Here’s an interesting dinosaur stamp from Canada. It’s a 43c Massospondylus from the 1993 series of prehistoric animals. Whilst looking at the postmark on the item, I though I had found yet another freak to my “stranger in strange land” collection of stamps canceled in wrong countries. But I was way off.
Published on March 30th 2010 | Read more.... | No Comments »
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 »
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