Archive for November, 2009
Philatelically Correct Wine
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Need an idea for an affordable wine to go with holiday dinners? Then stock up on some philatelically correct Contrada!
Produced by the Michael Pozzan Winery, which is located in the Russian River Valley in Northern California, Contrada has a 400L Italian stamp (SC# 1424) on its label.
I recently purchased a [...]
The 800-Pound Stamp Prank
Submitted by Mom Reviews Blog
Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Harvey recalls that a giant 1-cent concrete stamp, featuring Thomas Jefferson, was placed in the parking lot of the postal service’s Terminal Annex in downtown L.A. as a prank back in 1979.
In the LA Then and Now column which appeared over the weekend, Steve pens, [...]
Printing Postage Stamps
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
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Adenauer, Konrad
Submitted by Akphilately Blog
The question of the German Rhineland kept the peacemakers busy. Ideally, it was to be a buffer zone between France and Germany, and various ideas were floated. Demilitarize the area, or make it part of France even. The inhabitants had never got used to Prussian rule, but becoming French was probably a [...]
Roundup Selected as Stamp Spotlight Blog on Trakkrz.com
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
The Stamp Collecting Roundup has been selected as the Stamp Spotlight Blog of the month by Trakkrz.com.
What is Trakkrz.com?
According to the site’s Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), “Trakkrz.com is the place to ‘trakk’ the best individual bloggers on the web by topic. We don’t follow news feeds, and generic search results [...]
Holiday Mail for Heroes
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
While today is a Federal holiday, it is business as usual for our service personnel.
Frank McDade writes the Roundup to ask readers to send holiday cards with messages of thanks and cheer to service members, veterans and their families. Frank is part of the 2009 “Holiday Mail for Heroes” [...]
World’s First Multimedia Stamp
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Crienglish.com reports, “A new series of stamps entitled ‘The Tang Dynasty’s Three Hundred Poems’ is stirring up a wave of excitement in a market that has remained pretty quiet for almost two decades.”
According to an article by report Chu Daye,”Some say that this new stamp collection is nothing short of [...]
Book on Simon Taxis Receives Major Italian Philatelic Journalist Award
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Italy’s Philatelic Journalists Guild has awarded the book Simon Taxis and the Posts of the State of Milan During the Renaissance by Giorgio Migliavacca and Tarcisio Bottani the prestigious “Fulvio Apollonio Prize” for the best postal history book published in 2008 according to a report on the BVI News website.
Last [...]
Saddam Stamps Skyrocket in Iraq
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Stamp prices showing Saddam Hussein are rising sharply in Iraq according to a report by Sammy Ketz of American Free Press (AFP).
Kamal Kamel, who runs a stall selling stamps in the Bab al-Muazzam district where the Iraqi Philatelic and Numismatic Society meets is quoted in the piece as saying, “Before [...]
Why Benny Hill Was Bumped from British Stamps
Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
UK’s Daily Mail reports documents reveal comic Benny Hill was dumped from a set of Royal Mail stamps because of concerns about his “saucy” style.
According to the paper, “Slapstick, burlesque and double entendre were always his hallmark. Some critics accused the show of sexism but Hill maintained that the female [...]
