Archives
February 2012
- Soviet Court Fee stamps and an early Russian revenue (5 comments)
Archives for January 2012
- Third anniversary - happy birthday SCB! (8 comments)
- Major color shift on Ajman stamp (3 comments)
- Unlisted perforation variety on 1969 Dubai stamp - real or fishy? (14 comments)
- Slurred printing on modern Brazilian definitive stamps (4 comments)
- A Sweet Bite of Brazil (4 comments)
- My stamp exchange begins for 2012 (8 comments)
- Possible plate flaw on Brazilian 1961 Ouro Preto stamp (4 comments)
- Série vovó: Brazilian definitive stamps of 1920-1941 (16 comments)
- State of my stamp collection 2011/2012 (15 comments)
Archives for December 2011
- Hermes and Iris definitive series of Greece (6 comments)
- Guatemala Spring Fair of 1960 perforation varieties (3 comments)
- Season's greetings (18 comments)
Archives for November 2011
- Slow posting ahead... (21 comments)
- Some Chinese stamps - cancellation forgeries or something else? (12 comments)
- About USA 60c Rickenbacker stamp (10 comments)
- Taxe Percue postmark (1 comment)
- Ask anything about stamps, collecting, life...pt 5 (58 comments)
- Show that You Like Stamp Collecting Blog - and other changes (10 comments)
- Japanese new year stamps (5 comments)
Archives for October 2011
- Japanese hometown (Furusato / prefecture) stamps (4 comments)
- About early Japanese postmarks (10 comments)
- A new, more detailed look into number of different worldwide stamps issued (28 comments)
- Harvesting (12 comments)
- Unlisted perforation variety on Afghan airmail stamp (12 comments)
Archives for September 2011
- Some color shifts and registration errors on Czechoslovakian stamps (8 comments)
- Some interesting Soviet stamps (13 comments)
- My stamp exchange is back... (19 comments)
- The art of coloring
Archives for August 2011
- What do You do with stamps that have foxing / rust? (21 comments)
- About pricing of online stamp catalogs (36 comments)
- Private perforations on Czechoslovakian newspaper stamps
- Updates on the blog (4 comments)
Archives for July 2011
- Czechoslovakian 1945/47 Portraits definitive series: US Civil Censorship postmark and other oddities (14 comments)
- Czechoslovakian Masaryk stamps of 1925 -1927 (18 comments)
Archives for June 2011
- Japanese 1898 parcel post revenue stamp (2 comments)
- Ask anything about stamps, collecting, life...pt 4 (101 comments)
- Summer break (7 comments)
- Ask anything about stamps, collecting, life...pt 3 (122 comments)
Archives for May 2011
- Stamps of Azerbaijan (8 comments)
- Confessions of an aging stamp collector. (40 comments)
- Australian Fine Art stamp series high values - color variation and specimen overprint (2 comments)
- Revolution and evolution (15 comments)
Archives for April 2011
- Swedish TuristPorto / tourist postage stamps
- What makes a happy stamp collector? (32 comments)
- Finnish parliamentary elections today - a ballot cancellation (4 comments)
- Philatelic safari to Burundi (6 comments)
- Investing in stamps - some thoughts (19 comments)
Archives for March 2011
- Poland 1950 Rebuilding of Warsaw Stamps (9 comments)
- Case of bad teeth (3 comments)
Archives for February 2011
- Persian mystery - 1906 Provisoire stamps with unlisted overprint (12 comments)
- Mounting stamp collections digitally (22 comments)
- Misdated postmarks and a Zeppelin (3 comments)
- My stamp exchange is back...
- 65 Degrees North (2 comments)
Archives for January 2011
- USA "A partridge in a pear tree stamp" - EFO or color changeling? (41 comments)
- Good bye 2010, Hello 2011 (3 comments)
- Ask anything about stamps, collecting, life...pt 2 (105 comments)
Archives for December 2010
- Merry Christmas (3 comments)
- Progress and satisfaction (6 comments)
- Argentina 1862 Coat of Arms - a common counterfeit stamp (2 comments)
Archives for November 2010
- A short review of Gibbons Stamp Monthly (5 comments)
- Finnish Christmas postage stamps 2010 (7 comments)
- My stamp exchange goes to a Christmas break (1 comment)
- Unidentified Spanish fiscal revenue (6 comments)
- Collecting stamps of Trucial states (1973-) – United Arab Emirates (2 comments)
- Collecting stamps of Trucial states (1963-1973) - the independent sheikdoms (4 comments)
- Collecting stamps of Trucial states (1892- 1963) - British PAs in Eastern Arabia & issues of Trucial States (2 comments)
Archives for October 2010
- Collecting stamps of Trucial states - a short introduction (24 comments)
- eBooks are the future of stamp catalogs and other philatelic literature (26 comments)
- The Hobby of Kings - is it truly for the rich? (14 comments)
- Of common good and volunteer work (4 comments)
- British Wilding stamps with Christmas Island BFPO postmark (5 comments)
- 1977 Canada 1c wildflower definitive stamp with color shift (6 comments)
- Using high resolution scans as an aid (11 comments)
Archives for September 2010
- Color shift on NZ 1962 Christmas stamp (16 comments)
- Fairy tales for stamp collectors (9 comments)
- The more I learn of this hobby, the less I realize that I actually know (7 comments)
- A simplified anatomy of my BRD stamp collection
- Unlisted print variety on German (BRD) stamp (10 comments)
Archives for August 2010
- Revenue stamp from Ticino (6 comments)
- Best of British stamp design (12 comments)
- Switzerland 1939 - Schweizerische Landesausstellung -1st series
- How deep to go when building a collection? (13 comments)
- Time and devotion (7 comments)
- Cleaning up my bookshelf - stamp catalogs for exchange (8 comments)
- Hungarian 1986/1991 definitive series stamps - Castles I (5 comments)
- Confessions of a hoarder (20 comments)
- Long definitive stamp series - how to keep track of what You have / need? (11 comments)
Archives for July 2010
- Marca da Bollo and other Italian fiscals with stamp-like designs (4 comments)
- Milan 1906 World Fair cinderella / vignette
- A quick review of Norma 2010, a specialized catalog of Finnish stamps
- I'm back...With review of SOTW 2010 and misc stamp related tidbits (2 comments)
Archives for June 2010
- English-Afrikaans se-tenant stamps of South Africa (6 comments)
- 1977 South African protea definitive stamp series (18 comments)
- Stamps of South African homelands (1 comment)
- Some statistics about my stamp exchange (4 comments)
Archives for May 2010
- Top 5 free stamp catalogues online (31 comments)
- Nigeria 1973 definitive postage stamps (6 comments)
- 1,000 comments and translating blog to multilingual (6 comments)
- Airmail labels (2 comments)
- Swaziland 15/45c overprinted butterfly stamp (6 comments)
- The die cut postage stamps of Sierra Leone (3 comments)
- Collecting stamps from Africa (4 comments)
- Angola bogus stamps - and a story behind Fournier forgery (6 comments)
Archives for April 2010
- The Dag Hammarskjold invert stamp error (10 comments)
- Unsolicited stamp trader listings - beware of stamptraders.org (5 comments)
- Minor variety on 1971 Kenya seashell stamp
- Building Knowledge Through Experience (9 comments)
- eBay gets official patents approval for online auctions (5 comments)
- My favorite stamps (23 comments)
- 1877 3d red Samoa Times Express stamp (3 comments)
- Hungarian souvenir sheet for European Football Championships (2 comments)
- UK 1971 strike mail letter from Malawi (2 comments)
Archives for March 2010
- Black versus white background on stock book pages (12 comments)
- A story of a dinosaur stamp (3 comments)
- Evolution of a classic - The Camel Postman stamps of Sudan (6 comments)
- Collecting stamps in 2030 AD (20 comments)
- 5:13AM (6 comments)
- Breaking the mold (14 comments)
- Random stamp stories (1 comment)
- Winter holiday feelings (3 comments)
- Shifted overprint on Congo (Kinshasa) stamp (2 comments)
Archives for February 2010
- The Faberge booklet (1 comment)
- Golden era stamp collectors and philatelists (4 comments)
- Goddess of plenty - more about Seebeck reprints (4 comments)
- And a case of good luck :) (2 comments)
- A case of bad luck (9 comments)
- About difference between a stamp collector and philatelist (28 comments)
- Happy Valentines Day 2010! (1 comment)
- Sewing machine roulettes on Vietnamese stamps (7 comments)
- Doubled gold frame print error on Vietnamese stamp
- Color shift on Finnish 2nd class Baby Bear postage stamp (1 comment)
- Stamps, quality and grading: Quality of cancel / postmark (31 comments)
Archives for January 2010
- Stamps, quality and grading: Quality of print (4 comments)
- Stamps, quality and grading: The basics
- How to remove cigarette smell from stamps? (5 comments)
- Besides stamps what other hobbies do you have? (8 comments)
- Re-organizing blog content (2 comments)
- January 2010 incoming mail – Covers from France
- January 2010 incoming mail – Covers from Canada (2 comments)
- January 2010 incoming mail – Cover from Nicaragua (3 comments)
- January 2010 incoming mail – US covers
- Stamp exchange lot from Germany (DDR)
- January 2010 incoming mail - Australian covers
- Stamp exchange lot from France (1 comment)
- First stamp exchange of the 2010 (6 comments)
- Seebeck reprints (2 comments)
- Demystifying CTO (Cancelled To Order) stamps (18 comments)
- Five-year plan stamp issues of DDR (14 comments)
- Roadmap for 2010 – year two begins (2 comments)
- Ask anything about stamps, collecting, life... (257 comments)
Archives for December 2009
- Finnish Christmas postage stamps:Merry Christmas
- Finnish Christmas postage stamps: Skating Santa
- Finnish Christmas postage stamps: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (2 comments)
- Finnish Christmas postage stamps: They came in booklets
- Finnish Christmas postage stamps: Glory to God
- Finnish Christmas postage stamps: Clash of Santa cultures
- Finnish Christmas postage stamps: Santa Claus' Main Post Office
- Finnish Christmas postage stamps: Two different christmases
- Finnish Christmas postage stamps: More Christmas decorations
- Finnish Christmas postage stamps: Introducing Mrs. Santa Claus (2 comments)
- Finnish Christmas postage stamps: Se-tenant angels
- Finnish Christmas postage stamps: Traditional Christmas decorations
- Finnish Christmas postage stamps: Santa bringing gifts
- Finnish Christmas postage stamps: Winds of change
- Finnish Christmas postage stamps: Peace on Earth, good will toward men
- Finnish Christmas postage stamps: O Christmas Tree
- Finnish Christmas postage stamps: Traditional Christmas games
- Finnish Christmas postage stamps: Stable elves
- Finnish Christmas postage stamps: Taking care of winged friends
- Finnish Christmas postage stamps: The Christmas sauna
- Finnish Christmas postage stamps: Early morning Christmas church (2 comments)
- Finnish Christmas postage stamps: The Star boys' singing procession
- Finnish Christmas postage stamps: Santa's Little Helpers
- Finnish Christmas postage stamps: Santa Claus is comin' to town.
Archives for November 2009
- Finnish Christmas postage stamps: Feels like Christmas
- Identifying the difference between a lithograph and offset print - or how I spotted few forgeries on spanish stamps (17 comments)
- Two covers from Canada (3 comments)
- A stamp dealer cover from US (2 comments)
- Singapore skyline
- Registered cover from Malaysia with bird stamps (8 comments)
- Australian rockpaintings
- How to create perfect cross-references between Scott, Michel, Stanley Gibbons etc. stamp catalogue - legally (21 comments)
- A review of Stamp Albums Web (15 comments)
- My first US miniature sheet (6 comments)
- The anatomy of fun (30 comments)
- A monologue is not a conversation - 500 user responses giveaway (31 comments)
- Stuff from my recent stamp exchanges (4 comments)
- Investing in postage stamps (10 comments)
Archives for October 2009
- Happy Halloween and a peaceful Hallowmas (2 comments)
- Miniature sheet for Belgian Comic Strip Center
- Keeping a worldwide stamp collection in order (31 comments)
- International Year of Astronomy m/s from Canada (4 comments)
- Busy, busy, busy...
- Keeping a stamp collection safe from dangers of natural surroundings (15 comments)
- Cross shaped self-adhesives from Finland (6 comments)
- October Survey - long or short articles? (10 comments)
- Some opinions about September survey
- Energy efficient buildings from Malaysia
- Cover and stamps from Slovenia
- Covers from US and Canada
- How to get youth and young adults into stamp collecting (12 comments)
- Hungarian 1973 3ft Tokaj definitive stamp with dark green color omitted
- Questionable marketing from Philatino.com (1 comment)
- Hungarian color error or changeling?
- 1954 Hungary Aviators Day printing plate flaw
- Canadian Save the Polars and Glaciers miniature sheet (4 comments)
Archives for September 2009
- I hate when postal service ruins a beautiful item (6 comments)
- Light posting and minor updates
- Competitive exhibiting stinks (6 comments)
- Spanish double impression stamp: double print, kiss print or simply overinked? (7 comments)
- Giro Nacional postmark on Spanish stamps (1 comment)
- Spanish ATM stamps (12 comments)
- Cyprus ATM stamps (4 comments)
- Stamp trading should be equally beneficial (3 comments)
- Introduction to collecting ATM stamps (5 comments)
- Collecting stamps on a budget (9 comments)
- Off to hospital (6 comments)
- Rural postmarks on Cyprus stamps (1 comment)
- Classic stamp designs: Cyprus George V definitive (1 comment)
- Cyprus 1993 "Mufflon" error (4 comments)
- Philippines 2009 bird definitives (3 comments)
- Bangox stamp expo: Wood figurines from Thailand (2 comments)
- Setting a value for worldwide stamp collection (12 comments)
Archives for August 2009
- Tuber plants on Malaysian postage stamps (2 comments)
- Septemper survey - What would you like to read? (12 comments)
- Traditional Malaysian houses on postage stamps (3 comments)
- Rampur Raza Library (2 comments)
- The wonders of India (7 comments)
- Damn unsoakable stamps (or if you can't soak them... ) (49 comments)
- Lundy Puffin postage stamps (16 comments)
- Herm Island local: 1961 Europa stamp (3 comments)
- The unusual stuff found on kiloware
- Two covers from France
- Postcard from Venezuela (1 comment)
- US Gulf Coast lighthouses on postage stamps
- 40th Anniversary of first moonwalk (1 comment)
- Which of these stamps went up in value? (2 comments)
- Singapore MyStamp promotional card (5 comments)
- A short commercial break (5 comments)
- 1924 Mount Everest Expedition label + cover with Cocos Isl. stamps (8 comments)
- I'm not a postcrosser (9 comments)
- Blog updated and misc. news (2 comments)
- Cover from Switzerland (5 comments)
- Beautiful Canadian Year of the Ox stamp
- Jim Jim Falls on Australia postage stamp (4 comments)
Archives for July 2009
- Fabulous cover from Hungary
- The numbers game (3 comments)
- Storage for worldwide stamp collection (pt7) - Summary (30 comments)
- Storage for worldwide stamp collection (pt6) - Stock cards
- Storage for worldwide stamp collection (pt5) – Stock pages (26 comments)
- Storage for worldwide stamp collection (pt4) -Blank stamp album pages (1 comment)
- Storage for worldwide stamp collection (pt3) - DIY stamp album pages (22 comments)
- Storage for worldwide stamp collection (pt2) -pre-printed (commercial) stamp album pages (12 comments)
- Storage for worldwide stamp collection (pt1) - Stockbooks (12 comments)
- A matter of storage (11 comments)
- Postcard from Canada
- Smurfing on the Smurf Village
- Algerian special cover (2 comments)
- Indian special covers (4 comments)
Archives for June 2009
- Taiwan and China covers (2 comments)
- Malaysia covers
- In search of perfect stamp exchange recipe (8 comments)
- Non-inverted Jenny (2 comments)
- US 40c Philip Mazzei airmail stamp (6 comments)
- Keeping track of stamp collection (149 comments)
- US First Man on the Moon stamp (17 comments)
- More about US precancels (2 comments)
- Introduction to US Precancels (6 comments)
- Coloring book with images of Finnish postage stamps
- German Morgenpost stamps (5 comments)
- Simpons and other US stamps (6 comments)
- Is a complete all-era worldwide stamp collection possible? (38 comments)
- May 2009 statistics (4 comments)
- How to soak kiloware - kitchensink philately basics (25 comments)
- Green matter - Happy World Enviroment Day!
- Customs duty cancel on Norwegian definitive stamp (2 comments)
- Bogus stamps: Isö, Sweden (12 comments)
- Color shifts - what is normal and what is not?
- Master engraver Czeslaw Slania (2 comments)
Archives for May 2009
- The fine art of Ivan Aguéli on stamps (4 comments)
- Swedish Landstormen semipostal stamps
- The beauty of socked on the nose (4 comments)
- A swedish coil stamp mystery (9 comments)
- Cards around the world
- Incoming mail: cover from Singapore
- Interview with Romaniastamp.com’s Mats Blückert (5 comments)
- Finnish dogs, moomins and multinational Finland on covers (2 comments)
- Polish dogs on cover (7 comments)
- Incoming mail: International registered covers
- Swiss postage meter stamps (5 comments)
- Swiss T-cancels stand for postage due
- A matter of color (20 comments)
- A quick review of Karelia Stamps 5th online auction
- Stranger on a strange land (5 comments)
- How to start stamp collecting (5 comments)
- Casual stamp collector in Helsinki (8 comments)
- Interview with Rainbow Stamp Club's Jeevan Jyoti (11 comments)
- Postage stamps people use (2 comments)
- Covers from around the world
- Beautiful La Semeuse (the Sower) (11 comments)
- Precancels on french stamps (12 comments)
- Happy May Day (1 comment)
- Stamp collecting is a worldwide hobby
Archives for April 2009
- A french mystery stamp (17 comments)
- Vive la France – some good reasons to collect French stamps (4 comments)
- How much is my stamp collection worth – straight talk about real market values of stamps (59 comments)
- Let’s share some good stamp related websites!
- Spring at last - Finnish spring flowers on postage stamps
- An overview of Austrian Mercury stamps (8 comments)
- Back online
- Austrian emperor Franz Joseph stamps (8 comments)
- Early Austrian / Austro-Hungarian Coat of Arms postage stamps (4 comments)
- Happy Earth Day
- Early Austrian / Austro-Hungarian postage stamps (4 comments)
- Beautiful Austria definitive stamp with strange cancel (9 comments)
- A quick review of Linn's Stamp News Digital edition (2 comments)
- A short review of Michel online stamp catalogue (9 comments)
- Why most stamp collecting / inventory software solutions suck? (263 comments)
- Christ in front of Pilatus
- Renewal and reconciliation
- Ascension of Christ by Antonio da Correggio
- Detail of Saint Thomas Altarpiece
- Presentation in the Temple by Ambrogio Lorenzetti (2 comments)
- Bogus: Sahara OCC RASD souvenir sheets (2 comments)
- Bogus: Somali Republic military uniforms souvenir sheet (3 comments)
- Bogus: Afghanistan 1999 Masks miniature sheet (2 comments)
- Nordic mythology on Norden miniature sheets
- Lighthouses of Finland miniature sheet (3 comments)
- The uggliest miniature sheet ever? (4 comments)
Archives for March 2009
- Finland 2007 Eurovision song contest miniature sheet
- The Imperial Winter Egg by Carl Faberge - Finland Miniature Sheet
- German colonies Yacht stamp issue
- CTO cancelled Wurttemberg stamps (3 comments)
- The story of Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria
- Some early Bavaria stamps (1 comment)
- Private local stamps of Hamburg (4 comments)
- Good ol' time adventure and mystery (3 comments)
- Hong Kong 1997 Skyline stamp issue high values
- 1945 China postage due stamp with double perf
- Queen Victoria era Hong Kong perfin & company marking
- British Post Offices in China
- Some new postage stamps and februarys stats
- Finland Friendship Miniature sheet 1998
- Interesting japanese postmark (10 comments)
- Cinderella stamps from Japan (7 comments)
- American and Finnish Idols on postage stamps (2 comments)
Archives for February 2009
- WW2 Christmas seals (2 comments)
- Old christmas seals from Denmark (4 comments)
- Rasmus Klump - aka Rasmus Nalle - stamp
- Interesting danish postmarks
- Denmark perfins (13 comments)
- 1971 US Eisenhower booklet stamp perf error (2 comments)
- 1997 American Holly greeting stamp color error
- Used US stamps high values (1 comment)
- 1912 US Parcel Post
- Some Hawaii stamps (3 comments)
- Mail from the future
- St. Valentines mail
- The Influenza virus nailed me and other misc tidbits (15 comments)
- Great Britain 1902 King Edvard VII 2sh6p perfin (2 comments)
- Incoming mail (6 comments)
- Great Britain 1967 3d Christmas stamp colour shift
- Industrial Exhibition in Madrid forgery (8 comments)
- Too much sun is harmful, even for stamps (2 comments)
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