1.- Top 13 most valuable postage stamps in the world
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 firs...
2.- The Aland Post
Åland Post Stamps now presents some big news! The very first auction arranged by Åland Auctions is planned to be held in November. Ålan...
3.- Indian Railways in Postal Stamps (1937-1977).
A collection of images of stamps pertaining to railways in India, from the author's collection, along with notes and technical details. ...
4.- Bird stamps from Antigua and Barbuda.
Antigua and Barbuda is a twin-island nation lying between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It consists of two major inhabited isl...
5.- North Borneo Stamps: A Cover That Missed the Last Clipper Service
Pan-American Trans-Pacific Clipper Service (1935-1941) I showed this cover to one of my non-philatelic friends one day and jokingly as...
6.- Stamp stories: The Canadian Stamp Collection
Is there anyone who hasn’t carefully torn off the corner of an envelope to save a particularly exotic stamp? Many of us collected stamps in ...
7.- List of notable postage stamps.
Traditional philately is the study of the technical aspects of stamp production and stamp identification, including: * The initial stamp d...
8.- Peculiar Postage: Unusual Stamps from Around the World, Part Two
Stamps with embedded volcanic ash, sand from Sahara dunes, and even precious crystals A while ago, we took a look at examples of strange...
9.- Bird stamps from British Indian Ocean Territory.
The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) or Chagos Islands is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocea...
10.- The Stamps of China (1908) (Part V).
The stamps were printed in Japan from designs proposed by the Customs Statistical Department in Shanghai. The values were in cents and dolla...
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