{"id":9279,"date":"2014-04-15T08:50:10","date_gmt":"2014-04-15T12:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=9279"},"modified":"2014-04-15T08:50:10","modified_gmt":"2014-04-15T12:50:10","slug":"radio-andorra-postage-stamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/radio-andorra-postage-stamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Andorra Postage Stamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Boc_RADIO_ANDORRA_B2M0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9280\" alt=\"Boc_RADIO_ANDORRA_B2M0.ai\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Boc_RADIO_ANDORRA_B2M0.jpg\" width=\"231\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Boc_RADIO_ANDORRA_B2M0.jpg 231w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Boc_RADIO_ANDORRA_B2M0-100x72.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Marty, who writes from Madrid:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Just wanted to let you know about an interesting postage stamp that was issued this month in the Principality of Andorra. Actually, the Spanish Post Office &#8220;Correos&#8221; issues the stamps for Andorra, and this one in particular observes the 30th anniversary of the cease in transmissions of Radio Andorra! Interesting stuff. Most other countries, the US Postal Service included, use to issue stamps in celebration of the anniversaries of the ongoing broadcasts of their international stations. I think this is the first time I have seen one that marks the closure. Here is the stamp 92 cents of a euro, mainly for international destinations. It was taken from a photograph by Gerard Massot.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a title=\"correos\" href=\"http:\/\/correos.es\/ss\/Satellite\/site\/coleccion-1363186842706-galeria_sellos_filatelia\/detalle_emision-sidioma=es_ES-tituloPrincipal=Emisiones+Andorra+A%25C3%25B1o+2014\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to see this stamp on the Spanish Post Office <em>(Correos)<\/em> web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Marty, who writes from Madrid: &#8220;Just wanted to let you know about an interesting postage stamp that was issued this month in the Principality of Andorra. Actually, the Spanish Post Office &#8220;Correos&#8221; issues the stamps for Andorra, and this one in particular observes the 30th anniversary of the cease [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[508,3],"tags":[2755,2756,2754],"class_list":["post-9279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-2","category-news","tag-andorra","tag-radio-andorra","tag-radio-andorra-postage-stamp"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2pF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39497,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/edxc-conference-featured-on-andorra-tv\/","url_meta":{"origin":9279,"position":0},"title":"EDXC conference featured on Andorra TV","author":"Thomas","date":"September 9, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The EDXC conference was held in Andorra this year and I wish I could have attended. 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