Philatelic Tidbits - Stamp Collecting News and Opinions

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!What connection does the movie Munich have to philately? The movie was the inspiration for one stamp collector to put scans of his collection on CD to distribute freely as a recruiting tool for the Society of Israel Philatelists. […]

If you run a local stamp club or you are a member of one, you know the difficulty in recruiting new members. Here is an excellent way of getting the word out about your club. The White Rose Philatelic Society is the subject of an article in the York Daily Record, which I suspect was […]

In a story on the Reuter’s UK site, Maria Sharapova told the press that she is sorry that she ever told anyone about her stamp collecting. Her agent has directed her not to answer any more questions about the hobby for fear that it might give her a “geek” image. In the interest’s of keeping […]

The new Linn’s 2005 Yearbook is due to be released on July 5. Amazon.com is now taking pre-orders for the book at the link in the previous sentence. For those of you that collect United States stamps, these books are essential to the serious philatelist. I have been slowly building my collection over the last […]

Today, June 28th, Canada Post has issued a set of two stamps commemorating the Snowbirds Air Demonstration Team. This release is available in a Pane of sixteen, Souvenir Sheet of two stamps, First Day Cover, and Souvenir Sheet of FDC. In addition, the Royal Canadian Mint has released a double-hologram $5 pure silver coin and […]