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August 2022

Reboot ramblings (17 comments)

Archives for March 2021

Rebooting collecting (9 comments)

Archives for January 2021

Goodbye 2020, hello 2021 (4 comments)

Archives for September 2020

Just a quick heads up on what's happening (2 comments)

Archives for March 2020

Using a macro lens with smart phone to turn your camera app into digital magnifier/loupe/microscope (4 comments)

Archives for February 2020

A day at Finnish Postal Museum (3 comments)
Stamp collecting and cognitive biases (5 comments)
Getting back to stamps and collecting (and blogging) (6 comments)

Archives for October 2019

Stamps and collecting as therapy (pt.2): shame and vulnerability (13 comments)

Archives for May 2019

Stamps and collecting as therapy (14 comments)

Archives for March 2019

Understanding Canadian (small sized) definitive stamp series (3 comments)
Canadian 1983 World University Games postage stamp - perforation variant or something else (8 comments)

Archives for February 2019

Poste Maroc stamps of 1907/1909 - bogus, cinderella or something else?
Moroccan Cherifian Post stamps (4 comments)
Modern(ish) African postage stamps - what's their true value/price/cost?
Some new (unlisted) perforation variants on stamps of Cameroon (3 comments)

Archives for January 2019

10th anniversary of SCB - a retrospective (8 comments)
AOF 1947 definitive stamps - perforation mystery
Unlisted variants on Cameroon fruit definitive stamps (3 comments)
Some variations on common Cote d'Ivoire stamps
The cost of running SCB - 2018 financial summary reviewed (4 comments)
Boite Mobile postmark and other musings with stamps of French Madagascar

Archives for December 2018

Merry Christmas folks (6 comments)
Of Portugal / Azores 1925 "Padrões da Grande Guerra" postage stamp varieties and forgeries (1 comment)
Forgeries of 1946 Syrian Qanawat airmail stamps (2 comments)

Archives for November 2018

German (Reich) hyperinflation era postage stamps - fake vs. genuine postmarks (4 comments)
Forgeries of 1940s Japanese definitive postage stamps (3 comments)

Archives for October 2018

Misuse of free trial - and why it has to end (21 comments)
From acquisition into stamp collection (or oh, how I hate hinge remainders and other gunk on the back of postage stamps) (13 comments)
Book review - Nowherelands: An Atlas of Vanished Countries 1840-1975 (3 comments)

Archives for September 2018

The great watermarking fluid experiment (and why it failed) (9 comments)
Dienstmarke vs Dienstmarke: the story behind two kinds of East German (DDR) official stamps (2 comments)
Anatomy of acquired Spanish stamp collection - when 1+1 makes 3 (3 comments)
Long postage stamp series of Spain (2 comments)

Archives for August 2018

Those green lines on back of Brazilian postage stamps...
Bahrain definitive stamp series of 1976/1980 - varieties (2 comments)
Random notes and observations about postage stamps of modern day Algeria
Misc observations and notes from postage stamps of French Algeria
British postage stamps with discount backprints (underprints)

Archives for July 2018

If you love maps and history lessons - What every stamp collector should know of evolution of nations (2 comments)
Printmaker's abbreviations on postage stamps (2 comments)

Archives for June 2018

Summer break (3 comments)
Fiume postage stamp forgeries (2 comments)
8 tips for scanning awesome stamp images (5 comments)
Follow the money - or what's wrong with philatelic publishing of today (2 comments)

Archives for May 2018

A review of Michel Southeast Asia (ASEAN) 2017 stamp catalogue (4 comments)
Many faces of Indonesian Suharto definitive postage stamps of 1980/1987 (or quick peek into world of various meshes and screens in photogravure printing)
Indonesian 5-year plan (PELITA) postage stamps (5 comments)
Mosden postage stamps of Philippines (2 comments)
💎 Stamp Gems for May 2018 (6 comments)

Archives for April 2018

SCB Reader project: Funny stamps (9 comments)
Postage stamps of Kingdom of Sedang (Deh Sedang) (3 comments)
The unwritten laws of stamp collecting (10 comments)
How accurate are stamp catalogue perforation details - a study (3 comments)
The difficulty of fully automated stamp perforation measurements (and why gauging manually is still leading the pack) (2 comments)
💎 Stamp Gems for April 2018 (13 comments)

Archives for March 2018

Croatia that never was - postage stamps of NDH Government in Exile (9 comments)
💎 Stamp Gems for March 2018 (18 comments)

Archives for February 2018

No article in week or two (10 comments)
Australia 2004 Red Lacewing stamp - new perforation variety surfaces
A classic forgery of Van Diemens Land Chalon postage stamp (4 comments)
Have you ever seriously considered selling or pawning your stamp collection? (10 comments)
France 2011 Precancelled postage stamp - unlisted variant or forgery (4 comments)

Archives for January 2018

A general rant on stamp catalog editorial quality (3 comments)
Papua New Guinea Commonwealth Games / ANPEX82 postage stamp - new perforation variety
How accurate (or inaccurate) are traditional stamp perforation gauge results (3 comments)
Paraguay 1937 Church of Incarnation airmail postage stamp - genuine or fake (4 comments)

Archives for December 2017

Goodbye 2017, Hello 2018 (4 comments)
A Christmas tale (7 comments)
Random notes on Guatemalan postage stamps (2 comments)
Finland Independence Day Sweepstake: win stamp catalog & stamp mixtures (40 comments)
Saint Petersburg local make-up postage stamps (1 comment)

Archives for November 2017

Beauty and the Beast: Inventorying not just quantity, but also quality of stamps (8 comments)
Working with Machin stamps (18 comments)
"Technik und Landschaft" Series (3 comments)
A review of Spink Maury Timbres de France 2016 (Kindle edition)
"Eidgenössisches Kreuz" Series (10 comments)
Postal tax stamps always have got a purpose (2 comments)

Archives for October 2017

Chalky vs ordinary stamp paper (11 comments)
Sometimes old stamp catalogs are better than new ones (and vice versa) (9 comments)
Twice the fun with two-part postage stamps. Or why half the stamp is sometimes better than none! (4 comments)
Algerian Setif,Guelma,Kherrata stamps of 1975 (2 comments)

Archives for September 2017

Every postage stamp tells a story or more (4 comments)
Thank goodness, they're all Cancelled-To-Order (5 comments)
What do you do with hundreds of duplicates of uncommon postage stamps? (5 comments)
Small philatelic mystery from Umm-al-Quwain
Introduction to Belgian precancels (5 comments)

Archives for August 2017

Non-governmental stamps - whats your take with them? And where to draw a line what is a postage stamp and what is not? (2 comments)
From crown jewel to pariah: a postage stamp filled history lesson from Aden to Yemen (2 comments)
To hell with stamp catalog values (10 comments)
Finland 2002 Lion definitive postage stamp - original vs. reprint
Beautiful Stamps of the World – August 2017 edition (8 comments)

Archives for July 2017

Forgery of 1944 Barcelona postal tax stamp (Ayuntamiento de Barcelona) (2 comments)
Stamp Smarter: Buying stamps online internationally (7 comments)
Beautiful Stamps of the World – July 2017 edition (18 comments)

Archives for June 2017

Crash Boom Bang! (Or how stamp collecting has moved to 21st century digital world) (5 comments)
What keeps you motivated with stamps and collecting? (6 comments)
Sincerely yours - the lost art of letter writing and it's effect on stamp collecting (4 comments)
Type Duval postage due stamps of France (2 comments)
Hamburg 1864 2½ schilling postage stamp: unusual brownish khaki color, genuine or not? (6 comments)
Beautiful Stamps of the World - June 2017 edition (24 comments)

Archives for May 2017

Review of Lape Finland Concise stamp catalogue 2015 (2 comments)
German ATM stamps (aka. Klüssendorf) - rethinking how to organize (9 comments)
Review of 'Forgeries of common stamps after World War 1: Eastern Front, Balkans,Caucasus' (3 comments)
New Zealand KGV definitive postage stamps- how different stamp catalogs approach the stamps, and what you can learn from it (10 comments)

Archives for April 2017

Choosing proper storing and housing solution for worldwide stamp collection - the grand cost comparison, 2017 edition (30 comments)
Perforation varieties on Polish postage stamps of the 1950s (5 comments)
Hungary 1962 Birds of Prey postage stamp - inking EFO (2 comments)
Some new discoveries on postage stamps of Sri Lanka (7 comments)

Archives for March 2017

Netherlands Antilles postage stamp series "Disberg" (12 comments)
Poll: Stamps or knowledge. Which should come first? (38 comments)
A more detailed look into anatomy of color shifts on modern postage stamps (32 comments)
The dreaded dash as stamp catalogue value (5 comments)
Agency stamps - the good, the bad, and the ugly (10 comments)
Siam 1914 postage stamps: overprint types (4 comments)

Archives for February 2017

You can now listen SCB (4 comments)
The insanity of collecting for completion (or why most stamp collectors simply draw a line on the sand) (21 comments)
Poll: How big is your stamp collection, and what is your cut-off date? (65 comments)
Czechoslovakia EXPO58 commemorative stamp: perforation variety or something else? (10 comments)
Down the rabbit hole no more. Or how I learned about some highly illogical twists in the way I collect stamps (6 comments)
How common are forgeries of classic postage stamps? And why are they so plenty? (5 comments)

Archives for January 2017

Some observations on Saudi Arabian 1949 airmail stamps (12 comments)
Is collecting a complete worldwide stamp collection possible? Take III - the final word - money and catalog values (26 comments)
Stamp collecting / philately is..? (13 comments)
Lithuania 1992 Olympic postage stamps - perforation woes (5 comments)

Archives for December 2016

Goodbye 2016, Hello 2017 (12 comments)
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2017 (14 comments)
Forgeries of Lebanese postage stamps (2 comments)
Perforation varieties on Sudanese 1962/75 Sennar Dam postage stamp (12 comments)

Archives for November 2016

Argentina UP stamps (2 comments)
Malawi CANCELLED postage stamps (3 comments)
Peruvian Pro Desocupados postal tax stamps (6 comments)
Stamp data visualization - or how to review postage stamp related data in fun and visual way (4 comments)

Archives for October 2016

The Power of Few (in philatelic publishing) (7 comments)
Definitely Definitive (11 comments)
Latvian definitive postage stamps series of 2014/2016 "flowers" (2 comments)
Swedish discount postage stamps

Archives for September 2016

A business 101 lesson on stamp collecting: Why making an extra buck with stamps is so easy, but why it rarely scales up as proper business (9 comments)
Postage stamp identification tricks and tips (8 comments)
Polish Post Insured Mail Seals (6 comments)
The Red and Black postage due stamps of Hungary (16 comments)
Czechoslovakia 1976 Use Zip Code coil stamps (8 comments)

Archives for August 2016

Fifteen-thousand different worldwide postage stamps for 40€ - a deal too good to be true? (6 comments)
Heaven and Hell - a postage stamp soaking experience (9 comments)
Indore postage stamps of 1904/08 - engraved, litho, or both? (7 comments)
Charkhari pictorial stamps of 1931 (2 comments)

Archives for July 2016

Charkhari stamps (2 comments)
Special speck of dust - what makes us (stamp) collectors tick (4 comments)
A Nabha postage stamp with fake overprint - possible a Hialeah forgery (4 comments)
Soviet 50th anniv. of October revolution EFO (4 comments)
The anatomy of 100,000 stamp stamp collection (or Is a completing a world collection possible, take 2) (21 comments)

Archives for June 2016

Postal forgeries of modern Chinese stamps (6 comments)
SCB Reader Survey 2016 - your feedback (or should I say Letters to the editor)
SCB Reader Survey 2016 - the results
Stamp № 100,000 (14 comments)
Marginal notes about postage stamps of Israel (4 comments)
Marginal notes about postage stamps of Finland (6 comments)

Archives for May 2016

Does anyone collect stamps anymore (or what any aspiring philatelic blogger/writer should know about human search behaviour) (10 comments)
Marginal notes about postage stamps of Germany (3 comments)
Marginal notes about postage stamps of Italy (6 comments)
Marginal notes about postage stamps of Spain (2 comments)

Archives for April 2016

Artifacts of war - when philately / stamp collecting and military history collide (4 comments)
Dutch Armenwet (poors law) postage stamps (4 comments)
Some South Vietnam varieties that major western stamp catalogs omit (and a small give-away) (15 comments)
Nordia 2016 stamp show - and why I won't be going (5 comments)
French postage stamps: Marianne by Decaris - types I and II (17 comments)

Archives for March 2016

Three practical tips every stamp collector can use to supercharge the way they collect (19 comments)
How do you deal with collector's block? (20 comments)
Space Oddity on Ecuador 1966 postage stamps (6 comments)
There is something terribly, terribly wrong with this postage stamp (4 comments)

Archives for February 2016

Review of Edwin Delsing's 'Qualität von Briefmarken' (6 comments)
SCB's Free Digital Perforation Gauge is here (13 comments)
SCB 2016 update is here (16 comments)
Sri Lankan "Postal Facilities for the Hon. Members of Parliament" - stamps. What are they, and why are they not listed on the catalogs? (7 comments)
Rare modern postage stamp - a difficult but not impossible combination (4 comments)
Pakistan 1994 definitive postage stamp series "Muhammad Ali Jinnah" and its varieties (4 comments)

Archives for January 2016

Lucky seven (4 comments)
Updating the philatelic theory of relativity (4 comments)
A review of AFA Denmark Special stamp catalog (2 comments)
New Zealand 1960 pictorial postage stamps - mystery after mystery unravelled (13 comments)
Goodbye 2015, Hello 2016 - End of an Era (22 comments)

Archives for December 2015

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2016 (8 comments)
Genuine color varieties that stamp catalogs omit
Philippine definitive postage stamp series of 1991 "Flowers" - what the major catalogs don't tell you about it (7 comments)

Archives for November 2015

Stamp misidentification made easy - a case of Canadian 50c Prairie Town Main Street stamp (9 comments)
1970 Bulgaria Boats at Albena stamp - unlisted variety and other tidbits (2 comments)
Why most stamp collectors could benefit from becoming polyglots (7 comments)
Sharjah Post Day 1969 postage stamp unlisted in Michel. Why? (23 comments)

Archives for October 2015

A more scientific view on color variations and changelings on postage stamps (7 comments)
How to check if a stamp is a forgery or genuine, lesson 3 - North Korea 1967 postal forgery (4 comments)
Philatelic vocabulary (4 comments)
Musings of a stamp collecting tv-loving history buff (7 comments)
Is SCB making it or breaking it? (29 comments)
Overinking or something else on North Korean 1963 Orange Catchfly postage stamp? (2 comments)

Archives for September 2015

North Korea 1976 postage stamp - unlisted perf variety (7 comments)
How to check if a stamp is a forgery or genuine, lesson 2 - a case of 1870 Spanish Allegory of Hispania (3 comments)
Making sense of plates, dies and watermarks of KGV postage stamps (of Ceylon) (2 comments)
How to check if a stamp is a forgery or genuine - a case study of Spanish 1854 Una Unza official stamp (2 comments)

Archives for August 2015

What do you consider a common postage stamp? (29 comments)
Forgeries of Spanish State 1936 definitive postage stamps
SCB Facebook page now open (6 comments)

Archives for July 2015

Is the cost of becoming a stamp collector too high for the kids of today? (26 comments)
Puzzled by size difference in pair of 1906 Liberian OS (Official Service) postage stamps

Archives for June 2015

Men who changed postage stamp design forever (2 comments)
From British Southeast Asia to Brunei, Singapore and Malaysia - traveling through history with postage stamps (5 comments)

Archives for May 2015

Five things you should know about stamp blogging (16 comments)
A Quick Review of Michel Russia Specialized stamp catalog (6 comments)
How to identify litho from photogravure in postage stamp printing (2 comments)
The real value of Elvis and other celebs on stamps - what pop culture on postage stamps has left us with? (8 comments)

Archives for April 2015

Cancellation forgeries on Finnish stamps
Color variations on Zambian 3 ngwee National Dancing Troupe postage stamp (9 comments)
How to implement a postage stamp that is an utter catastrophe from stamp collector point of view (9 comments)
Few minor print flaws on Turkish postage stamps (4 comments)

Archives for March 2015

Constant variations on 1970 Ecuadorian butterfly postage stamp
Microprinting varieties on Ukrainian definitive postage stamps
Yet Another Epic Failure From Stanley Gibbons (21 comments)
Unlisted perforation varieties on Ecuador Timbre Escolar postage stamps (2 comments)
The mystery of Peru 1874/79 Postage due stamps without grills (5 comments)

Archives for February 2015

War of the Pacific: overprints on Peruvian postage stamps (2 comments)
SCB visits Aland Islands (10 comments)
When stamp catalog gets it wrong, who's to blame? (25 comments)
Serbian 1918 King Peter I and crown-prince Alexander stamp - a bizarre print variety (3 comments)
Some observations about Serbian 1905 King Peter stamps and it's forgeries (3 comments)
Interesting print varieties on 1988 Bulgarian postage stamps (4 comments)

Archives for January 2015

SCB turns six - a new look and some new features (8 comments)
Common but generally unrecognized varieties on Polish definitive stamps (2 comments)
Interesting variety on 1922 Belgian Houyoux / Albert III postage stamp (6 comments)
Towards 100,000 stamps and other plans for 2015 (23 comments)

Archives for December 2014

Merry Christmas everyone (9 comments)

Archives for November 2014

Swiss 2009 Pro Juventute postage stamp - die cut error
Greek Landscapes postage stamp series of 1927 - separating different (re-engraved) prints from each other (9 comments)

Archives for October 2014

If you are a postage stamp catalog publisher, the most stupid thing you can do is... (14 comments)
Greek tragedy in perf thirteen and one quarter (or why modern postage stamps are worth checking in detail) (3 comments)
Unlisted perforation varieties on classic Montenegro postage stamps

Archives for September 2014

Montenegro 1896 Cetanje monestry postage stamp - genuine vs forgery by Fournier (7 comments)
Automated stamp recognition / identification software - why it is such a BAD idea to allow a machine do all the fun (work) for you (9 comments)

Archives for August 2014

A modern Soviet stamp forgery (7 comments)
Missing color on Guatemalan 1960 Spring Fair postage stamp (4 comments)
Is it OK to give negative feedback when you receive subpar grade postage stamps (from stamp exchange, stamp dealer etc)? (17 comments)

Archives for June 2014

SCB Summer Camp: Filling spaces project (10 comments)
Some unissued Russian Civil war era postage stamps from Armenia (8 comments)
The unidentifiable uglies - or how I deal with postage stamps of Indian states (8 comments)
Indian Capital of Asoka Pillar official postage stamps (8 comments)

Archives for May 2014

New perforation discoveries on Liberian postage stamps (7 comments)
Good stamp buy vs. bad stamp buy (14 comments)
Salt department revenue stamps of Egypt (9 comments)

Archives for April 2014

Albanian Mirdita stamps (10 comments)
What makes a BOB stamp a BOB? (17 comments)
Klaipeda postage stamp forgeries (8 comments)

Archives for March 2014

Review of Stamp Mate 2014 (6 comments)
Some useful tidbits about Hong Kong definitive postage stamps (21 comments)
Photographing places and locations behind postage stamp designs (10 comments)

Archives for February 2014

Difficulty of collecting Chinese stamps (30 comments)

Archives for January 2014

Definitive postage stamps of Japan: "Animal, plant and national treasure" series (17 comments)
Annotation techniques for stamp stock books (23 comments)

Archives for December 2013

Happy holidays to readers of SCB (2 comments)
You always learn something new from the stamps... (8 comments)

Archives for November 2013

Color variations on modern Cuban postage stamps (2 comments)
Reprints of 1950s Romanian postage stamps (8 comments)
The driving force behind specialization, and why so many of stamp collectors become flyspeckers (13 comments)

Archives for October 2013

Life, Postage Stamps and Everything (7 comments)
Postage stamps of Caribbean (commonwealth) - part II (4 comments)

Archives for September 2013

Postage stamps of Anglophone Caribbean (5 comments)
Guyana flower stamp with (Michel) unlisted overprint (2 comments)
Postage stamps of Haiti -The Audubon birds series (15 comments)

Archives for August 2013

Reprints or forgeries of Haitian postage stamps of 1904 (5 comments)
Venezuela 1896 Apoteosis De Miranda postage stamp forgeries (5 comments)
Few unusual postage stamps from the 1970s Trucial sheikdoms (4 comments)

Archives for July 2013

Forgeries (or reprints) of Ajman postage stamps (7 comments)
More about perforation varieties on Dubai postage stamps (8 comments)
1959 Nicaraguan postal tax stamp with unknown overprint (7 comments)

Archives for June 2013

Azerbaijan stamps of 1923: forgery times two (5 comments)
Fake postmark on German occupation of Macedonia stamp (2 comments)
Happy stamp dad (updated) (45 comments)
My special stamp exchanges of 2013 (50 comments)
Argentinian definitive stamp series of 1954/76 pt.4: other designs with double border frames (6 comments)

Archives for May 2013

Argentinian definitive stamp series of 1954/76 pt.3: portraits (8 comments)
Is this the future of self-adhesive postage stamps? (12 comments)

Archives for April 2013

Belgium 1882/1894 Parcel Post stamp forgeries (8 comments)
Which stamps are worth money? (7 comments)
Argentinian definitive stamp series of 1954/76 pt2: Jose de San Martin (10 comments)
Transjordan 1942 postage stamp - possible forgery (4 comments)
Argentinian definitive stamp series of 1954/76 pt1: introduction (16 comments)

Archives for March 2013

How often do you view Your stamp collection critically? And what actions do You take if You notice anything alerting? (36 comments)
Argentina 1908 San Martin definitive stamps (8 comments)

Archives for February 2013

Yugoslavia definitive postage stamp series of 1971/1989 "Tourism (city views)" (12 comments)
Philatelic tidbits of modern Ecuador stamps (7 comments)
Romanian definitive postage stamp series of 1991 "Hotels, lodges and resorts of Romania" (25 comments)

Archives for January 2013

Forgeries of classic Ecuador postage stamps (11 comments)
Ecuador 1916 stamp variety: wet printing or something else? (19 comments)

Archives for December 2012

Forgery of Camp Post Hanau charity seal (8 comments)
Merry Christmas and Happy new Year 2013 (24 comments)
Unknown Bulgarian cinderella stamp (9 comments)
Some observations on postage stamp printing practices of Central American nations

Archives for October 2012

History and culture of Central American nations on postage stamps (40 comments)
A review of Michel's Valuable Stamps of the World catalog (13 comments)
Soak US - what US stamps You can soak, and what not (15 comments)

Archives for September 2012

A primer on organizing US Washington-Franklin stamps of 1908/1922 (27 comments)
A review of Unitrade Specialized Catalogue Of Canadian Stamps (14 comments)
Glimpses of Africa through postage stamps (14 comments)

Archives for August 2012

South African definitive postage stamps of 1926/1954 - meet the Springbok and other iconic designs (3 comments)
Equatorial Guinea - a country with lost philatelic reputation (33 comments)
75,000 stamps and counting, and other misc tidbits from the summer (14 comments)

Archives for June 2012

Nigeria 1973 definitive postage stamps – pt. III (10 comments)
Nigeria 1973 definitive postage stamps - pt. II

Archives for May 2012

Stamp collector, do you have an exit strategy? Or what happens with your stamps and collection when you kick the bucket! (12 comments)
Postage stamps of colonial Nigeria (19 comments)
Sharing your passion to stamps, stamps collecting and philately (7 comments)
Some revenue stamps of Egypt - need ID help (7 comments)
Some interesting variations on modern Egyptian postage stamps
King Farouk of Egypt postage stamps obliterated (5 comments)

Archives for April 2012

The many faces of stamp collecting (33 comments)
Print flaw on Italian Alti Valore definitive postage stamp
Definitive postage stamps of Italy: Italia Turrita aka. Syracuse coin (30 comments)
Austria 1908 jubilee stamp series - perforation woes (12 comments)
Portuguese definitive postage stamps series of 1972/74 "Landscapes and Monuments" (12 comments)

Archives for March 2012

Portuguese definitive postage stamp series of 1953/55 "Cavalinho" (20 comments)
Środkowa Litwa - postage stamps of Central Lithuania (20 comments)
1955 General Franco stamp series of Spain (35 comments)

Archives for February 2012

My exchange & blog take a break because of health issues (again) (67 comments)
A sad day (23 comments)
Security features of Canadian high value mammal definitive postage stamps (10 comments)
Soviet Court Fee stamps and an early Russian revenue (8 comments)

Archives for January 2012

Third anniversary - happy birthday SCB! (10 comments)
Unlisted perforation variety on 1969 Dubai postage stamp - real or fishy? (18 comments)
Slurred printing on modern Brazilian definitive postage stamps (6 comments)
A Sweet Bite of Brazilian Stamps (4 comments)
Possible plate flaw on Brazilian 1961 Ouro Preto stamp (4 comments)
Brazilian definitive postage stamps of 1920-1941 "Série vovó" (97 comments)
State of my stamp collection 2011/2012 (15 comments)

Archives for December 2011

Hermes and Iris definitive postage stamp series of Greece (8 comments)
Perforation varieties of Guatemalan 1960 Spring Fair postage stamp (3 comments)
Season's greetings (18 comments)

Archives for November 2011

Some Chinese postage stamps - cancellation forgeries or something else? (18 comments)
About USA 60c Rickenbacker stamp (12 comments)
Taxe Percue postmark (6 comments)
Japanese New Year's postage stamps (5 comments)

Archives for October 2011

Japanese hometown (Furusato / prefecture) postage stamps (24 comments)
About early Japanese postmarks (18 comments)
A new, more detailed look into number of different worldwide postage stamps issued (62 comments)
Harvesting season in postage stamps (12 comments)
Unlisted perforation variety on Afghan airmail stamp (12 comments)

Archives for September 2011

Some intriguing Soviet postage stamps (14 comments)
The art of coloring postage stamps

Archives for August 2011

What do You do with stamps that have foxing / rust? (55 comments)
About pricing of online stamp catalogs (49 comments)
Private perforations on Czechoslovakian newspaper stamps (5 comments)

Archives for July 2011

Czechoslovakian 1945/47 definitive postage stamp series: Portraits (17 comments)
Czechoslovakian Masaryk postage stamps of 1925 -1927 (22 comments)

Archives for June 2011

Japanese 1898 parcel post revenue stamp (12 comments)
Summer break 2012 (14 comments)

Archives for May 2011

Postage stamps of Azerbaijan throughout different periods in history (21 comments)
Confessions of an aging stamp collector. (58 comments)
Australian Fine Art stamp series high values - color variation and specimen overprint (22 comments)
Revolution and evolution - the role and challenges of technology in stamp collecting (17 comments)

Archives for April 2011

Swedish TuristPorto / tourist postage stamps
What makes a happy stamp collector? (33 comments)
Finnish Parliamentery ballot cancellation (4 comments)
Philatelic safari to Burundi (7 comments)
Investing in postage stamps - further thoughts (27 comments)

Archives for March 2011

Poland 1950 Rebuilding of Warsaw postage stamps (11 comments)
Causes of bad teeth (on postage stamps) (8 comments)

Archives for February 2011

Persian mystery - 1906 Provisoire postage stamps with unlisted overprint (13 comments)
Mounting stamp collections digitally (53 comments)
Misdated postal markings and a Finnish Zeppelin cover (6 comments)
65 Degrees North (2 comments)

Archives for January 2011

USA "A partridge in a pear tree" Christmas postage stamp - EFO or color changeling? (45 comments)

Archives for December 2010

Merry Christmas (3 comments)
Progress and satisfaction you get from organizing your stamp collection (6 comments)
Argentina 1862 Coat of Arms stamp - a common counterfeit (3 comments)

Archives for November 2010

A short review of Gibbons Stamp Monthly (5 comments)
Finnish Christmas postage stamps 2010 (7 comments)
Unidentified Spanish fiscal revenue stamp (8 comments)
Collecting stamps of Trucial states (1973-) – United Arab Emirates (6 comments)
Collecting stamps of Trucial states (1963-1973) - the stamps of sheikdoms of Abu Dhabi, Ajman and Manama, Dubai, Fujeira, Ras al-Khaima, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain (4 comments)
Collecting stamps of Trucial states (1892- 1963) - British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia, Trucial States (6 comments)

Archives for October 2010

Collecting stamps of Trucial states - a short introduction (42 comments)
eBooks are the future of stamp catalogs and other philatelic literature (39 comments)
Stamp collecting, the Hobby of Kings - is it truly for the rich? (14 comments)
Of common good and volunteer work in stamp clubs and philatelic societies (5 comments)
British Wilding stamps with Christmas Island BFPO postmark (10 comments)
Using high resolution scans as an aid in philately (15 comments)

Archives for September 2010

Fairy tales for stamp collectors (19 comments)
The more I learn of stamp collecting, the less I realize that I actually know (7 comments)
A simplified anatomy of my BRD stamp collection (2 comments)
Unlisted doubleprint variety on German postage stamp (10 comments)

Archives for August 2010

Revenue stamp from Ticino (6 comments)
Best of British stamp design (12 comments)
Swiss "Schweizerische Landesausstellung" postage stamps of 1939 (2 comments)
How deep to go when building a stamp collection? (16 comments)
Time and devotion (7 comments)
Hungarian 1986/1991 definitive postage stamp series: "Castles I" (12 comments)
Confessions of a philatelic hoarder (24 comments)
Long postage stamp series - how to keep track of what You have / need? (13 comments)

Archives for July 2010

Marca da Bollo and other Italian fiscal stamps (4 comments)
Milan 1906 World Fair cinderella stamp
A quick review of Norma 2010, a specialized catalog of Finnish stamps (2 comments)
I'm back...With review of SOTW 2010 and misc stamp related tidbits (4 comments)

Archives for June 2010

Se-tenant pairs of South African postage stamps (9 comments)
1977 South African (RSA) definitive stamp series "Protea plants" (22 comments)
Postage stamps of South African homelands (1 comment)

Archives for May 2010

Top 5 free online stamp catalogues reviewed (89 comments)
Nigeria 1973 definitive postage stamps (8 comments)
Collecting airmail labels (2 comments)
Swaziland 15/45c overprinted butterfly postage stamp - why is it so valuable? (7 comments)
The die cut postage stamps of Sierra Leone (14 comments)
Collecting stamps from Africa (11 comments)
Angola bogus stamps - and a story behind Fournier forgery (9 comments)
Happy May Day (1 comment)

Archives for April 2010

The US 4c Dag Hammarskjold invert stamp error (17 comments)
Unsolicited stamp trader listings - beware of stamptraders.org (12 comments)
Minor variety on 1971 Kenya postage stamp
Building philatelic knowledge (12 comments)
My favorite postage stamps (25 comments)
1877 3d red Samoa Times Express stamp (10 comments)
Hungarian souvenir sheet for European Football Championships (2 comments)
UK 1971 strike mail letter from Malawi (4 comments)

Archives for March 2010

Stamp stockbooks: Black versus white background on pages - not just a matter of visual preference (21 comments)
A story of a dinosaur stamp (5 comments)
The Camel Postman stamps of Sudan - evolution of a classic (8 comments)
Collecting stamps in 2030 AD (20 comments)
5:13AM (6 comments)
Breaking the mold - mixing the world of traditional stamp album pages with stockbooks (15 comments)
Random stamp stories (1 comment)
Winter holiday 2010 feelings (3 comments)
Shifted overprint on Congo (Kinshasa) stamp (2 comments)

Archives for February 2010

The Faberge stamp booklet (1 comment)
Golden era stamp collectors and philatelists (4 comments)
Goddess of plenty - more about Seebeck postage stamp reprints (4 comments)
And a case of good luck :) (2 comments)
A case of bad luck (14 comments)
About difference between a stamp collector and philatelist (42 comments)
Sewing machine roulettes on Vietnamese stamps (7 comments)
Doubled gold frame error on Vietnamese stamp
Stamps, quality and grading: Quality of cancel / postmark (39 comments)

Archives for January 2010

Stamps, quality and grading: Quality of print (4 comments)
Stamps, quality and grading: The basics (4 comments)
How to remove cigarette smell from postage stamps (or any other paper product) (14 comments)
Besides stamp collecting what other hobbies do you have? (9 comments)
Seebeck postage stamp reprints (3 comments)
Demystifying CTO (Cancelled To Order) stamps (40 comments)
Five-year Plan definitive postage stamps of East Germany (DDR/GDR) (40 comments)

Archives for November 2009

Finnish Christmas postage stamps 1973-1996: feels like Christmas (4 comments)
My Stamp collection (22 comments)
How to create perfect cross-references between Scott, Michel, Stanley Gibbons etc. stamp catalogue - legally (66 comments)
A review of Stamp Albums Web (aka Steiner pages) (34 comments)
The anatomy of (stamp) fun (30 comments)
Investing in postage stamps (10 comments)

Archives for October 2009

Keeping a worldwide stamp collection in order (63 comments)
International Year of Astronomy m/s from Canada (4 comments)
Keeping a stamp collection safe from dangers of natural surroundings (19 comments)
Cross shaped self-adhesive stamps from Finland (8 comments)
October 2009 Survey - long or short articles? (9 comments)
How to get youth and young adults into stamp collecting (30 comments)
Hungarian 1973 definitive postage stamps with dark green color omitted (2 comments)
1946 Hungarian stamp - color error or changeling? (4 comments)
1954 Hungary Aviators Day stamp plate flaw
Canadian Save the Polars and Glaciers miniature sheet (4 comments)

Archives for September 2009

I hate when postal service ruins a beautifully stamped letter /card / parcel (6 comments)
Competitive stamp exhibiting stinks (12 comments)
Spanish double impression stamp: double print, kiss print or simply overinked? (7 comments)
Giro Nacional cancels on Spanish postage stamps (2 comments)
Spanish ATM stamps (23 comments)
Cyprus ATM stamps (4 comments)
Stamp trading should be equally beneficial (3 comments)
Introduction to collecting ATM stamps (6 comments)
Collecting stamps on a budget (19 comments)
Rural postmarks on Cyprus stamps (3 comments)
Cyprus 1993 "Mufflon" error postage stamp (4 comments)
Setting a value for worldwide stamp collection (21 comments)

Archives for August 2009

Damn unsoakable (American) postage stamps. Or if you can't soak them, then... (86 comments)
Lundy Puffin postage stamps (47 comments)
Herm Island local stamp -1961 Europa(CEPT) (2 comments)
The unusual stuff found on kiloware (5 comments)
Which of these postage stamps went up in value? (2 comments)
Singapore MyStamp promotional card (8 comments)
A short commercial break (5 comments)
India 1924 Mount Everest Expedition label (8 comments)
I'm not a postcrosser (16 comments)

Archives for July 2009

Numbers game - or how the number of postage stamps issued has grown massively after the 1910s (6 comments)
Choosing a proper storing and housing solutions for worldwide stamp collection (pt7): summary (31 comments)
Stock cards for stamps - Choosing a proper storing and housing solutions for worldwide stamp collection (pt6)
Stock pages for stamps - Choosing a proper storing and housing solutions for worldwide stamp collection (pt5) (32 comments)
Blank stamp album pages - Choosing a proper storing and housing solutions for worldwide stamp collection (pt4) (3 comments)
DIY stamp album pages - Choosing a proper storing and housing solutions for worldwide stamp collection (pt3) (62 comments)
Pre-printed (commercial) stamp album pages - Choosing a proper storing and housing solutions for worldwide stamp collection (pt2) (12 comments)
Stamp stockbooks - Choosing a proper storing and housing solutions for worldwide stamp collection (pt1) (20 comments)
A matter of storage - this is how I try to keep my worldwide stamp collection in order (15 comments)

Archives for June 2009

In search of perfect stamp exchange recipe (10 comments)
Non-inverted Jenny - the less rare counterpart of worlds best known postage stamp error (4 comments)
US 40c Philip Mazzei airmail stamp (6 comments)
Keeping track of stamp collection (299 comments)
US First Man on the Moon stamp (29 comments)
Introduction to United States Precancels (20 comments)
Coloring book with images of Finnish postage stamps
German Morgenpost stamps (5 comments)
Is a complete all-era worldwide stamp collection possible? (57 comments)
How to soak kiloware - kitchensink philately basics (59 comments)
Green matter: how we stamp collectors can support more sustainable and environment friendly solutions
Customs duty cancel on Norwegian definitive postage stamp (4 comments)
Bogus stamps: Isö, Sweden (21 comments)
Master stamp engraver Czeslaw Slania (2 comments)

Archives for May 2009

The fine art of Ivan Aguéli on stamps (4 comments)
Swedish Landstormen semipostal postage stamps
The beauty of socked on the nose (5 comments)
A swedish coil stamp mystery (10 comments)
Interview with Romaniastamp.com’s Mats Blückert (8 comments)
Polish dogs on cover (7 comments)
Swiss postage meter stamps (5 comments)
Swiss T-cancels on postage stamps stand for postage due
A matter of color - identifying stamp colors accurately (26 comments)
Stranger on a strange land - Swiss postage stamp cancelled in UK (6 comments)
Starting a stamp collection - my story (5 comments)
Casual stamp collector in Helsinki (12 comments)
Interview with Rainbow Stamp Club's Jeevan Jyoti (12 comments)
Postage stamps people use (2 comments)
Beautiful La Semeuse (the Sower) stamps of France (25 comments)
Precancels on French stamps (15 comments)

Archives for April 2009

A French mystery stamp (Exportation Qualité Réglementée) - export quality control stamp (19 comments)
Vive la France – some good reasons to collect French stamps (4 comments)
How much is my stamp collection worth – straight talk about real world stamp values and prices (127 comments)
Spring at last - Finnish spring flowers on postage stamps (2 comments)
Classic Austrian / Austro-Hungarian postage stamps (40 comments)
Beautiful Austria (Schönes Österreich) definitive postage stamp with strange cancel (9 comments)
A quick review of Linn's Stamp News Digital edition (4 comments)
A short review of Michel online stamp catalogue (5 comments)
Why most stamp collecting / inventory software solutions suck? (525 comments)
Christian Easter in postage stamps of Equatorial Guinea (2 comments)
Of Sahara OCC RASD stamps (9 comments)
Of Somali Republic stamp (11 comments)
Nordic mythology on Norden miniature sheets
Lighthouses of Finland miniature sheet (3 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 postage stamps
CTO cancelled Wurttemberg stamps (3 comments)
The story of Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (2 comments)
Some early Bavarian postage stamps (3 comments)
Private local postage stamps of Hamburg (4 comments)
Good ol' time adventure and mystery (3 comments)
High values of Hong Kong 1997 Skyline definitive postage stamps
1945 China postage due stamp with double perf
Queen Victoria era Hong Kong postage stamps with perfins & company markings (2 comments)
British Post Offices in China (3 comments)
Finland Friendship Miniature sheet 1998
Interesting Japanese postmark (16 comments)
Some classic revenue stamps of Japan (updated) (3 comments)

Archives for February 2009

WW2 Christmas seals (2 comments)
Old christmas seals from Denmark (4 comments)
Some interesting Danish postmarks
Some Denmark postage stamp perfins (23 comments)
US 8c Eisenhower stamp misperf error
1997 American Holly greeting stamp color error
Used US stamps high values (1 comment)
1912 US Parcel Post stamp
Great Britain 1902 King Edvard VII stamp with KLD perfin (2 comments)
Q&A: Help I inherited a stamp collection. What should I do with it? (184 comments)
Q&A: stamp albums, stock books and other storage methods (144 comments)
Q&A: stamp catalogs and other publications (74 comments)
Q&A: stamp software (58 comments)
Q&A: what stamp is this? (330 comments)
Ask anything about stamps, collecting, life (74 comments)
Q&A: stamps of Austria and Austrian areas (60 comments)
Q&A: stamps of BENELUX (Belgium, Netherland, Luxembourg) (41 comments)
Q&A:Stamps of Britain and Commonwealth (134 comments)
Q&A: stamps of Bulgaria (18 comments)
Q&A: stamps of Canada (38 comments)
Q&A: stamps of Chile (4 comments)
Q&A: stamps of China (20 comments)
Q&A: stamps of Czech, Slovakia & Czechoslovakia (24 comments)
Q&A: stamps of Denmark (23 comments)
Q&A: Stamps of Finland (33 comments)
Q&A: stamps of France & colonies (48 comments)
Q&A: stamps of Germany and German areas (145 comments)
Modern forgery of classic postage stamps: Industrial Exhibition in Madrid (Spain) of 1907 (8 comments)
Q&A: stamps of Hungary (25 comments)
Too much sun is harmful, even for stamps
Q&A: stamps of India and Indian states (19 comments)
Q&A: stamps of Italy and Italian colonies (30 comments)
Q&A: stamps of Japan (16 comments)
Q&A: stamps of Norway (9 comments)
Q&A: stamps of Pakistan (2 comments)
Q&A: stamps of Philippines (6 comments)
Q&A: stamps of Romania and related areas (16 comments)
Q&A: stamps of Russia and areas (64 comments)
Q&A: stamps of Spain & Spanish colonies (42 comments)
Q&A: stamps of Sweden (22 comments)
Q&A: stamps of US and related territories (80 comments)
Q&A: stamps of Yugoslavia and related areas (8 comments)
Feedback for the blog (81 comments)
Suggest a topic for blog entry (26 comments)
Introduce yourself (92 comments)
Q&A archives : Ask anything about stamps, collecting, life (Archived questions Nov 2013 - Aug 2015) (91 comments)
Q&A archives : Ask anything about stamps, collecting, life (Archived questions Nov 2012 – Sep 2013) (57 comments)
Q&A archives : Ask anything about stamps, collecting, life (Archived questions May 2012 - Oct 2012) (79 comments)
Q&A archives : Ask anything about stamps, collecting, life (Archived questions Jan 2012 – May 2012) (73 comments)
Q&A archives : Ask anything about stamps, collecting, life (Archived questions Sep 2011 – Jan 2012) (65 comments)
Q&A archives : Ask anything about stamps, collecting, life (Archived questions Jan 2010 – Aug 2011) (75 comments)
Ask anything about SCB newsletter (22 comments)
Misc updates, notices etc. (68 comments)

Archives for January 2009

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