The Kingdom of the Netherlands is a unique constitutional monarchy that spans both Europe and the Caribbean. Because its constituent countries and special municipalities have different constitutional and economic arrangements, four official currencies are currently used within the Kingdom. 1....
With the issuance of a special postage stamp, Germany is honoring the outstanding significance of the Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt. The stamp was issued to mark the 125th anniversary of the Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt and commemorates the first exhibition of the Darmstadt artists' colony in 1901. This event is considered an important...
The term “Lowriders” is used to define the automobiles seen on these stamps, issued by the United States Postal Service in 2026. These cars are viewed as rolling art pieces that represent pride, identity, and community. “Lowriding” began as a...
For children and adults alike model railway sets provide a fascinating hobby. Here we celebrate a company that has produced scale models for more than a hundred years. To celebrate the anniversary Great Britain's Royal Mail has issued 12 stamps...
Are there collectors of Esperanto stamps out there? Esperanto is the unusual subject featured in this series. Brazil 1937 Esperanto is the world's most widely spoken constructed language. Developed in the late 19th century, it was intended to be an...
United States of America 2026 Phillis Wheatley was the first African-American author to publish a book of poetry. Thought to have been born in 1753 in West Africa, she was captured by slave traders as a child, whereupon she was...
An article in the Dutch national daily newspaper "Trouw" indicates that the hobby of stamp collecting seems to be increasing in popularity with young people in The Netherlands. Two 17-year-old hobbyists were quoted as saying 'Every stamp has its own...
Bermuda 2021 In 2021, during the COVID-19 epidemic period, the Bermuda Post Office issued a stamp set featuring the annual Bermuda Sandcastle Competition. It was founded in the 1990s by Nicky Gurret and is held annually at Horseshoe Bay on...
The Netherlands 2025 The Netherlands' PostNL issued the NL crypto stamp 4 – Hermes on September 18, 2025, in an edition of 15,000 pieces. The crypto stamp was released in collaboration with other national postal companies in Europe and was...
Great Britain 2026 Great Britain recently issued these eight special stamps, presented as four horizontal se-tenant pairs, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the supersonic aircraft Concorde’s first commercial flight on 21 January 1976. Striking photography showcases the iconic aircraft’s...
The latest in our series of unusual subjects on postage stamps features fishing hooks disguised as flies, other insects or small fish. South Africa, Transkei 1980 The superbly illustrated minisheet above show Zug Bug, March Brown, Durham Ranger, Colonel Bates...
The Chinese New Year begins on February 17th this year, 2026 being the year of the Horse - to be precise the Year of the Fire Horse. Horse is the 7th animal in the 12-year cycle of the Chinese Zodiac signs, coming...
United States of America 2025 The subject of 2025's Black Heritage stamp series is Allen Toussaint (1938–2015), an American musician, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was an influential figure in New Orleans rhythm and blues music from the 1950s to...
Issued in 2025 to celebrate a major U.S. Postal Service anniversary, the minisheet "250 Years of Delivering" is a superbly illustrated pane of 20 interconnected stamps representing the ubiquitous presence of USPS throughout the years — and the vital role the postal...
In 2016 Great Britain's Royal mail produced a set of eight special stamps to mark the 300th anniversary of the birth of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown. Capability Brown is remembered as ‘the last of the great eighteenth century artists’ and as ‘England’s...
Great Britain 2025 The commemorative Miniature Sheet issued by Great Britain in 2025 honoured the 200th anniversary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway - the World's first steam-powered public railway. The four First Class stamps capture milestone events in the history...
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