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China MinisheetName: Liangping New Year Woodprints (梁平木版年画)Number: 2010-4Date of Issue: 06 February 2010Denomination:1.20元 (4-1): Gate God (门神)1.20元 (4-2): Stealing the Immortal Grass (盗仙草)1.20元 (4-3): Peace Leads to Happiness (和气致祥)1.20元 (4-4): Exiting the Pass with a Stolen Token (盗令出关)The Liangping New Year Woodprints, originated in Liangping County, Chongqing Municipality, and sold...
China StampsName: Liangping New Year Woodprints (梁平木版年画)Number: 2010-4Date of Issue: 06 February 2010Denomination:1.20元 (4-1): Gate God (门神)1.20元 (4-2): Stealing the Immortal Grass (盗仙草)1.20元 (4-3): Peace Leads to Happiness (和气致祥)1.20元 (4-4): Exiting the Pass with a Stolen Token (盗令出关)The Liangping New Year Woodprints, originated in Liangping County, Chongqing Municipality, and sold...
Hong Kong Minisheet FDCName: Hong Kong 2009 East Asian GamesDate of Issue: 05 December 2009This set of stamps is issued to celebrate the 5th East Asian Games held in Hong Kong from 5 to 13 December 2009. The event marks an exciting milestone in our sports history, as it is...
China Sheetlet IIName: Site of Shanghai Expo (上海世博园)Number: 2010-3Date of Issue: 21 January 2010Value: 8 stamps/sheetDenominations:80分 (4-1): Expo Center (世博中心)Covering a floor space of some 140,000 square meters on the southern bank of the Huangpu River to the west of the Expo Boulevard, the Expo Center will serve as the...
China Souvenir SheetName: Site of Shanghai Expo (上海世博园)Number: 2010-3Date of Issue: 21 January 2010Denomination:6元: Expo Boulevard (世博轴)Stretching one kilometer in the central part of the Expo Site, the Expo Boulevard is a two-story, semi-opening structure, which serves as the transportation hub of the Expo Site, topped by white films. Covering...
China StampsName: Site of Shanghai Expo (上海世博园)Number: 2010-3Date of Issue: 21 January 2010Value: 4 stamps/setDenominations:80分 (4-1): Expo Center (世博中心)Covering a floor space of some 140,000 square meters on the southern bank of the Huangpu River to the west of the Expo Boulevard, the Expo Center will serve as the operational...
Gulfmann Stamps Collection
MACAU ~ Macau Postal Letter Box
By Gulfmann.Macau postal letter box....
GERMANY ~ German Ruhr 2010 Cover
German cover, posted on January 28, 2010 from Mulheim to Taipei....
SOUTH AFRICA ~ South African Cover
South African cover, posted on January 27, 2010 from Winkelspruit to Taipei....
ROC ~ Taiwan Postal Letter Box
By Gulfmann.Republic of China (Taiwan) postal letter box, located on north Taiwan Zhongli Chienguo post office, the letter box was printed with Siamese descriptions for Thailand labors use....
POLAND ~ 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic
Poland 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic cover, posted on January 27, 2010 from Warsaw to Taipei....
LIECHTENSTEIN ~ Liechtenstein Cover
Liechtenstein architectures cover, posted on January 26, 2010 from Vaduz to Taipei....
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Year of the Tiger (2010)- Vietnam
Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) issues the stamp set "Year of the Tiger" to welcome the year 2010 - Year of the Tiger - Year to celebrate 1.000th anniversary of Th?ng Long - Hà N?i. The stamp set shows the image of Tiger, the 3rd symbolized animal in...
Lunar Year of the Tiger - Macau
Macao post issued the third series of the Chinese Zodiac, the "Lunar Year of the Tifer".The stamps combine the different forms of the Tiger and the distinguishing characteristics of "Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth". This year, the tiger’s nature from the “Five Elements” is “Metal Tiger”, so it...
New website www.philatelynews.com
Hello Friends,I am very much thankful to all of you for helping me to grow and keep my blog live.By seeing the demand for change and more flexibility we have moved to new domain called www.philatelynews.com, giving all your favorite stamps, exhibition, auction and club updates.I kindly request all my...
Title: 2nd Lancers (Gardner’s Horse)Date of Issue: 2 December 2009Country: IndiaDenominations: 500p A new commemorative stamp issued by India post to commemorate the centenary of 2nd Lancers, a regiment of British Indian Army established in 1809.The 2nd Lancers (Gardner’s Horse) was a cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army raised...
Title: Lunar year of the TigerDate of Issue: 1 December 2009Country: TaiwanDenominations: NT$3.50 and NT$13.00According to chinese calender year 2010 will be celebrated as Year of The Tiger.Taiwan post issued two stamps and a miniature sheet to welcome the Lunar Year of The Tiger 1. NT$3.50 Stamp: An image of...
60 years since the filming of the "The Third man"
Title: 60 years since the filming of the "The Third man"Date of Issue: 2 September 2009Country: AustriaDenominations: 0.65 EURThe story takes place in Vienna after the Second World War. The city is divided into five zones, one administered by each of the occupying forces, the USA, the Soviet Union, France...
Stamp Collecting Blog
Color shift on Finnish 2nd class Baby Bear postage stamp
It’s been a long time since I showed some of the EFO’s, but I think they will match perfectly with my current writings about stamp quality. Here’s something I picked up last night from kiloware I had soaked few days earlier. The first below stamp is the normal copy, and...
Stamps, quality and grading: Quality of cancel / postmark
Most stamp catalogs do a somewhat decent job in displaying the various quality levels of cancelled stamps. However, IMO there are surprisingly large international variations to what is desirable / non-desirable. The beauty of SOTN Being from Scandinavia, I’ve been raised to keep postmark as the most important quality factor used...
Stamps, quality and grading: Quality of print
Not all stamps are born equal. There can be lots of minor quality flux that fits into printers guidelines of acceptable variation and printing conditions. In addition there are all sorts of errors, freaks and oddities (like printers waste) that ends up one way or to another to stamp...
Stamps, quality and grading: The basics
Keeping on eye for the quality is something I think many collectors do. Personally I admit that I’m in constant process of enhancing the quality of items in my collection. For the next couple of posts I’ll be writing up some notes about quality in general as well as...
How to remove cigarette smell from stamps?
I’m a non-smoker, so one of my greatest annoyances is ending up with otherwise good stuff that has cigarette smell all over. So how do I get rid off the smell? My personal approach is to air the stamps outdoors (in carage, balcony or similar) from few days up to...
Gulfmann Birds Stamps
Israeli seabirds ATM cover, issued on January 3, 2010....
ISRAEL ~ Seabirds ATM Postage Label
Israeli seabirds ATM postage label, issued on January 3, 2010....
Latvian birds cover, posted on April 18, 1994 from Latvia Valmiera to Taipei....
BELGIUM ~ Peregrine Bird Stamp
Belgium Peregrine bird stamp, issued on January 21, 2008....
BELGIUM ~ Nutcracker Bird Stamp
Belgium nutcrackr bird stamp, issued on January 21, 2008....
Belgium Hedge sparrow bird stamp, issued on January 21, 2008....
MB's Stamps of India
Special Covers - Tiruchirappalli
First cover is on released on 11th January 2010 marking the occasion of the the 14th IndianRailways Jamborette from 11th to 16th January at golden rock, Tiruchirappalli organised bySouthern Railway State Bharat Scouts and Guides. The cancellation shows the sketch of the Rock Fort, the historical landmark of Tiruchirappalli.The second...
The second Issue of "GLOBAL EXPRESS" is being published, which is a real effort by a young philatelist Mitul Kansal, to bring together news relating to Philately and Numismatics and present it to the readers through his e-bulletin. I request all stamp and coin collectors to subscribe to this FREE...
Special cover released on the occasion of Golden Jubilee celebration of Sri. Bhuvanendra College, Karkala (D.K. District, Karnataka) on 21st Jan 2010....
A special cover has been released at Satna (M.P.) on 16th January 2010 to commemorate the Shri 1008 Shrimajjinendra Jinbimb Panchkalyanak Pratishtha & Tray Gajrath Mahotsava. The special cover depicts colourful Gajrath alongwith the images of 11 feet high idol of Bhagwan Shantinath situated in the Satna Digamber Jain Mandir...
A stamp was released today to commemorate 60 years of Election Commission of India....
A stamp on Reserve Bank of India has been released today....
Stamps Blog
The Penny Post: Wi-Fi for the Victorian Era?
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog Dr. Catherine Golden will discuss her new book, Posting It: The Victorian Revolution in Letter Writing on Sunday, January 10, 2010, the 170th anniversary of the Penny Post. The Smithsonian Institution points out in a recent announcement about the upcoming talk, which it is sponsoring, “As...
Phillipine Exhibit Offers University Insight Into History
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog Philippine Daily Inquirer reports, “A group of hobbyists have formed the Dumaguete Stamp Collectors’ Club to tell the whole world about the joys of their favorite pastime. One way of spreading the word is by holding exhibits, so the club members displayed their collections last...
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog UK’s The Press and Journal reports, “John Cooper, 69, has been making pillar and lamp boxes - those on lamp poles - for Royal Mail since he was 16.The grandfather of four has made thousands over the decades and his handiwork has ended up all...
More Philatelic Present Ideas for the Holidays
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog Listed on the CollectThatStamp.com website are two stamp management programs, Stamp Manage and Stamp Organizer Deluxe, that you might want to consider as a holiday present or suggestion. According to the site, Stamp Manage offers a 30 day free download trial version, is compatible with Windows...
The Wineburgh Philatelic Research Library
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog The University of Texas Dallas’ McDermott Library website reports, “The Wineburgh Philatelic Research Library was founded to provide collectors access to a dynamic collection of books, journals, and catalogs. Collectors have been using this resource for more than two decades in pursuit of their philatelic...
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog Fox News in Washington, D.C. reports that yesterday was the busiest day of the year for the U.S. Postal Service. Wisdom Martin files this report, “It’s 11 days before Christmas, and the crowds at the Post Office know they are running out of time…Post Office officials...
The Stamp Collecting Round-Up
Super Bowl Commemorative Envelope
New Orleans officials estimate that more than 700 people packed the Post Office trying to get a limited edition, Super Bowl commemorative envelope."The Post Office expected a crowd, but nothing like this , and not every customer was happy when the limit changed from five to two per customer," according...
France Issues Semi-Postal to Aid Haiti
The Palm Beach Post reports the French post office has released semi-postal to help victims of Haiti's earthquake. The cost of the stamp is 1 euro (US$.1.45). For each one sold the French Red Cross will receive euro 0,44 (US$. 0.638), to help the earthquake victims in Haiti.According to the...
According to the National Postal Museum's Arago website, "...during the Civil War, the Union blockade proved critical in restricting goods from entering and leaving the Confederacy. Southerners faced increasing shortages of supplies, including paper and envelopes. Writers began to use whatever was handy as letter writing paper and envelopes. These...
Denver, Colorado's Channel 7 News reports, "Volunteers in Loveland started stamping Valentine's from around the world with a special postmark Monday. More than 200,000 people from 120 countries around the world mail their Valentine's to Loveland each year for a special cancellation stamp and message."Loveland calls itself the Sweetheart City....
Post Office Considering Alternatives to Postage Stamps
The Office of the USPS Inspector General wants to know, "Are there better alternatives to stamps?" In a post on the IG's blog titled How Can the Postal Service Reduce the Costs Associated with Postage Stamps?, it points out, "Business customers often rent postage meters and use permits for...
Chinese Error Pair Up for Auction
Bloomberg.com reports, "On Nov. 25, 1968, as the Cultural Revolution raged in China, the government issued a stamp called 'Whole Country Is Red,' with a scarlet map of the nation. Within half a day of its release, post offices were told to pull it."Jeffrey Schneider, a British Philatelic Association member...
Rainbow Stamp Club
The Images of Summer Olympics….
Hi ! Today I am sharing an exhibit of Mr Jagannath Mani from Bangalore . It was exhibited in Stampmania 2009. The exhibit displays some images of Summer Olympics. Readers are welcome to write comments. Till Next Post……Have a Nice Time !!...
GNB Centenary Celebrations Hi ! I want to share here two nice special covers recently issued by Tamil Nadu Postal Circle. The one is related with Music & the other one features...
Hi ! I have just received a wonderful cover from Poland sent by Ada Lewandowaska. Ada has also sent me some nice stamps from Poland . Thanks Ada for all these items. I am very pleased to get them. I hope you have received my cover too ! ...This is...
Hi ! I have just posted February Issue of Rainbow Stamp News on Blog with new features and articles. Just Click to : http://rainbowstampnews.blogspot.com/More in Next Post ! Have a Nice Time !.......
Philatelic Exhibition in Calcutta University Freeze Frame A Calcutta University Cine Carnival held at Calcutta University 12-15th January 2010 at Ritwik Hall, Hardinge Building. Organized by Media Studies: Film and Television in association...
Hi ! I am happy to share this recent replica from Pride of India Collection. This is Vande Matram – our National song. India Post issued a commemorative stamp on 30 December 1976 ...
Digital Philatelic Workshop
World’s First Multimedia Stamp Spins Business Fairytale
Exclusive interview with Aigo’s Yao Wei - World’s First Multimedia Stamp Spins Business Fairytale. Touching the stamps with a special pen-shaped device, called the aigo pen, allows a chip in the pen to recite some of the greatest poems from the Tang Dynasty, including work by Li Bai, Du Fu and Bai...
Programmable RFID Postage Stamps
United States Patent 7539622 discusses what type of postage stamps we may encounter in the near future. The stamp has a top layer having a visual display, middle layer having an electronics layer, and a bottom layer having an adhesive layer. The stamp is encoded such that the visual display of...
Would You Develop a Digital Presentation?
Posted in digital philately Tagged: digital philatelic presentation ...
Albert W. Starkweather, Philatelic Communicator I was recently queried about handling internet terms and references in print, specifically spelling and capitalization of common terms and how to treat web and e-mail addresses. While researching this article, I revised the way I handle some terms and implemented those revisions in The Philatelic...
Posted in audio / visual Tagged: civil war, philatelic video, revenue stamps ...
Institute for Analytical Philately, Inc. and DPS
David Herendeen, Institute for Analytical Philately In late 2009, a group of dedicated philatelists and researchers formed the Institute for Analytical Philately, Inc. (IAP). IAP is a nonprofit, educational institution dedicated to applying analytical techniques to philatelic studies which are intended to provide long term and wide ranging benefits to all...
The Philatelic Database - Stamp Archive
Review: The Australian Stamp Variations Catalogue
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World’s Oldest Stamp Design – Norway’s Posthorn Stamp Still Going Strong
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Senegal: Dakar Post Office (1932)
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The British Library Philatelic Rarities
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Henry Bellingham MP North West Norfolk discusses rural post office closures with those who have been effected. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Post Office ClosuresChurch Street Post Office, Whitby, North Yorkshire, UKRailway Post Office Demonstration...
A journey of stamps through First Day Cover (FDC)
Reserve Bank of India FDC from INDIA
FDC Name:Reserve Bank of India.Issue Date:16th JAN'2010Details:The Reserve Bank of India (RBI, Hindi: भारतीय रिज़र्व बैंक) is the central bank of India, established on April 1, 1935 during the British-Raj in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. The Central Office of the Reserve Bank...
Election Commission Of India FDC
FDC Name:Election Commission Of India.Issue Date:25th JAN'2010Details:The President of India, Shrimati Pratibha Devisingh Patil released a commemorative Postage Stamp in the denomination of Rupees Five along with First Day Cover. Shri A. Raja, Minister for Communications and Information Technology gave the introduction of the commemorative stamp prepared & issued...
Beijing - Hangzhou Grand Canal FDC from CHINA
FDC Name: Beijing - Hangzhou Grand Canal.Issue date:26th September 2009.Details:The Beijing - Hangzhou Grand Canal, stretching 1,794 kilometers from Beijing in the north to Hangzhou in the south, is the longest manmade water course in the world. It passes through Beijing and Tianjin Municipalities and the provinces of Hebei, Shandong,...
Centenary of the Birth of Comrade Song Renqiong FDC from China
FDC Name:Centenary of the Birth of Comrade Song RenqiongIssue Date:8th JAN'2010Details:China National Philatelic Corporation issued FDC carrying a set of two stamps in following denominations:1.20: Song Renqiong during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression1.20: Song Renqiong in Reform and Opening-UpSong Renqiong (1909 - 2005), born in Liuyang, Hunan Province,...
Year of the Tiger - Geng Yin Year FDC from CHINA
FDC Name:Year of Tiger Booklet FDCIssue Date:5th JAN'2010Details:According to Chinese lunar calendar, 2010 is Geng-Yin Year, or the Year of the Tiger. Traditionally in China the tiger is crowned with the titles "King of All Beasts" and "Mountain Monarch", and the mysterious tiger totem represents people's worship for the animal...
Maxicard Year of Tiger from CHINA
Details:According to Chinese lunar calendar, 2010 is Geng-Yin Year, or the Year of the Tiger. Traditionally in China the tiger is crowned with the titles "King of All Beasts" and "Mountain Monarch", and the mysterious tiger totem represents people's worship for the animal in primitive society. The tiger is also...
Joe Hahn's Philately Blog
A Look at the Departmental Stamps of Argentina
A fascinating, but challenging, area to collect is the Departmental Stamps of Argentina. The challenge is not the cost as few of them beyond the pocketbook of most collectors but the ability to find them.The stamps were issued between 1913 and 1937 and so appear on the regular...
Ships calling at El Salvador ports
Several months ago, Guillermo Gallegos, Director of Philately of the SFIES-ACES, visited me and brought along digitized scans of the Diario Oficial of El Salvador. The file is about 47 Gigabytes as it contains over 100,000 scanned pages of the publication from 1845 to 1950.I have been reviewing the...
I recently did a review of Danilo A. Mueses’ new book La Emisión de 1880 y sus Derivaciones for “The American Philatelist” that will appear in an up-coming issue of the magazine. In the book, he states that certain of the postal stationery items are quite rare, which they...
U. S. Philatelic Classics Society
I just returned from viewing the exhibits on display at the U.S. Philatelic Classics Society, 4th Annual Postal History Symposium held at the American Philatelic Building in Bellefonte, PA.As many of the readers of this blog know, I do not collect U.S. stamps at all although I have done so...
Today I received the following notice from Thomas Lera, Winton M. Blount Chair in Research at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum."The new Specialized Collections of El Salvador Finding Guide is now online. Five different collections of El Salvador make up this finding guide. I want...
A reader of this blog asked a question I do not have an answer for, so I am hoping that someone will be able to do so. How would the postage costs, consisting of Colombian national stamps, been settled between the private carrier and the Colombian Governmental Post, in...
My Philately
(I'm currently writing this post from Ottawa airport. I'm waiting for my flight to Montreal and then to Paris. This is a pitty that during last week spent in Chicago and Ottawa I could not find any time to visit a post office in order to buy some stamps !...
Frog on margin of stamps from Uruguay
(I know, I haven’t written in my blog since ages… several weeks in fact. The reason is that three weeks ago I have starting a new job, within the same company, that kept me very busy. A lot of new things to learn, a lot of new people to meet....
Just a short note to tell you that I just published an update of my website about frogs and toads.http://www.philatelic-frog.fr...
Frog on a red cancel from Japan
I have already shown here on my blog several items from Japan bearing nice picturial red cancel. I am very happy to share with you the latest one that I got : a red cancel picturing a frog ! The red cancel is from Matsuo Post Office, Iwate prefecture. The...
A new cover from Indonesia birds on a souvenir sheet
From the 11th of May 2009 to the 15th of May was held the World Ocean Conference (WOC) and the Coral Triangle Summit (CTS) in Manodo, Indonesia. The purpose of this conference is, as you could guess, to discuss about preservation of the oceans. At this occasion, the Indonesian postal...
As announced in my last post, I’m glad to share with you my first cover coming from the Republic of Macedonia. This is a registered cover that was used by the seller of the stamps I showed you in my previous post. The cover was sent from Skopje, the capital...
The Argentina 1935-51 Definitive Series
Let's say that someone decides to collect this series and does not have a single stamp or cover from it? Which are the first stamps that would help a beginning collector to collect this complex series? I think that a few covers from 1936 and some stamps we know to...
I do not find this plate variety on any other paper. It is found on the lower stamp of the following pair....on the left stamp of this pair...on the right stamp of this pairand this single...
40cNGR plate variety on two 1948 covers
I find a repetitive plate varieties on two covers from 1948. The first cover has a pair of the 40cNGR. The plate variety, a gap between the A of REPUBLICA and the first A of Argentina, is found on the left stamp. I find the same variety on the following...
Two official inverted overprint stamps
The first stamp is a 10c Rivadavia Red Type II with inverted M.G. overprint. The stamp is used, and appears genuine. Use departmental officials are considerably more desirable than mint ones. Because mint ones are most likely reminders-these stamps were not sold to collectors-the used ones are the desirable ones.Here...
I have finally been able to answer the riddle of the so-called 1E5 watermark I thought I had found on the 25c: it is the 1L6 also found for the 2 pesos! Here is a comparison of this watermark with the 1E2 and 1E4 watermarks. I also show the 1E2...
Rounding out the notes for 2008 and 2009 into four volumes
2009 Notes, Publication No. 4 Plate and Printing Varieties (PDF, 18.0 MB) 5c1E1t repeatable pv's from DEPOF blocks Part 1 45 5c1E1t repeatable pv's from DEPOF blocks Part 1 details 51 5c1E1t repeatable pv's from DEPOF blocks Part 2 54 5c1E1t repeatable pv's from DEPOF blocks Part 2 details 58...
Faroese Stamps
Posta – Win a trip to the Faroe Islands Postcard
I filled in and sent my postcard... now it’s just wait.. I maintain alive the dream that I will go to win one of the trips......
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May each day of new year bring hapiness,good cheer and sweet surprises.Happy NEW YEAR...
Issue: Altarpieces Values: 6.00 and 10.00 DKK Issue: 16-IX-2009 Photos: Per á Hæd Perforation: 13 × 2cm Technique: Offset Printer: Growth, light and lifeThe church in Hattarvík (1899) and the church in Vestmanna (1895) have at least three things...
Issue: Pigeons Values: 14.00 and 36.00 DKK Issue: 16-IX-2009 Author: Astrid Andreasen Perforation: 13 × 2cm Technique: Offset Printer: LM-Group, Canada The rock pigeon (Columba livia)The rock pigeon is a member of the Columbidae family which comprises about 300 species...
Issue: SEPAC 2009 Values: 10.00 DKK Issue: 16-IX-2009 Author: ÓlavurFrederiksen Perforation: 13 × 2cm Technique: Offset Printer: Cartor, France Um velho ditado diz que “os ilhéus Faroeses nascem com um remo nas mãos"....