If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Today’s Bureau County Republican has a story about one Virginia Gage and her stamp collection. Virginia is 86 years old and has been collecting stamps for some 58 years. It’s a very nice story, told from the perspective of […]
This one goes in the “who would’ve thunk it” category. Today’s Inc.com has a story about coming back out of retirement that refers to a book by Lawrence Block that is about a hit-man who decides to retire and take up stamp collecting. As it turns out the stamps he wants are too expensive and […]
In today’s Contra Costa Times, there’s a story about the East Bay Collector’s Club, one of the stamp clubs that is in my local area. It’s not the one I belong to, but it’s still good to see a full-fledged story about the club in the local newspaper. If you’re trying to build membership in […]
The following press release was issued by Canada Post yesterday.
Canada Post: Fireworks Light Up Canada Post’s Celebration Stamp
OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire - Jan. 14, 2008) - On January 15, Canada Post will issue a third Celebration stamp, this one featuring fireworks. The domestic rate stamp is also a PermanentTM stamp, meaning it will always be worth the […]
The Chinese new issue for the year of the mouse is turning out to be a rather scarce item, according to this article. The sheet of 20 stamps has a face value of 1.2 yuan, and has been sold on the open market now for up to 70 yuan. This is for a stamp that […]
 APS # 204320 Visit the American Philatelic Society Website at www.stamps.org |
 PSS # 7600 Visit the Precancel Stamp Society Website at www.precancels.com |