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 »
The other theme in 1975’s easter set was religion buildings of Jerusalem. As the image of the sheet shows, there is a gold printed image of some temple as the background of the sheet. The actual stamp (imperforated) portrays image of Christ in front of Pilatus.
Published on April 13th 2009 | Read more.... | No Comments »
Like the previous year, Equitarial Guinea issued two souvenir sheets to celebrate the easter in 1975. As 1975 was “holy year” (so called Jubilee in Christian calender) with theme of renewal and reconciliation, also the stamps focused on this topic.
Published on April 12th 2009 | Read more.... | No Comments »
The second (and higher nominal value) miniature sheet of Equitorial Guinea’s 1974 easter set is showing Ascension of Christ fresco by Antonio da Correggio (1489-1534). This specific fresco (1520) is located at the dome of St. John the Evangelist, Parma.
Published on April 11th 2009 | Read more.... | No Comments »
In 1974 Equatorial Guinea issued two souvenir sheets for easter. Today I’ll be showcasing the first sheet, tomorrow the other one. The first value is showing a detail of Saint Thomas Altarpiece located in Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne.
Published on April 10th 2009 | Read more.... | No Comments »
The easter is close, so it’s time to look some of the easter stamps. For the next 4-5 days I’ll be showcasing easter souvenir sheets from 1970’s Equatorial Guinea (also known as “dictator Nguema era”) each day. I know most collectors categorize these as “bogus” since there’s no proof of real usage or legimite origin of these stamps; most likely they are right. I think Michel is currently the only major catalogue providing full listing of these… But bogus or not, IMO these make suprisingly fascinating and nice looking area to collect.
Published on April 9th 2009 | Read more.... | 2 Comments »
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