Archive for July, 2009
« Previous EntriesPhila Korea 2009
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Korea Post and the Philatelic Federation of Korea will host the 24th Asia International Exhibition - PHILA KOREA 2009, which runs through Aug. 4.
The Korea Herald reports, “This is the first time Korea hosts the event, although three world stamp exhibitions were held in the country in 1984, 1994 and [...]
Beards on Stamps
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
There are topics and then there are TOPICS!
Tapan Kumar Roy favorite is “Beards on Stamps.” He choose the the theme because he had a huge collection of individuals on stamps and wanted to come up with something more exciting.
He believes people are not generally interested in boring topics, so he [...]
Shall we dance?
Submitted by Akphilately Blog
I’m still in a nostalgic mood, so here’s another blast from my past: the 1974 Classic Dance stamps from Thailand. I know that some people have “Dance” as their theme for a collection, which is very original I think and must be interesting to do research on. The stamp shown above depicts [...]
Stamps Open Pages of History For New York Man
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
John Nunes’ interest in stamps began at the age of 10 in an endeavor to earn his first Boy Scout merit badge according to reporter Bill Buell of Schenectady, New York’s Daily Gazette.
Along with being president of Federation of New York Philatelic Societies, John is also the treasurer of the [...]
USPS May Be Sending Mail Electronically in a Few Years
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Jim Ostroff, The Kiplinger Letter associate editor, writes on Kiplinger.com that, “USPS may be forced to scan and send mail electronically within a few years.”
“That’s what the Swiss do now, and most mail recipients and senders seem to like it. With mailers’ approval, the Swiss Post scans in letters and [...]
“Female Versus Male” Stamps
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Bob Allen of 1847usa.com was interviewed on the Collectors Weekly website by Maribeth Keane.
They had a very long and interesting chat from the looks of it.
Bob and Maribeth talked about a number of things including the history of United States stamps, their design and production processes, regular issues and commemoratives, [...]
Collector Creates History Through Covers
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Maryland’s Frederick News-Post reports, “Some people use books to record history… Bill Wells uses envelopes.”
His philatelic covers have traveled the world. They have been signed by former Vice President Walter Mondale, former President Bill Clinton and several military leaders.
Wells, 88, has been a stamp collector since 1933, when he received [...]
The “Stamp Collecting Blog”
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Keijo Kortelainen is the “casual stamp collector” behind all the stories on the Stamp Collecting Blog.
The 30-something is “a family man, small business owner (in B2B consulting & training services) and above all, a stamp collector, from Sumiainen, Finland,” according to his bio.
Keijo started the Stamp Collecting Blog in late [...]
Picture Gallery
Submitted by Akphilately Blog
Belgium, 13 November 1965.
The 6f from the set marking the death centenary of King Leopold I. The stamp design is based upon the 1f value from the 1865 set with the King’s portrait.
Printed in recess, engraved by De Bast.
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]
Free Simpsons First Day Cover
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
To highlight 20 years of the Simpson family, Fox Studios and the United States Postal Service recently teamed up to create individual postage stamps for each Simpson family member.
In celebration of this collaboration, the National Postal Museum created a commemorative first day cover with one of the Simpson’s stamps canceled [...]
Mistake on Hawaii’s New Stamp
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
The artist who created Hawaii’s new statehood stamp is not happy with the finished result according to KGMB Channel 9 News in Hawaii.
It reports, “Herb Kane says the postal service used the wrong typography on the word “Hawai‘i.” Instead of using an ‘okina, they made the common mistake of using [...]
“Stamp Guy” on Face Book
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
For all you Facebookers out there, I now have a Facebook page - www.facebook.com/stampguy.
For those of you who aren’t currently on Facebook, you might want to sign up and register. You’d be surprised how many individuals and groups there are who are philatically oriented.
Click here to be my friend.
Rating 3.00 [...]
Guiding Lights
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
This week Gulf Coast Lighthouses (shown above) are being released.
It is the fifth set of U.S. stamps featuring lighthouses to be issued. The series began in 1990 and has be extremely popular with both collectors and non-collectors ever since.
On the USPS’ Beyond The Perf website all 25 stamps featuring the [...]
New Stamp Club in Town
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Australia’s Busselton-Dunborough Mail reports that there’s a new stamp club in town.
Reporter Tim Carrier writes, “Formed in December last year, the club is steadily growing into one of the more unique clubs in our town.”
He goes on to say, “When Judy Rice, one of the founding members of the stamp [...]
First stamp
Submitted by Akphilately Blog
Do you remember your very first stamp? No, I thought not. Well, at least I don’t, but it was probably a Dutch one! However, one of the very early stamps I remember so well, is this one here:
I must admit I didn’t have the original anymore, must have given it away sometime. [...]
Stamp Collector In India Sets Record For Having Most Countries
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
The Times of India reports, “Jaishankar Prasad, who has not even reached the legal marriageable age in India, is credited for being the Indian who has collected stamps from the most number of countries in the world.”
According to reporter Arkadev Ghoshal,”Jaishankar collected stamps from as many countries he could, and [...]
Picture Gallery
Submitted by Akphilately Blog
Belgium, 13 November 1965.
The 3f from the set marking the death centenary of King Leopold I. The stamp design was based upon the 30c value from the 1865 set with the King’s portrait.
Printed in recess, engrave by De Bast.
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]
Nepal?
Submitted by Akphilately Blog
I was sorting my “N’s” last night and when I came across my bunch (well, rather tiny bunch) of Nepal stamps to sort, I came across this stamp.
I couldn’t find it in the catalogue, and I also couldn’t find it amongst any other countries (such as Tuva) which I thought it might [...]
Being Harry Potter Isn’t Easy
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
USPS employee Harry Potter (shown here with his USPS ID Card) hates it every time time there’s a new movie with his name in the title according to an article that appeared on Schenectady, New York’s DailyGazzete.com website.
Harry “Skip” Potter is quoted in a piece by reporter Kathleen Moore as [...]
National Postal Museum Now Has “YouTube” Channel
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Foster Miller posts on the Virtual Stamp Club Website, “The National Postal Museum now has its own channel on YouTube!!! A total of 45 videos are now live on the new channel, with more on the way. The library of videos range from educational to entertaining - to lectures and [...]
Home Front to Heroes Postal Benefits Act
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Stars and Stripes is reporting that a proposed law aimed at boosting the spirits of troops deployed downrange or laid up in hospitals has passed the U.S. House of Representatives, but it still has some hurdles in the Senate to clear before it becomes law.
The Home Front to Heroes Postal [...]
Big Stamp Show This Weekend
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
The Kent Reporter reports the Boeing Employees Stamp Club Summer Show is being held this weekend in Kent, WA.
According to veteran stamp collector and show attendee Bill Messecar (shown here), “It’s a big show, the biggest in the Northwest.”
Nearly 20 stamp dealers, some from as far away as Canada and [...]
Picture Gallery
Submitted by Akphilately Blog
Gallery
Japanese Occupation of the Netherlands Indies, 8 August 1943.
The 25c from the 1943 definitive set for Borneo, Celebes, Moluccas and Lesser Sunda Islands. The stamp depicts Mount Fuji, the Japanese flag, a map of East Asia and a dove.
Printed in recess.
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]
Post Office Removes Gay Pride Display From Lobby
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
A gay pride exhibit installed at the downtown post office in Milwaukee, WI last month stayed on display less than four hours before it was removed by a U.S. Postal Service official reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Reporter Julie Bolcer writes on the Advocate.com Web site,”Maggi Cage, head of the [...]
All Star Stamp Clubs
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
As baseball’s All Stars battle it out in St. Louis, the American Philatelic Society’s All Star Stamp Club program continues to grow.
Currently there are 43 clubs throughout the United States helping promote stamp collecting among elementary and middle school-age children.
Members get an APS All Star Stamp Club membership card, certificate, [...]
