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Traditional philately is the study of the technical aspects of stamp production and stamp identification, including:
* The initial stamp design process;
* The paper used (wove, laid, etc., and including…
Falkland Islands Dependencies was the constitutional arrangement for administering the British territories in Sub-Antarctica and Antarctica from 1843 until 1985. The arrangements were first enacted by the…
To celebrate Christmas 2007, Royal Mail commissioned Italian illustrator Marco Ventura to create a set of four beautiful renaissance style angel illustrations. This Christmas…
Almost everyone in Àland is familiar with thè Àland artist Karl Emanuel Jansson's painting Peasant Bride. The painting hangs on thè wall at thè Àland Art Museum and this distinguishable painting will be…
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is 34 kilometres (21 mi) in length and as much as 23 kilometres (14 mi) in width, amounting to 431 square kilometres (166 sq mi).
It is situated in…
Stamps with embedded volcanic ash, sand from Sahara dunes, and even precious crystals A while ago, we took a look at examples of strange and noteworthy stamps from around the world. Today we have another…
Colombia is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. It is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the northwest by Panama; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the…
Cape of Good Hope Stamp Cape of Good Hope Stamp Estimated value: US$40,000 Issued in 1853, the Cape of Good Hope stamp is the first postage stamp in the Cape of Good Hope, and even in the whole of…
Belgium officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe.
It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, as well as those of several other major…
The first stamp of thè year will be issued 22 January when we present a miniature sheet to celebrate thè fact that Aland has had electricity for 100 years.The miniature sheet is also part of thè joint project…