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Chess Games Chess Tactics Server ChessCube Susan Polgar Chess Daily News and Information Chess in Translation: Russian chess news and interviews in English ChessBomb / Chessdom Live Arena Chess South Africa اتحاد الإمارات للشطرنج Chess on Stamps Many years ago, when it seems like I had more time, and there was no computer screen to distract me, my stamp collection didn't gather dust on the shelf. "Topical Collecting" -- collecting stamps picturing certain topics, rather than the stamps of a single country, caught my interest, and I started to accumulate stamps with the chess theme. As I hand-lettered my album pages and researched the tournaments, I felt some regret that others couldn't share the lovely images. Now, with the advent of a webpage which anyone can browse, my feeling of regret is gone: I've dusted off my collection, and the tiny images can be seen larger-than-life, through the magical philatelic magnifying lens of the WWW. Bulgaria 1947USSR 1948Jugoslavia 1950Hungary 1950Cuba 1951Finland 1952Bulgaria 1962 Chess on Stamps Checklist Bulgaria 1947: Balkan Games The stamp (9 leva, white and orange brown) was issued September 29, 1947, typographed on unwatermarked paper, perf 111/2. (watermarked stars on the 1 forint.)

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