I was preparing some scans on unwanted (duplicate or mint) items for my stamp exchange website when I noticed few mint Spanish stamps that didn’t seem to fit into picture. The subnotes on stamp catalog confirmed my hunch- I had stumpled upon forgeries of somewhat common and cheap stamps.
Published on November 25th 2009 | Read more.... | 2 Comments »
The Yacht issue refers to a series of German colonies postage stamps bearing the image of the Imperial yacht Hohenzollern. These stamps were used in all of Germany’s colonies meaning Caroline Islands, German East Africa, German New Guinea, German South West Africa, Kamerun, Kiatschou, Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Samoa and Togo from 1900 until the First World War.
Published on March 27th 2009 | Read more.... | No Comments »
This issue was originally published in 1907 for Madrid Industrial Exhibition in Spain. A complete set contains six different face value stamps with pictures of King Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria. The set was never valid was postal use, but there are used copies (both single and on letter) with exhibition cancel.
Published on February 2nd 2009 | Read more.... | 2 Comments »
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