Archive for October, 2008

Antique Postal Scales

Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Larry T. Nix of Middleton, WI writes to say that Round-Up readers might be interested in knowing about the antique mail room machines found on the Early Office Museum website.
The site features pictures and write-ups about machines that addressed items to be mailed […]

Philatelic Bookplates

Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
The Confessions of a Bookplate Junkie recently featured pictures of philatelic bookplates from the libraries of collectors and stamp dealers.
Among them are bookplates that once graced the books and albums belonging to such notables as American Philatelic Society Hall of Famers John K. […]

Kentpex Stamp Show and Bourse

Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
The Stamp Collecting Round-Up had a cameo appearance in an exhibit at the fifty-first annual Kentpex Stamp Show and Bourse on Oct. 25-26 which was sponsored by the Kent Philatelic Society of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The theme of the show was “The Dunes,” commemorating […]

Las Vegas’s Only Stamp Store

Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
The Las Vegas Journal Review reports Ruth Hilliard, owner of Charleston Stamps and a former Showboat casino waitress, opened a store for stamp collectors because her late husband, then a sergeant with the Metropolitan Police Department, wanted to become a stamp dealer.
According to […]

WELL, MAYBE NOT, EH…?!

Submitted by Akphilately Blog
The curse of Aden striking again! I’ve almost given it up, but there’s one last ray of hope: what if I limit myself to European overprints! With electricity back on, I didn’t have to strain my eyes as much while browsing through the A section of my world collection. And I was […]

PRE-OCCUPIED

Submitted by Akphilately Blog
That’s what I am at the moment; with my upcoming trip to Holland. So stamps are not at the front of my mind right now. But despite a certain lack of inspiration I’m going to show you at least something today. I’ve been doing Italy for a while now, as you may […]

Alzheimer’s Stamp a Personal Project for Designer

Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
The Washington Post features USPS Art Director Ethel Kessler in an article about the her and the new Alzheimer’s stamp.
Kessler has designed many US stamps in the past but this one was particularly difficult according to reporter Steve Hendrix.
Kessler’s mother is in the […]

Stamp Collecting as a Pastime

Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Originally published in 1902, Stamp Collecting as a Pastime by Edward James Nankivell is can be read free online and even downloaded thanks to new technology.
Published as one of Stanley Gibbons’ Philatelic Handbooks, the book fell out of copyright and has re-emerged on […]

Mystic Catalog Online

Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Linn’s William F. Sharpe writes in his Computers and Stamps column that the Mystic Stamp Company has placed its entire 132-page full-color catalog of United States Stamps online.
Bill writes, “You can browse through the catalog page by page, use a visual index to […]

Big Draw at British Postal Museum

Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
To tie in with this year’s 50th anniversary of Regional stamps, and the Big Draw theme of Architecture and the Environment, the British Postal Musum & Archive (BPMA) will be exploring how visitors feel about their own region and environment, and working together […]

Typeface Designers and Stamps

Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Kat Ran Press writes to tell me about their fascinating website which features stamps done by typeface designers.
Michael Russem writes as an introduction to the site, “Although a field that is often overlooked by bibliophiles and historians of printing and typography, several of the most important contributors to twentieth century […]

Stamps More Important Than Life or Death to Canadian Dealer

Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Canada’s TheStar.com website has an interesting article on stamp dealer and auctioneer John Talman in Toronto.
John, 70, opened his stamp store, John H. Talman Ltd. Stamp Auctions & Sales, 30 years ago and it hasn’t changed all that much except most of his business these days is on the Internet.
Reporter […]

Stamps may be a investment alternative

Written by Michael Vass
Not long ago I mentioned that collectibles are an alternative form of investment for some. It was an idea that few were familiar with. Since that time the Dow Jones Index has lost around 1000 points. So I decided to see what has been the outcome.
Barely a few clicks into my investigation […]