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.... | 17 Comments »
I felt somewhat sad after reading the latest “Editors Forumn” column at Scotts Stamp Monthly. The topic of post was non-soakable stamps, or more precisely what do to with them. I acknowledge the column was written mainly US stamp collectors in mind, but the suggested solution (collect non-soakable issues on covers) is IMHO the “wrong” one.
Published on August 27th 2009 | Read more.... | 49 Comments »
Lundy puffin postage stamps are widely known amongst the stamp collectors. The history behind the stamps of Lundy is pretty similar to stamps of Herm Island (see yesterday’s post if you missed it).
Published on August 26th 2009 | Read more.... | 18 Comments »
Yesterday I wrote a general introduction to US precancels. Since US precancels are IMHO a wide and interesting topic, lets digg in further…
Published on June 18th 2009 | Read more.... | 2 Comments »
A precancel is any postage stamp, stamped stationery, or revenue stamp cancelled prior to affixing on mail matter or before being deposited at the post office which allows the item to bypass the usual canceling process. Precancels are used to expedite the large bulk mailings of permit holders.
Published on June 17th 2009 | Read more.... | 8 Comments »
One of the most valued Swedish stamp issues are so called Landstormen surcharges. These are semipostals used to collect funds to equip soldiers during World War I.
Published on May 28th 2009 | Read more.... | No Comments »
Third topic used by early Austrian / Austro-Hungarian stamps is the head of Mercury – the Roman messenger god. The Mercury stamps were used as newspaper stamps - stamps created for the specific purpose of serving as postage on newspapers.
Published on April 24th 2009 | Read more.... | 10 Comments »
One of the most common topics of early Austrian postage stamps is emperor Franz Joseph. The very first stamps showing the portrait of emperor were issued in 1858.
Published on April 23rd 2009 | Read more.... | 9 Comments »
Austria began issuing of postage stamps on 1 June 1850 with a series of imperforate typographed stamps featuring the coat of arms (double-headed eagle). These stamps were valid throughout the Austrian Empire and Austro-German postal union.
Published on April 22nd 2009 | Read more.... | 4 Comments »
Early Austrian stamps (1850-1918, aka the Austro-Hungarian Empire) are very likely one of the most common causes of headache for most worldwide stamp collectors. I confess it took me years to get a somewhat decend grip of issued main types, and I’m still far away from being an expert with these stamps. For the rest of this week I’ll be covering these issues in a multipart article starting with this post.
Published on April 21st 2009 | Read more.... | 4 Comments »
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