The Samoa Times Express stamps are one of the most valued items in classical philately. So I was quite surprised to find the following stamp in 25€ mixture of old stamps I bought some time ago. As these stamps are much more common as reprints and forgeries than the real thing, I had very low hopes. But to my joy, it seems to have all the characteristics of a real stamp.
Published on April 13th 2010 | Read more.... | 3 Comments »
Though I normally don’t collect “entire items” (covers, cards etc), here’s something I’ve included to my collection. It’s a 1971 cover from Malawi, addressed to United Kingdom during the 1971 postal strike. It features the 1st commonwealth approved “strike mail stamp” as well as a UK local mail delivery vignette.
Published on April 6th 2010 | Read more.... | 2 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.... | 5 Comments »
For couple of years I’ve had this single Herm Islands stamp in my albums. It is part of the 1961 Europa (CEPT) set of 6 different local stamps issued on September 18th 1961.
Published on August 25th 2009 | Read more.... | 1 Comment »
I think most stamp collectors do make unusual (and random) findings from kiloware (assuming it is truly unsorted).
Published on August 24th 2009 | Read more.... | No Comments »
One of the rules I follow when buying bizarre looking stamps (of which I know usually nothing in advance) is simple question “will I ever see a similar item?” When I came across with these beauties few years ago, I knew from the start I had lost the battle. And I was right, I haven’t seen similar ever since.
Published on March 23rd 2009 | Read more.... | 4 Comments »
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