Archive for November, 2008
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Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Janet Klug writes in Linn’s Nov. 24 edition, “There is nothing more delightful for a stamp collector than acquiring a whole lot of stamps all at once. The feeling must be akin to that of a pirate opening up a treasure chest full of gold doubloons.”
She goes on to say, […]
Ho Ho Ho
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Reporter Tracey Tong writes on the Metro Ottawa website. A little thing like a Canada Post strike is not going to get in the way of a happy holiday season.
Canada Post spokeswoman Nicole Lemire is quoted in the article as saying, “Santa Claus’s North Pole Post Office is open for […]
Professional Stamp Experts (PSE) Creates Innovative Stamp Album
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Professional Stamp Experts (PSE) has created an innovative stamp album based on PSE’s “A Guide to U.S. Design Numbers,” a simplified system for building a basic collection of United States postage stamps by major design type.
The 74-page album is printed on acid-free paper. It contains spaces for 435 regular-issue U.S. […]
Happy Thanksgiving
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Inspired by President Roosevelt’s January 6, 1941 State of the Union address, Norman Rockwell (1894–1978) created four paintings: Freedom of Speech, Freedom from Want, Freedom of Worship and Freedom from Fear.
“Rockwell struggled with how to illustrate these abstract concepts but, in 1943, after numerous drafts and studies, he represented the […]
Getting the hang of it
Submitted by Akphilately Blog
I’m really not much of a cover collector, but I do every now and then see the charm of it, as a supplement to a “proper” stamp collection. And I must admit that covers sometimes do tell the story pretty efficiently. Let’s, for example, have a look at my most recent addition.
So […]
Fly away
Submitted by Akphilately Blog
Hello again! I’ve just come back from a few days at Mersehead bird reserve in Scotland, on the Solway Coast. Had a great time with lots of walks along the beach and of course many birdies. The reserve is known for its wintering flocks of geese. Literally thousands of Barnacles flock to […]
Bob Hope Stamp “Previewed”
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The Postal Service reports a commemorative stamp honoring entertainer Bob Hope was “previewed” Monday at a ceremony on Ellis Island. Hope’s daughter, Linda, joined USPS Governor Katherine Tobin at the event.
According to the Marin Independent Journal, the stamp was a “pinch-hitting” opportunity for artist Kazuhiko Sano whose portrait of the […]
Another Great Holiday Gift Idea
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Christopher Diaz of Stamp Paraphernalia writes to offer up some great holiday gift ideas for your fellow (and gal) club members, window clerks who have been nice to you all year, and even yourself!
Some of the ideas include stamp coasters, clocks, and the Inverted Jenny on cover shown above.
According to […]
Custom Made Nutcrackers on Holiday Stamps
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KIVI-TV in Boise, Idaho reports, “Ordinarily, Glenn Crider can turn out a nutcracker in two or three days. When the customer is the U. S. government, it can take considerably longer.”
According to the station and Worldnow, “Crider, one of only a handful of nutcracker craftsmen in the United States, made […]
Autographs on Stamps
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Richard Novick of Marlboro, NJ writes to say he recently got a nice surprise from President-Elect Obama - an autograph!
During the campaign, Richard sent both Senators Barack Obama and John McCain a 1950 U.S. 3c stamp showing the White House (Scott 990) in the center of a 3×5-inch white index […]
How To Collect Stamps
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WikiHow has a good article and video on How to Collect Stamps for beginning collectors.
According to the site, “Collecting stamps can be an intimidating hobby to undertake but with the right skills anyone can become an advanced stamp collector.”
In their list of 10 steps to becoming a stamp collector, this […]
Mystery Crates Revealed
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The National Postal Museum reports 30 years ago, 27 wooden crates were sealed in a Smithsonian storage facility. Their contents were a mystery until museum technician Rebecca Johnson began opening them this year.
Some of the interesting objects Johnson discovered included hand-operated machines that once canceled mail to badges postal workers […]
Wrestling
Submitted by Akphilately Blog
I once had in mind to collect the postmarks of the 1890s Athens post office. You see, that post office was opened in 1895 and had nine different departments, each one handling a certain type of mail, such as printed matter, registered mail, parcel post, etc. Each department had its own number […]
Philatelic Camera Sold at Auction
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MonstersAndCritics.com reports the camera used to photograph Britain’s Queen Elizabeth for postage stamps has been sold at auction.
The Hasselblad 503CX was used to picture the queen at her London residence Buckingham Palace on 22 June 1966, and was sold for £1,600 in Norfolk, England.
One of the pictures taken by Professor […]
Linn’s Launches Monthly Newsletter
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Linn’s Stamp News has started a free monthly on-line newsletter.
In the first issue there is a preview of the first United States stamp of 2009, a story about a new stamp from Iceland that has a connection to John Lennon, and details about a completely new U.S. postmark that you […]
Historic Civil War Letter Discovered in an Old Stamp Album
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The GoUpState.com website reports that a historic letter predicting the start of the Civil War was discovered in between pages of a World War II stamp album that was purchased years ago at a St. Louis flea market.
According to the article by Lee G. Healy, a former history teacher […]
Moesman
Submitted by Akphilately Blog
The other day I saw reprints made by Moesman of the Surinam Young Wilhelmina definitives in some auction, and I can’t for the life of me find them back so here’s my plea for information: I have some Wilhelmina’s which have once been sold to me as “forgeries”, and I was just […]
New life
Submitted by Akphilately Blog
Hmm, just when I was in a bit of a rut regarding my Queen Wilhelmina collection, along comes this speaker at our local philatelic society with a wonderful collection of King Edward VIII. He showed 160 pages, and that is no mean feat when you realize that there are only four stamps […]
MN Postmaster Says, “Take Your Unwanted Mail Home!”
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Minnesota’s Park Rapids Enterprise reports, “Patrons of the Park Rapids post office have noticed something missing lately – the public garbage can. It was removed recently when the postmaster became concerned about identity theft.”
Postmaster Denice Phillips-Kunze is quoted in the article as saying, ““I just don’t think it’s a good […]
National Postal Museum Features Lincoln Plate Proofs
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In celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, the Smithsonian is having a yearlong celebration, featuring exhibitions and events that will offer visitors a chance to explore the life and times of the nation’s 16th president.
Beginning later this month, the National Postal Museum’s Philatelic Gallery pullout […]
The Meal is in the Mail
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How about a Thanksgiving feast for your son or daughter away at college, a missionary or a needy family in your own area?
Idaho’s Latah Eagle reports, “United States Postal Service has come up with an idea for sharing your holiday dinner with someone who can’t make a trip home. By […]
Happy
Submitted by Akphilately Blog
It’s not a rarity or anything, and it’s not even favourably regarded in the philatelic world, but I have finally got my first high value “Veth” definitive from the Netherlands, and I’ve just made a scan of it and seeing it blown up made me realize that I really and truly think […]
It’s An Addiction
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“Fanatical” stamp collector Steven Chivers is quoted in an article that appeared in New Zealand’s Taranaki Daily News about the Tarapex National Stamp Exhibition as saying stamp collecting is “an obsession, a drug addition and it’s better than putting money into Lotto or cigarettes.”
Steven, who has been collecting for 45 […]
Feel free
Submitted by Akphilately Blog
Yesterday, I received a comment from one of my more faithful readers, Toon, why I buy all this stuff (referring to the Dutch proof I showed yesterday), and why I do not just start a virtual collection with images from the internet, scans from auction catalogues, etc. His website is based on […]
Tempted
Submitted by Akphilately Blog
Each time I get one of those lavishly illustrated Dutch auction catalogues in the mail, I drool over all those pages of wonderful Dutch material, and am close to just collecting The Netherlands as a country. I suppose I will succumb in the years to come to actually do make The Netherlands […]
