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Super Bowl postmarkSuper Bowl XLIV postmark announcement. 02/06/10 -- For all you football fans out there, here's this year's Super Bowl postmark. To get yours, send a SASE to: Championship Station, Postmaster, 2200 NW 72 Ave., Miami, FL 33152-9998. If you don't wish to address the cover, make sure you include a return envelope (a good idea anyway if you want a pristine envelope returned). Go Saints! Go Colts!
Canada Post Souvenir PackCanada Post souvenir packs now available. 02/04/10 -- The specially packaged souvenir sheets overprinted with "Vancouver 2010" in gold, silver, and bronze are now available for order from Canada Post. The product number is 341816. The price per package containing one of each souvenir sheet is CD$8.73 (plus tax for Canadian residents). There is a strict limit of two per customer! The souvenir packs will be released on Feburary 12. It is not known if these will be available at post offices. Canada Post's toll free telephone number from the U.S. is 1-800-565-4362.
Sprint Snowboarding GrandPrixFD Ceremony for US Olympic stamp announced. 01/20/10 -- The US 44-cent Olympic stamp will be officially unveiled at the conclusion of the US Snowboarding GrandPrix event at Park City, Utah on January 22. The ceremony is open to the public. For more information, click here.
Cologne Germany15th World Olympic Collectors' Fair 2010. 01/18/10 -- IMOS and the IOC have extended an invitation to the collecting community to attend this year's fair at the German Sports and Olympic Museum in Cologne, Germany from April 16-18, 2010. In addition to a bourse of dealers, the first Global Olympic Collecting competition will be held. Questions?
Snowboard PostmarkCanada Post announces Vancouver Olympic postmark program. 01/15/10 [updated] -- Canada Post has announced its program of 35 postmarks for the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games in Vancouver and Whistler. A list of post offices in the Vancouver and Whistler areas is now available.
OHC Logo50th Anniversary of the 1960 Squaw Valley Olympic Winter Games. 1/6/2010 -- Join the Olympic Heritage Celebration in Squaw Valley, California in commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1960 Squaw Valley Olympics from January 8-17, 2010.
Canada Whistler Olympic stampsCanada Post reveals designs of 2010 Olympic stamps. 1/4/10 -- Canada Post's upcoming program of stamps for the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games was announced in the January 2010 issue of their collector publication, Details.

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