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Submitted by Akphilately Blog
In these days of the more elaborate the better, it is sometimes soothing to the nerves to look back at earlier stamp designs and enjoy their simplicity and therefore effectiveness. That’s what I felt when I got these Australian booklet panes.
They were the start of a reasonably long running series, although the [...]
Mail Delivered 7-Days a Week Prior to 1912
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
The Washington Post reports, “In testimony before a Senate subcommittee Wednesday, Postmaster General John ‘Jack’ Potter said the post office may be forced to cut back to five-day delivery for the first time in the agency’s history, citing rising costs and an ongoing decline in mail made worse by the [...]
Unshoveled Sidewalks and Driveways Can Suspend Mail Delivery
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Reporter Shannon Murphy of Michigan’s Flint Journal says, “Forget about the unofficial post office motto that neither snow nor rain nor sleet will stop your mail carrier from delivering the mail. If you have too much snow or ice around your mailbox, they’re not coming to your house.”
According to Shannon, [...]
Free Australian Stamp Offer
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Peter Elias reports, “I have just put together another 100packages of 55 FREE Australian stamps (Set # 5) to be given away on a first-come, first-serve basis.”
According to Peter, “These stamps are postally used Australian commemorative stamps that were donated to the American Philatelic Society (APS) and I have received [...]
Stamp Camp USA
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Cheryl Edgcomb writes on the American Profile Web site, “Watching a kid enthusiastically take to stamp collecting is a heartening sight for all of us. It not only reminds us of our beginning years, but also shows us the future faces of our hobby. With so many activities and choices [...]
Linn’s U.S. Stamp Popularity Poll
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Linn’s Stamp News is holding its annual stamp popularity poll where you can vote for your favorites — and your least favorites.
Jay Bigalke, Linn’s online editor and Postmark Pursuit columnist, writes, “The ballot pages include pictures of the 2008 stamps from each of three categories: commemorative stamps, definitive and special [...]
Linn’s U.S. Stamp Popularity Poll
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Linn’s Stamp News is holding its annual stamp popularity poll where you can vote for your favorites — and your least favorites.
Jay Bigalke, Linn’s online editor and Postmark Pursuit columnist, writes, “The ballot pages include pictures of the 2008 stamps from each of three categories: commemorative stamps, definitive and special [...]
Controversy Over New Russell Crowe Stamp
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Four of Australia’s most celebrated actors, Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman, and Geoffrey Rush appear on a set of eight 55-cent “Australian Legends” stamps due out Jan. 26.
Shown here, the stamps features photos of the actors in and out of character, including Kidman from Moulin Rouge, Blanchett from Elizabeth, [...]
Grave
Submitted by Akphilately Blog
What is it with those Italians? I know that nowadays’ society is blighted by a dumbing down process, or so they say anyway, but it seems as if this process has been going on for quite a while in Italy! If you take a look at their 1940s overprints for the Ionian [...]
Canada’s Lakehead Stamp Club
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Canada’s Lakehead Stamp Club is featured in an article that appears on the Thunderbay Chronicle Journal Web site.
Club President Margaret Looney is quoted as saying, “People have quit collecting because of postage going up.”
Canada Post raised the cost of mailing a letter in Canada by two cents, to 54 [...]
British Postal Museum Records Go Online
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Hellmail.co.uk reports, “The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA) is to make available over 3,000 searchable postal history records via its website from 2 March 2009.”
According to reporter David Lynch, “The three listings: Penny Posts (including 5th Clause Posts); Mileage Marks and Missent Marks, consist of listings of all covers [...]
Black History Month Stamp Design Lesson Plan
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
On the Teachers.net Web site there is an easy-to-folow lesson plan for designing a stamp in honor of Black History Month coming up in February.
According to the site, “Creating commemorative postage stamp designs is a good way for students to celebrate Black History Month and the inauguration of Barack Obama [...]
Barack Obama Election and Inauguration Day Covers
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Washington Press is offering Barrack Obama envelopes and stamps with today’s date along with other envelopes and stamps that mark this historic occasion.
Shown above is their “Barack Obama Life in Stamps” cover.
The six stamps tell the story of President Barack Obama’s Life. Born in Honolulu Hawaii; graduate of Columbia University; [...]
Calmer waters
Submitted by Akphilately Blog
Don’t worry, I’m back into calmer waters now, after my fit of despair regarding the Ionian Islands. All I’ve done is basically try and forget everything I’ve read about it, and start afresh, making notes of key information and then building up a general picture. But I’m not gonna bore you with [...]
Presidential Stamp Collector Awaits Inauguration
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Televsion Station KVBC in Las Vegas reports, “The excitement is mounting for many as Barack Obama prepares to become the nation’s 44th president,” including one man who collects stamps that commemorate the Inaugurations of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, JFK and others.
George Coleman, whose stamp collection once belonged to his mother-in-law, [...]
Little Pieces of Art and History
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Canada’s Brantford Expositor reports, “Every stamp tells a story.”
In an article about the annual Brantford Stamp Show, show chairman Dan Coates is quoted as saying stamps are little pieces of art and history.
Reporter Heather Ibbotson writes, “Used stamps have always fascinated Coates, who said he enjoys the flights of fancy [...]
Poe’s Last Picture on Stamp
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The Fredericksburg.com Web site asks, “What do Marilyn Monroe, Ronald Reagan, Meriwether Lewis, Tennessee Williams and Audrey Hepburn have in common?”
The answer…their portraits have all been displayed on postage stamps designed and painted by artist Michael Deas.
Deas’ latest effort is that of Edgar Allan Poe. The stamp was released Jan.16th [...]
Stamps Business is Booming
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UK’s Oxford Times reports, “…in these gloomy economic times, experts are suggesting stamps could be the answer and the stamps business is booming.”
According to reporter Andrew Smith, the staff at Universal Philatelic Auctions (UPA) have never been busier. UPA was set up nine years ago by Andrew McGavin [shown here] [...]
Tricky
Submitted by Akphilately Blog
I’ve been concentrating on the Ionian islands, lately, and I have to say that the more I delve into it, the less I know what I’m doing! It’s a rather complicated and tricky business, I must say! Especially the period of the second Italian occupation, during WW2. There are various overprints on [...]
Stamp Illustrator Daniel Cosgrove
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Chicago’s Doings website features local artist and U.S. stamp illustrator Daniel Cosgrove.
Daniel’s latest stamp designs are the upcoming $17.50 Old Faithful and the $4.95Redwood Forest stamps being released Jan. 16.
Last June, USPS issued his designs featuring Mount Rushmore ($4.80) and the Hoover Dam ($16.50).
According to the site, “Cosgrove was recruited [...]
Already?
Submitted by Akphilately Blog
The spectacle of the Summer Olympics is barely behind us and here all talk is of the 2012 Games, and if not, of the 2010 Commonwealth Games which will be held here in Scotland. Which is why the 2010 Winter Games seem to have fallen by the wayside a little here. But [...]
Finally
Submitted by Akphilately Blog
When I started collecting Queen Wilhelmina I soon found that I needed a catalogue with all the postal stationery in. The word “Geuzendam” kept jumping in my face, as that was apparently the bible for postal stationery collectors. That word was usually spoken in combination with “a new edition will be out [...]
Making Your Correspondence Stylish
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
The Associated Press reports a new set of postage stamps celebrates a century of British design icons — from the Mini car to the miniskirt.
The Royal Mail stamps feature 10 different 20th-century design classics. They include the red double-decker bus, the Concorde supersonic jet, the orange-and-white Penguin paperback and the [...]
Philatelic New Year’s Resolutions
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Janet Klug writes about her philatelic New Year’s resolutions in Linn’s.
They are…
- Make time for your stamp collection
- Start a new collection
- Join a specialty society
- Share your hobby with others
- Curl up with a good book
To read the entire article, click here.
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Russia
Submitted by Akphilately Blog
It’s strange that there seems to be so little written about Russia. I know that it has been a very popular collecting area, although it may now have been superseded by Asian countries, as Russia has become rather expensive. But it having been such an enormous empire, it’s philatelic history must be [...]
