This page contains a list of pre-selected short stamp related news, articles and tidbits published at SCB over the years. The entries are listed in chronological order (most recent on top, oldest entries at the bottom).
- Stamps and collecting as therapy (pt.2): shame and vulnerability
- Understanding Canadian (small sized) definitive stamp series
- Canadian 1983 World University Games postage stamp - perforation variant or something else
- Poste Maroc stamps of 1907/1909 - bogus, cinderella or something else?
- Moroccan Cherifian Post stamps
- Some new (unlisted) perforation variants on stamps of Cameroon
- Unlisted variants on Cameroon fruit definitive stamps
- Some variations on common Cote d'Ivoire stamps
- Of Portugal / Azores 1925 "Padrões da Grande Guerra" postage stamp varieties and forgeries
- Forgeries of 1946 Syrian Qanawat airmail stamps
- German (Reich) hyperinflation era postage stamps - fake vs. genuine postmarks
- Forgeries of 1940s Japanese definitive postage stamps
- Modern(ish) African postage stamps - what's their true value/price/cost?
- Dienstmarke vs Dienstmarke: the story behind two kinds of East German (DDR) official stamps
- Those green lines on back of Brazilian postage stamps...
- Bahrain definitive stamp series of 1976/1980 - varieties
- 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)
- Printmaker's abbreviations on postage stamps
- Fiume postage stamp forgeries
- 8 tips for scanning awesome stamp images
- 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
- Postage stamps of Kingdom of Sedang (Deh Sedang)
- Mosden postage stamps of Philippines
- The great watermarking fluid experiment (and why it failed)
- How accurate are stamp catalogue perforation details - a study
- The difficulty of fully automated stamp perforation measurements (and why gauging manually is still leading the pack)
- Croatia that never was - postage stamps of NDH Government in Exile
- Australia 2004 Red Lacewing stamp - new perforation variety surfaces
- A classic forgery of Van Diemens Land Chalon postage stamp
- France 2011 Precancelled postage stamp - unlisted variant or forgery
- Papua New Guinea Commonwealth Games / ANPEX82 postage stamp - new perforation variety
- How accurate (or inaccurate) are traditional stamp perforation gauge results
- A general rant on stamp catalog editorial quality
- Paraguay 1937 Church of Incarnation airmail postage stamp - genuine or fake
- Random notes on Guatemalan postage stamps
- Saint Petersburg local make-up postage stamps
- "Technik und Landschaft" Series
- "Eidgenössisches Kreuz" Series
- Chalky vs ordinary stamp paper
- Sometimes old stamp catalogs are better than new ones (and vice versa)
- Algerian Setif,Guelma,Kherrata stamps of 1975
- Thank goodness, they're all Cancelled-To-Order
- What do you do with hundreds of duplicates of uncommon postage stamps?
- Introduction to Belgian precancels
- Non-governmental stamps - whats your take with them? And where to draw a line what is a postage stamp and what is not?
- Small philatelic mystery from Umm-al-Quwain
- To hell with stamp catalog values
- Forgery of 1944 Barcelona postal tax stamp (Ayuntamiento de Barcelona)
- Type Duval postage due stamps of France
- Hamburg 1864 2½ schilling postage stamp: unusual brownish khaki color, genuine or not?
- Review of Lape Finland Concise stamp catalogue 2015
- German ATM stamps (aka. Klüssendorf) - rethinking how to organize
- Review of 'Forgeries of common stamps after World War 1: Eastern Front, Balkans,Caucasus'
- Perforation varieties on Polish postage stamps of the 1950s
- Hungary 1962 Birds of Prey postage stamp - inking EFO
- Some new discoveries on postage stamps of Sri Lanka
- Netherlands Antilles postage stamp series "Disberg"
- A more detailed look into anatomy of color shifts on modern postage stamps
- The dreaded dash as stamp catalogue value
- Agency stamps - the good, the bad, and the ugly
- Siam 1914 postage stamps: overprint types
- Czechoslovakia EXPO58 commemorative stamp: perforation variety or something else?
- Down the rabbit hole no more. Or how I learned about some highly illogical twists in the way I collect stamps
- How common are forgeries of classic postage stamps? And why are they so plenty?
- Lithuania 1992 Olympic postage stamps - perforation woes
- Some observations on Saudi Arabian 1949 airmail stamps
- Forgeries of Lebanese postage stamps
- Perforation varieties on Sudanese 1962/75 Sennar Dam postage stamp
- Malawi CANCELLED postage stamps
- Peruvian Pro Desocupados postal tax stamps
- Stamp data visualization - or how to review postage stamp related data in fun and visual way
- Swedish discount postage stamps
- Polish Post Insured Mail Seals
- Czechoslovakia 1976 Use Zip Code coil stamps
- Charkhari pictorial stamps of 1931
- Charkhari stamps
- A Nabha postage stamp with fake overprint - possible a Hialeah forgery
- Soviet 50th anniv. of October revolution EFO
- Marginal notes about postage stamps of Israel
- Does anyone collect stamps anymore (or what any aspiring philatelic blogger/writer should know about human search behaviour)
- Marginal notes about postage stamps of Finland
- Marginal notes about postage stamps of Germany
- Marginal notes about postage stamps of Italy
- Marginal notes about postage stamps of Spain
- Artifacts of war - when philately / stamp collecting and military history collide
- Dutch Armenwet (poors law) postage stamps
- Some South Vietnam varieties that major western stamp catalogs omit (and a small give-away)
- French postage stamps: Marianne by Decaris - types I and II
- Space Oddity on Ecuador 1966 postage stamps
- Sri Lankan "Postal Facilities for the Hon. Members of Parliament" - stamps. What are they, and why are they not listed on the catalogs?
- Rare modern postage stamp - a difficult but not impossible combination
- Pakistan 1994 definitive postage stamp series "Muhammad Ali Jinnah" and its varieties
- Updating the philatelic theory of relativity
- A review of AFA Denmark Special stamp catalog
- New Zealand 1960 pictorial postage stamps - mystery after mystery unravelled
- 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
- Stamp misidentification made easy - a case of Canadian 50c Prairie Town Main Street stamp
- Why most stamp collectors could benefit from becoming polyglots
- Sharjah Post Day 1969 postage stamp unlisted in Michel. Why?
- A more scientific view on color variations and changelings on postage stamps
- Philatelic vocabulary
- Making sense of plates, dies and watermarks of KGV postage stamps (of Ceylon)
- What do you consider a common postage stamp?
- Puzzled by size difference in pair of 1906 Liberian OS (Official Service) postage stamps
- From British Southeast Asia to Brunei, Singapore and Malaysia - traveling through history with postage stamps
- A Quick Review of Michel Russia Specialized stamp catalog
- Men who changed postage stamp design forever
- Color variations on Zambian 3 ngwee National Dancing Troupe postage stamp
- Few minor print flaws on Turkish postage stamps
- Yet Another Epic Failure From Stanley Gibbons
- The mystery of Peru 1874/79 Postage due stamps without grills
- When stamp catalog gets it wrong, who's to blame?
- Serbian 1918 King Peter I and crown-prince Alexander stamp - a bizarre print variety
- Interesting variety on 1922 Belgian Houyoux / Albert III postage stamp
- Swiss 2009 Pro Juventute postage stamp - die cut error
- If you are a postage stamp catalog publisher, the most stupid thing you can do is...
- 1970 Bulgaria Boats at Albena stamp - unlisted variety and other tidbits
- Missing color on Guatemalan 1960 Spring Fair postage stamp
- Some unissued Russian Civil war era postage stamps from Armenia
- North Korea 1976 postage stamp - unlisted perf variety
- Musings of a stamp collecting tv-loving history buff
- Argentina UP stamps
- New perforation discoveries on Liberian postage stamps
- Review of Stamp Mate 2014
- Some useful tidbits about Hong Kong definitive postage stamps
- You always learn something new from the stamps...
- Color variations on modern Cuban postage stamps
- Overinking or something else on North Korean 1963 Orange Catchfly postage stamp?
- Guyana flower stamp with (Michel) unlisted overprint
- Postage stamps of Haiti -The Audubon birds series
- Few unusual postage stamps from the 1970s Trucial sheikdoms
- 1959 Nicaraguan postal tax stamp with unknown overprint
- More about perforation varieties on Dubai postage stamps
- Azerbaijan stamps of 1923: forgery times two
- Fake postmark on German occupation of Macedonia stamp
- Is this the future of self-adhesive postage stamps?
- Venezuela 1896 Apoteosis De Miranda postage stamp forgeries
- Transjordan 1942 postage stamp - possible forgery
- Argentina 1908 San Martin definitive stamps
- Yugoslavia definitive postage stamp series of 1971/1989 "Tourism (city views)"
- Philatelic tidbits of modern Ecuador stamps
- Forgeries of classic Ecuador postage stamps
- Forgery of Camp Post Hanau charity seal
- Unknown Bulgarian cinderella stamp
- Some observations on postage stamp printing practices of Central American nations
- A review of Michel's Valuable Stamps of the World catalog
- A review of Unitrade Specialized Catalogue Of Canadian Stamps
- Glimpses of Africa through postage stamps
- Some revenue stamps of Egypt - need ID help
- Some interesting variations on modern Egyptian postage stamps
- King Farouk of Egypt postage stamps obliterated
- Print flaw on Italian Alti Valore definitive postage stamp
- Soviet Court Fee stamps and an early Russian revenue
- Unlisted perforation variety on 1969 Dubai postage stamp - real or fishy?
- A Sweet Bite of Brazilian Stamps
- Slurred printing on modern Brazilian definitive postage stamps
- Possible plate flaw on Brazilian 1961 Ouro Preto stamp
- Perforation varieties of Guatemalan 1960 Spring Fair postage stamp
- Some Chinese postage stamps - cancellation forgeries or something else?
- About USA 60c Rickenbacker stamp
- Taxe Percue postmark
- Japanese New Year's postage stamps
- Harvesting season in postage stamps
- Unlisted perforation variety on Afghan airmail stamp
- Some intriguing Soviet postage stamps
- Private perforations on Czechoslovakian newspaper stamps
- New Zealand KGV definitive postage stamps- how different stamp catalogs approach the stamps, and what you can learn from it
- Japanese 1898 parcel post revenue stamp
- Postage stamps of Azerbaijan throughout different periods in history
- Misdated postal markings and a Finnish Zeppelin cover
- Argentina 1862 Coat of Arms stamp - a common counterfeit
- A short review of Gibbons Stamp Monthly
- Finnish Christmas postage stamps 2010
- Unidentified Spanish fiscal revenue stamp
- Collecting stamps of Trucial states (1973-) – United Arab Emirates
- 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
- Collecting stamps of Trucial states (1892- 1963) - British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia, Trucial States
- Collecting stamps of Trucial states - a short introduction
- British Wilding stamps with Christmas Island BFPO postmark
- The more I learn of stamp collecting, the less I realize that I actually know
- Unlisted doubleprint variety on German postage stamp
- Revenue stamp from Ticino
- Best of British stamp design
- Swiss "Schweizerische Landesausstellung" postage stamps of 1939
- Long postage stamp series - how to keep track of what You have / need?
- Marca da Bollo and other Italian fiscal stamps
- Milan 1906 World Fair cinderella stamp
- Se-tenant pairs of South African postage stamps
- 1977 South African (RSA) definitive stamp series "Protea plants"
- Postage stamps of South African homelands
- Nigeria 1973 definitive postage stamps
- Swaziland 15/45c overprinted butterfly postage stamp - why is it so valuable?
- The die cut postage stamps of Sierra Leone
- Angola bogus stamps - and a story behind Fournier forgery
- The US 4c Dag Hammarskjold invert stamp error
- Unsolicited stamp trader listings - beware of stamptraders.org
- Minor variety on 1971 Kenya postage stamp
- Hungarian souvenir sheet for European Football Championships
- UK 1971 strike mail letter from Malawi
- A story of a dinosaur stamp
- The Camel Postman stamps of Sudan - evolution of a classic
- Collecting stamps in 2030 AD
- 5:13AM
- Random stamp stories
- Winter holiday 2010 feelings
- Shifted overprint on Congo (Kinshasa) stamp
- The Faberge stamp booklet
- Golden era stamp collectors and philatelists
- Goddess of plenty - more about Seebeck postage stamp reprints
- And a case of good luck 🙂
- A case of bad luck
- Sewing machine roulettes on Vietnamese stamps
- Doubled gold frame error on Vietnamese stamp
- Besides stamp collecting what other hobbies do you have?
- Demystifying CTO (Cancelled To Order) stamps
- Finnish Christmas postage stamps 1973-1996: feels like Christmas
- The anatomy of (stamp) fun
- International Year of Astronomy m/s from Canada
- Cross shaped self-adhesive stamps from Finland
- Hungarian 1973 definitive postage stamps with dark green color omitted
- 1946 Hungarian stamp - color error or changeling?
- 1954 Hungary Aviators Day stamp plate flaw
- Canadian Save the Polars and Glaciers miniature sheet
- I hate when postal service ruins a beautifully stamped letter /card / parcel
- Competitive stamp exhibiting stinks
- Spanish double impression stamp: double print, kiss print or simply overinked?
- Giro Nacional cancels on Spanish postage stamps
- Spanish ATM stamps
- Cyprus ATM stamps
- Introduction to collecting ATM stamps
- Stamp trading should be equally beneficial
- Rural postmarks on Cyprus stamps
- Cyprus 1993 "Mufflon" error postage stamp
- Lundy Puffin postage stamps
- Herm Island local stamp -1961 Europa(CEPT)
- The unusual stuff found on kiloware
- How to get youth and young adults into stamp collecting
- Which of these postage stamps went up in value?
- I'm not a postcrosser
- Singapore MyStamp promotional card
- A short commercial break
- India 1924 Mount Everest Expedition label
- Non-inverted Jenny - the less rare counterpart of worlds best known postage stamp error
- US 40c Philip Mazzei airmail stamp
- US First Man on the Moon stamp
- Coloring book with images of Finnish postage stamps
- German Morgenpost stamps
- Green matter: how we stamp collectors can support more sustainable and environment friendly solutions
- Bogus stamps: Isö, Sweden
- Customs duty cancel on Norwegian definitive postage stamp
- Master stamp engraver Czeslaw Slania
- The fine art of Ivan Aguéli on stamps
- Swedish Landstormen semipostal postage stamps
- The beauty of socked on the nose
- Polish dogs on cover
- A swedish coil stamp mystery
- Interview with Romaniastamp.com’s Mats Blückert
- Casual stamp collector in Helsinki
- Swiss postage meter stamps
- Swiss T-cancels on postage stamps stand for postage due
- Stranger on a strange land - Swiss postage stamp cancelled in UK
- Interview with Rainbow Stamp Club's Jeevan Jyoti
- Postage stamps people use
- Beautiful La Semeuse (the Sower) stamps of France
- Precancels on French stamps
- Happy May Day
- A French mystery stamp (Exportation Qualité Réglementée) - export quality control stamp
- Spring at last - Finnish spring flowers on postage stamps
- Vive la France – some good reasons to collect French stamps
- Beautiful Austria (Schönes Österreich) definitive postage stamp with strange cancel
- Christian Easter in postage stamps of Equatorial Guinea
- Of Sahara OCC RASD stamps
- Of Somali Republic stamp
- Nordic mythology on Norden miniature sheets
- Lighthouses of Finland miniature sheet
- 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
- The story of Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria
- Some early Bavarian postage stamps
- Private local postage stamps of Hamburg
- Good ol' time adventure and mystery
- 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
- British Post Offices in China
- Finland Friendship Miniature sheet 1998
- Some classic revenue stamps of Japan (updated)
- Interesting Japanese postmark
- WW2 Christmas seals
- Old christmas seals from Denmark
- Some interesting Danish postmarks
- Some Denmark postage stamp perfins
- US 8c Eisenhower stamp misperf error
- 1997 American Holly greeting stamp color error
- Used US stamps high values
- 1912 US Parcel Post stamp
- Great Britain 1902 King Edvard VII stamp with KLD perfin