July 2009 ~ Stamps of the World

Belgium, Christmas & New Year

* Included in thè postage stamps subscription. This year's Christmas and New Year stamp depicts thè centrai stained-glass window o...

The euro turns 10 (self adhesive stamps). Every country needs a safe, durable and easy to use means of payment. As from 1832, Bel...

In every society there have to be agreements to avoid total chaos. In thè Middle Ages, thè risk of thè powerfui abusing thè powerless led t...

* Included in the postage stamps subscription. In the Great War the inhabitants of Eupen-Malmedy fought on the side of the German Reic...

Every country needs a safe, durable and easy to use means of payment. As from 1832, Belgium used thè frane as its currency. The respons...

The This is Belgium VI series focuses this time on Belgian music. The ten names - solo per-formers and ensembles - in this book represent e...

The Belgian cartoonist Peyo first introduced thè world to the Smurfs on 23 October 1958, although they were no-thing more than incidental...

The history of thematic philately - and so 'religious philately' - could be said to go back to the very first postage stamp, the Pe...

Joint issue with New Zealand. The Great War has shaped the landscape and left its traces. The plains of thè river Uzer (Yser) are stili e...

Mustelids are the largest family of carnivorous mammals, comprising some 70 species, spread across the globe, except for Australia and Anta...