Albania 1937, 'SHQIPNI' The country name on Albanian stamps has changed many times over the years - in 1937 it was written SHQIPNI and in 1939 it was called SHQIPTARE. The Albanian language, called 'shqip' or 'shqipe' by Albanians, is of interest to linguists...
Great Britain 1980 The railway has played an incredibly important part in the lives of billions of people over the years. The first public railway which used only steam locomotives all the time, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, designed and built...
Harry Potter Christmas stamp, Netherlands 2005 Harry Potter is possibly the world's most popular wizard, and author J.K. Rowling's fictional character's exploits have been the subject of many stamp issues. The first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was...
New stamps appear regularly with a variety of subjects. Below is a selection of recently-published stamps from around the globe. Many of you are probably aware of Great Britain’s recent ‘Star Wars’stamps release and on December 17th, with a limited...
What makes stamp collecting interesting for most people is the enormous, and sometimes strange, choice of topics chosen by countries/organisations when issuing stamps. Each year, the organisation PostEurop's Stamps & Philately Working Group selects the EUROPA stamp theme. It is...
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