317b: G.B. #3227O

Inside #SRL230317b (In margin): U.S. #2383P

Inside #SRL230317b (In margin): U.S. #3182O

Inside #SRL230317b (In margin): G.B. #3218aO

Inside #SRL230317b (In margin): G.B. #3218bO

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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ST: #SRL230329bO

Issued: 25.05.2023

120th anniversary of the first Wright brothers powered aircraft flight

(At Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 1903)

Inside #SRL230329b (In margin): Germany-Berlin #9NB144O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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ST: #SRL230406aO

Issued: 10.08.2023

Stamps on Stamps / WWF

Inside #SRL230406a: Algeria #874-5O

Inside #SRL230406a: Monaco #2860dO

Inside #SRL230406a: Belize #690O

Inside #SRL230406a: Micronesia #107O

Inside #SRL230406a (In margin): Isle of Man #402P (2019)

Inside #SRL230406a (In margin): Slovakia #434O

Inside #SRL230406a (In margin): Upper Volta #506O

Inside #SRL230406a (In margin): Brazil #1926O

#SRL230406a (In background):

Romania #4887-90O

ST: #SRL230406bO

Inside #SRL230406b: Gabon #635O

Inside #SRL230406b (In margin): France #1257P(Guinea)

Inside #SRL230406b (In margin): Gibraltar #716a-dO

Inside #SRL230406b (In margin): Algeria #704O

Inside #SRL230406b (In margin): Cameroon #846O

Inside #SRL230406b (In margin): Aitutaki #623-4O

Inside #SRL230406b (In margin): Falkland Is. #537O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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ST: #SR230455aO

Issued: 11.08.2023

Stamps on Stamps

Inside #SR230455a: Laos #42P

Inside #SR230455a: Canada # 274P

Inside #SR230455a: U.S. #1042P

Inside #SR230455a: U.S. #1042P

 Inside #SR230455a: German - DDR #684P

Inside #SR230455a: Cayman Is #87O

Inside #SR230455a: U.S. #1042P

Inside #SR230455a: Monaco # 993O

Inside #SR230455a: South Africa #1022P

Inside #SR230455a: Canada #274P

Inside #SR230455a: France # 2227P

Inside #SR230455a: Russia #7735a

Inside #SR230455a: U.S. #1042P

Inside #SR230455a: Monaco #993O

Inside #SR230455a: Poland #1309P

Inside #SR230455a: Cuba #4853P

Inside #SR230455a: Russia #7735aO

All Stamps are like the stamps on Stamps (Animal) from 2018

Lou wrote: Sierra Leone, per the Stamperija site, issued a 6v s/s on August 11, 2923 with the theme of Stamps on Stamps.  Not only are the SoS repeated from stamp to stamp, but to my recollection, all but one of the SoS have been used previously on other Stamperija issues thru the years. Again, considering the thousands of stamp scans available online, it is sad the lazy "designer" went to his onhand archives for the stamps. The only thing "new" is the layout of a 6 stamp s/s. Supposedly, they are official issues, so we list them, but you don't have to buy them.

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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ST: #SRL230455a16

Issued: 11.08.2023

155th Anniversary of the Birth of Paul P. Harris

Inside #SRL230455a16: Brazil #1079P

See stamp from 2018 – 150 Anniversary

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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ST: #SR230551aO

Issued: 15.09.2023

Stamps on Stamps - Summer Olympic Games

Inside #SR230551a: Germany #B485P

Inside #SR230551a: Germany #B486O

Inside #SR230551a: Germany #B487O

Inside #SR230551a: Netherlands Antilles #313-5O

Inside #SR230551a: Samoa #811-3O

Inside #SR230551a: Russia #3984-6P

Inside #SR230551a (In margin): USA #719O

Inside #SR230551a (In margin): Germany #B86O

ST: #SR230551bO

Inside #SR230551b: Bahrain #64-7O

Inside #SR230551b (In margin): Netherlands Antilles #313O

Inside #SR230551a (In margin): Samoa #814O

Inside #SR230551a (In margin): Malta #647-9O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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ST: #SR230553aO

Issued: 15.09.2023

The 35th Anniversary of the First and Only Buran Space Plane Orbital Flight

Inside #SR230553a (In margin): Ukraine #246O

On November 15, 1988, the first and only launch of Buran space shuttle took place. Buran was lifted into space, on an unmanned mission, by the specially designed Energia rocket. Buran was designed to perform up to 100 flights and take a crew of up to 10 people into space. The Buran project involved 1,206 enterprises from all across the Soviet Union. The program was closed in 1993. The creation of the Energiya rocket and the Buran space shuttle became the most impressive program in the history of domestic space rocket-making, with the annual financing volume reaching 1.3 billion rubles by 1985. The Energiya became the first Soviet rocket that used hydrogen in the rocket’s main stage. The Energiya was also the most powerful of domestic rockets, capable of putting into orbit the payload of up to 100 tonnes. (https://tass.com/science/1031019)

The Buran was destroyed by a hangar collapse in 2002 and the AN-225, which has made many flights carrying large and heavy loads, was purposely targeted and severely damaged in Russia's attack on the Kyiv Hostomel airport in 2022.

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buran_(spacecraft)

Ukraine #246 shows the AN-225 taking off with the Buran mounted above. 

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-225_Mriya

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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ST: #SR230560aO

Issued: 15.09.2023

Stamps on Stamps - Nursing

Inside #SR230560a: Ireland #589O

Inside #SR230560a: Belgium #514O

Inside #SR230560a: Switzerland #462P

Inside #SR230560a: Japan #1302O

Inside #SR230560a (In margin): USA #1699P

Inside #SR230560a (In margin): Canada #380P

ST: #SR230560bO

Inside #SR230560b: Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) #167O

Inside #SR230560b: USA #1190P

Inside #SR230560b (In margin): Argentina #1083P

Inside #SR230560b (In margin): Netherlands #B274P

Inside #SR230560b (In margin): Norway #519O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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ST: #SR230703b

Issued: 15.12.2023

Year of the Monkey (2016?)

(The last was in 2016, and the next will be in 2028, so this Stamperija issue is either seven years late or five years early)

Inside #SR230703b (in stamp and in margin): China PR #1586O

The 1980 Monkey stamp is not rare, but incredibly expensive.

Thanks to Zoltán Komlóssy and Lou Guadagno

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ST: #SR230710b2

Issued: 15.12.2023

195th Anniversary of the Birth of Jules Verne

Inside #SR230710b2 (In margin): France #770O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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ST: #SRL2401087f01O

ST: #SRL2401087f02O

Issued: 12.02.2024

WWF Stamps on stamps

Inside #SRL2401087f01-2: Belize #689-92O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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ST: #SRL2401087f03O

ST: #SRL2401087f04O

Issued: 12.02.2024

WWF Stamps on stamps

Inside # SRL2401087f03-4: Bhutan #413-6O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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ST: #SRL2401087f05O

ST: #SRL2401087f06O

Issued: 12.02.2024

WWF Stamps on stamps

Inside # SRL2401087f05-6: Bahamas #645-8O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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ST: #SRL2401087f07O

ST: #SRL2401087f08O

Issued: 12.02.2024

WWF Stamps on stamps

Inside #SRL2401087f07-8: Botswana #432-5O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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ST: #SRL2401087f09O

ST: #SRL2401087f10O

Issued: 12.02.2024

WWF Stamps on stamps

Inside # SRL2401087f09-10: Br. Virgin Islands #621-4O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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ST: #SRL2401087f11O

ST: #SRL2401087f12O

Issued: 12.02.2024

WWF Stamps on stamps

Inside # SRL2401087f11-12: Benin #657-60O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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ST: #SRL240219a

ST: #SRL240219b

Issued: 25.06.2024

100th Anniversary of the First Olympic Winter Games

Inside #SRL240219a: Paraguay #752O

Inside #SRL240219a: Niger #C227O

Inside #SRL240219a: Ajman Mi #762O

Inside #SRL240219b: France #322P (France)

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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ST: # SRL240220a-bO

Issued: 25.06.2024

95th Anniversary of the Graf Zeppelin Round World Flight

Inside #SRL240220a-b: Germany #C28P (Gambia)

Inside #SRL240220a-b: U.S.A. #C15O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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ST: #SRL240223aO

Issued: 25.06.2024

115th Anniversary of the Bleriot First English Channel Crossing Flight

Inside #SRL240220a: Germany #B551P

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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ST: #SRL250112a-bO

Issued: 15.01.2025

60th Anniversary of the First Space Walk

Inside #SRL250112a-b: Hungary #C252O

Lou wrote: Stamperija advised, that Sierra lLeone, on January 15, 2025, issued two s/s to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the First Space Walk; instead of showing any two of the many stamps showing the actual event, the "designer" used the same Hungary stamp showing the two cosmonauts on the Voshkod 2 spacecraft. Even using both stamps in the Hungary 1965 set would have been more interesting, as the other shows Leoniov "walking" in space.

Hungary #C251

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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ST: #SRL250117a1O

Issued: 15.01.2025

Chinese Art

Inside #SRL250117a1: China stamps 1968O

CHP1968M1010	CHP1968M1013	CHP1968M1014
CHP1968M1011	CHP1968M1015	CHP1968M1012
CHP1968M1016	CHP1968M1017	CHP1968M1018

Thanks to Zoltán Komlóssy

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ST: #SRL250117a2O

Issued: 15.01.2025

Chinese Art

Inside #SRL250117a2: China stamps 1968O

CHP1968M1006	CHP1968M1007	CHP1968M1008

CHP1968M999	CHP1968M1000
CHP1968M997	CHP1968M998

CHP1968M995	CHP1968M996

CHP1968M1001	CHP1968M1003	CHP1968M1002
CHP1968M1005	CHP1968M1004

Thanks to Zoltán Komlóssy

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ST: #SRL250117a3O

Issued: 15.01.2025

Chinese Art

Inside #SRL250117a3: China stamps 1967-8O

CHP1967M983	CHP1967M982	CHP1967M993
CHP1967M994
CHP1967M1009	CHP1968M1019	CHP1968M1026
CHP1968M1027		CHP1968M1028

Thanks to Zoltán Komlóssy

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ST: #SRL250117a4O

Issued: 15.01.2025

Chinese Art

Inside #SRL250117a4: China stamps 1969O

CHP1969M1029	CHP1969M1030	CHP1969M1031
CHP1969M1032	CHP1969M1033
CHP1969M1034	CHP1969M1035	CHP1969M1036
CHP1969M1037	CHP1969M1038

Thanks to Zoltán Komlóssy

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ST: #SRL250117a5O

Issued: 15.01.2025

Chinese Art

Inside #SRL250117a5: China stamps 1968-9O

CHP1968M1025	CHP1969M1041	CHP1969M1039
CHP1969M1040	CHP1969M1043	CHP1969M1042
CHP1970M1054	CHP1970M1053a	CHP1970M1053b

Thanks to Zoltán Komlóssy

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ST: #SRL250117a6O

Inside #SRL250117a6: China unissued Mao, lin biao 1967O

Inside #SRL250117a6: China unissued Mao, painting 1967O

Inside #SRL250117a6: China unissued quotation from Mao1967O

Inside #SRL250117a6: China unissued Mao poem 1967O

Inside #SRL250117a6: China unissued Mao - lin biao 1968O

Inside #SRL250117a6: China unissued mao, error 1968O

Inside #SRL250117a6: China #999A, map errors, withdrawn 1968O

Inside #SRL250117a6: China unissued Mao poem 1968O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno and Zoltán Komlóssy

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ST: #SRL250124aO

ST: #SRL250124b1-2O

Issued: 15.01.2025

185th Anniversary of the Penny Black

Inside #SRL250124b1-2: G.B. #1 [A-I] 

Inside #SRL250124b1-2: G.B. #1 [M-H] 

Lou wrote: Per Stamperija, Sierra Leone issued on January 15, 2025, three s/s to commemorate the 185th Anniversary of the Penny Black.

The very lazy "designer" used the same elements and SoS for all the s/s. With 240 different to choose from, the Penny Blacks have check letters that have been previously seen on numerous anniversary SoS, and the low light of the series has to be the featuring in a s/s label, of a totally bogus Penny Black with Maltese crosses in all four corners.

Stamperija waited until almost the en0 of the year to produce the worst SoS of 2025.

Penny black artist represent - check letters replaced

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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ST: #SRL250134bO

Issued: 15.01.2025

90th Anniversary of the Amelia Earhart Solo Flight from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California

Inside #SRL250134b (in margin): USA #C68P

Inside #SRL250134b (in margin): USA one of the flight cover from 11.1.1935

For more: postalmuseum.si.edu

USA #720P

USA #C19P

Amelia Earhart's solo flight from Honolulu, Hawaii, to Oakland, California, on January 11-12, 1935, marked her as the first person to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean, a dangerous 2,400-mile journey in her Lockheed Vega, proving air travel possibilities and inspiring many despite critics calling it a stunt. She departed Honolulu's Wheeler Field and landed in Oakland after nearly 18 hours, a significant aviation milestone. 

Key Details:

Date: January 11-12, 1935. Aircraft: Lockheed Vega 5B. Route: Honolulu, Hawaii, to Oakland, California. Distance: Approximately 2,400 miles (2,408 miles). Duration: Nearly 18 hours. Significance: First solo flight from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland, overcoming challenging weather and navigation. 

Context & Impact: A Dangerous Undertaking: The Pacific crossing was considered extremely perilous, with previous attempts having cost lives, making Earhart's success a major feat.

Inspiration: The flight demonstrated courage and skill, pushing boundaries for women in aviation and inspiring future pilots.

Public Reception: While some viewed it as a publicity stunt, the flight was celebrated as a historic achievement, with huge crowds greeting her in Oakland.

vintageaviationnews.com - amelia-earhart-flies-solo-from-hawaii-to-california

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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ST: #SRL250143aO

ST: #SRL250143b2O

Issued: 15.01.2025

 115th Anniversary of the Death of Henri Dunant

Inside #SRL250143a: Switzerland #B48O

Inside #SRL250143a: Monaco #537O

Inside #SRL250143a: France #B328P

Inside #SRL250143b2: Belgium #B233O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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ST: #SRL250152aO

ST: #SRL250152b1O

ST: #SRL250152b2O

Issued: 15.01.2025

125th Anniversary of the Second Summer Olympic Games in Greece

Inside #SRL250152a, b1, b2: Greece #124O

Inside #SRL250152a, b1, b2: Greece #127O

Inside #SRL250152a, b1: Greece #194O

Inside #SRL250152a (on tab): USA #719O

Inside #SRL250152a (on tab): Greece #118P (Greece)

Lou wrote: Also a January 15, 2025 "release", Sierra Leone issued three s/s to commemorate the 125th Anniversary of the Second Summer Olympic Games in Greece. An event of 1900 that no stamps were issued for. These were another lazy and unnecessarily multiple issue, not only were the SoS used over and over, but all three s/s had their background and stamp designs swapped. The Olympic stamps shown were issued in 1896, 1906 and 1932 - the 1906 stamp is actually from the named Second Olympic Games issue, held in France.

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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