If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Plate Number Coil (PNC) collectors have been up in arms over a recent decision by USPS to limit PNC’s to just one number for all printings. This decision would effectively destroy the entire hobby of PNC collecting. But…there is […]
There was a Souvenir Sheet released this week from Tristan Da Cunha. This sheet, Island Series PT7 M/Sheet, was issued January 22, 2006 and features six islands from that region. The Remote, Inaccessible, Nightengale, Middle, Stoltenhoff, and Gough Islands are shown on each stamp with a specific feature from the islands geographic area.
The Tristan Islands […]
January 24, 2006 brings us a commemorative issue from Posta Slovenije. This design was taken from popular Ljubljana painter Franz Kurz zum Thurn und Goldenstein (1807-1878), for the showing of the National Costume from Smlednik. Goldenstein painted a series of national costumes and this stamp depicts the clothing of the period, representing both man and […]
Several times a year I get questions from folks that have inherited stamp collections that have found this blog. Usually, I just direct them to their local dealer or stamp club to get a good appraisal of what they have. Now, there is a new resource on the Internet that I can direct them to […]
This week, January 17 2006, Taiwan issued four stamps featuring Cing Dynasty Jewelry. The appreciation of Chinese art is worldwide and the National Palace Museum collection was a great place to go in order to share some treasured pieces. Chunghwa Post had the following to say about the stamp designs:
Gold Earrings Decorated with Flowers […]
 APS # 204320 Visit the American Philatelic Society Website at www.stamps.org |
 PSS # 7600 Visit the Precancel Stamp Society Website at www.precancels.com |