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 »
Most stamp catalogs do a somewhat decent job in displaying the various quality levels of cancelled stamps. However, IMO there are surprisingly large international variations to what is desirable / non-desirable.
Published on February 2nd 2010 | Read more.... | 5 Comments »
And my covers showcase moves on from Canada to France, where I’ve received 3 covers lately.
Published on January 15th 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 »
During the Christmas season and New Year I did have a blast with German definitive stamps. Very likely one of the most notorious of these is the Five-year-plan (“5-J-Pl.”) issues of German Democratic Republic (more commonly know as East Germany or DDR) which shows “the common men and woman at work”. Despite of rather short lifespan it is without a doubt one of the most dreaded and complex definitive stamp series ever. The first issue came out in August 1953, the last seventh issue in 1959; and the stamps became invalid in 1962.
Published on January 2nd 2010 | Read more.... | 6 Comments »
Moving on with Spanish stamps… One of those things I’ve wondered are “Giro Nacional” postmarks found occasionally. Well, it turns up they are postmarks used to cancel mainly money orders and on some occasions telegraphs.
Published on September 17th 2009 | Read more.... | 1 Comment »
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