In early January I wrote a short introduction about Seebeck reprints on some Nicaraguan stamps. Well, it’s time for a short revisit on the topic as I’ve received few more Nicaraguan stamps from various stamp exchanges. The following examples are from the 1891 “Goddess of plenty” / “Allegorical figure with cornucopia” series (with very attractive design).
Published on February 22nd 2010 | Read more.... | No Comments »
The name of Seebeck is something that many stamp collectors and philatelist recognize at some level. He was a stamp dealer and printer, best known for his stamp-printing contracts with several Latin American countries in the late 19th century producing loads of stamps to collector markets.
Published on January 8th 2010 | Read more.... | No Comments »
One of the requested topics for the blog entries has been CTO (Cancelled-to-order) stamps. As the recent post about East German definitive stamps showed several CTO-examples, I think this is an excellent time to demystify CTO.
Published on January 6th 2010 | Read more.... | 4 Comments »
The Isö cinderellas are somewhat interesting phenomena in Scandinavian philately. Some sources (such as Wikipedia) mention Isö stamps as “local post stamps from Eastern Sweden (Gotland)”, but in reality these are complete bogus stamps.
Published on June 3rd 2009 | Read more.... | 2 Comments »
Besides Somali Republic (see yesterdays blog entry), Sahara OCC R.A.S.D (or officially République Arabe Saharouie Démocratique – Arab Republic of Western Sahara) is one of the most common sources of modern topical bogus / cinderella stamps. None of the RASD issues have postal validity anywhere. At best, they can be considered as local propaganda labels or cinderella issues.
Published on April 8th 2009 | Read more.... | No Comments »
One of the most common names for modern topical bogus / cinderella issues is Somali Republic. As most worldwide collectors know, Somalia is a country that truly exists in Northern Africa with long and interesting postal history. But according to UPU (Universal Postal Union) all postage stamps with inscription Somali Republic are illegal.
Published on April 7th 2009 | Read more.... | 2 Comments »
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