Competition from email and internet services will prevent Jersey Post from putting up stamp prices too high, according to the company boss.

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So why would the U.S. Post Office create a stamp with a photo of the Statue of Liberty that is really not the Statue of Liberty?

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The Belgian post office promises a new stamp by October next year, with a face value in both Belgian francs and euros.

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These consisted of a piece of wood, hollowed out so that they could hold a small bottle in which a letter was placed, along with instructions for the finder to post it and a penny for a stamp.

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The archaeology stamp issue is available at Jersey Post's Philatelic Bureau or online.

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The four Visit Jersey stamps were designed by UK stamp artist Colleen Corlett, who also created the 2011 Jersey Post Christmas stamps.

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However, the stamp now has an official status after Royal Mail reopened a small post office in the village in July.

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Above the central portrait, each stamp featured a picture of a lamp that the U.S. Post Office Department identified as the "Lamp of Knowledge" but that I thought of as Aladdin's lamp because of the boy in the Arabian Nights with the magic lamp and the ring and the two genies who give him whatever he asks for.

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