If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The new Duck stamp, scheduled to be issued on June 30 was engraved by Czeslaw Slania. This could be the last stamp to be issued that was engraved by the master, as Slania passed away a couple of months […]
A 13 year old student named Marissa Galin from Scottsdale, AZ recently won a contest to design a stamp for Israel Post. The contest included Jewish students from across Canada and the United States. Marissa states that she is “in shock” about the whole thing. Read the story here.
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A story on Iranmania.com yesterday announced an agreement between the postal services of Iran and Spain to produce a joint issue depicting the Shazdeh Garden in Kerman, Iran. Part of the Garden is pictured below.
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If the last post wasn’t enough to convince you, then read Ken Lawrence’s post on the article on Richard Frajola’s chat board.
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Yesterday, Barron’s published an article about Afinsa, an investment firm that specializes in investing in stamps. They are also a majority owner of Manning Auctions. It appears that Afinsa and Manning are building a house of cards that could collapse at the slightest change in the economy, and take the world stamp market with it. […]
 APS # 204320 Visit the American Philatelic Society Website at www.stamps.org |
 PSS # 7600 Visit the Precancel Stamp Society Website at www.precancels.com |