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| | The Glassine Surfer, Stamps on the Web |
 | | The latest addition to their on-going illumination of all things Canadian and philatelic is a database of Canadian and BNA (British North American) stamp creators and designers, which is a broad category that includes printers and employees, artists, and engravers. |
 | | Each stamp listing, in turn, then leads you to Searching for engraver and designer John Hay, for instance, leads you to his bio page with links to his stamps at the archives. |
 | | Each country has a double letter code, and each issue gets a number based on how many other issues were released before it that year, followed by a period and two digits for the year of release. |
| www.glassinesurfer.com /stamp_column/gs1203.shtml (1668 words) |
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