This fabulous cover has been sitting on my table for few weeks. It features my very first postally used complete US miniature sheet (as well as few more stamps from the TV memories stamp series).
Published on November 11th 2009 | Read more.... | 3 Comments »
For anyone who’s keen on comics (also known as graphic novels) Rue des Sables 20 (in Brussels) is heaven on earth. That is the place Belgian Comic Strip Center was founded 20 years ago. To commemorate the event, Belgium issued a miniature sheet October 5th 2009.
Published on October 29th 2009 | Read more.... | No Comments »
I hate to say this, but it seems I have another sequel to “I hate when postal service ruins a philatelic item”[part 1, part 2] saga. This time Tristan from Canada sent me a cover with corgeous International Year of Astronomy miniature sheet on top – and quess what Canada Post did?
Published on October 23rd 2009 | Read more.... | No Comments »
As some know, last week was autumn holiday in Finland. Like most finns (living outside the capital), I was travelling with my family. And it was a blast though the weather was quite chilly and it snowed on several days… Anyway, though vacations are nice, they also mean a lot of unresponded mail and chores expecting at home arrival. For the last few days I’ve been trying to handle “the mountain”… So please, be patient. I’ll get there slowly but surely 
. In the meantime, here are couple of interesting stamp related tidbits and some covers.
Published on October 21st 2009 | Read more.... | No Comments »
This could very well be a sequal to “I hate when postal service ruins a beautiful item” post I made week ago. Sadly most of the items on this nice cover have escaped the postmark.
Published on October 4th 2009 | Read more.... | 4 Comments »
One of the eternal complaints from stamp collectors is how postal service (more or less frequently) ruins the philatelic mail sent. In US “killers” (cancels) are a sure way to make the cover not so collectible. In UK many postal officers seem to fancy pen cancellations – if cancelling cover at all. And in Finland? Well…
Published on September 25th 2009 | Read more.... | 6 Comments »
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