The “Smilers” sheet was first introduced in Great Britain in May 2000 at the International Stamp Show 2000. The design of a set of Royal Mail Greetings stamps, first issued in 1990, was made available in sheet format (A4 paper...
PostBeeld is the largest stampshop with a wide variety of stamps in stock. Every day new stamps are added to PostBeeld's stock. Here's an example of some stamps that have recently been added. Three fine year sets from Belgium, 1985...
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...
This year was the 175th anniversary of the first issue by Breat Britain of the now-famous Penny Black postage stamp. This is the second part of an article previously published that looks back to 1990, the 150th annniversary, and some...
It’s often said that it is good for your health to laugh. This article is dedicated to some of the most popular comedy talents that have entertained and amused people worldwide AND have been depicted on postage stamps.“Those are my...
This year, 2015, is the 175th anniversary of the first issue of Great Britain's 'Penny Black' postage stamp. Looking back to 1990, the stamp's 150th anniversary, we feature some of the stamps released that year to mark that first issue....
New stamps appear regularly with a variety of subjects. Below is a selection of recently-published stamps from around the globe. To celebrate the 2015 Rugby Union World Cup, held in Britain, Royal Mail have issued this stamp presentation pack. And...
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...
It may be that if you have any interest in stamps from Great Britain you will be familiar with the name ‘Machin’. Arnold Machin was the man who made the plaster cast used for the image of Queen Elizabeth II...
One hundred and fifty years ago Lewis Carroll's classic book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was published. To celebrate this fact Royal Mail will issue on January 6 a ten-stamp sheet depicting the adventures of Alice re-animated by illustrator Grahame Baker-Smith....
Issued in November, this festive miniature stamp sheet issued by Great Britain features stamps on a snowy background, illustrated by Andrew Bannecker. Notably, this is the first miniature sheet to feature a tear-off barcode strip, which you can either retain...
The 11th of November marks a special day in World history. It was at 11 a.m. on that day 96 years ago that an agreement came into force that officially ended the First World War. The agreement, which was signed...
On July 28th, exacly 100 years after the outbreak of World War I, Royal Mail issues a set of six stamps which commemorate this historical event. These evocative stamps represent the six series themes of Poppy, Poetry, Portraits, War Art,...
Ireland-born artist William Mulready was the first person to illustrate postal stationery. Postal stationery is classed as a document on which the proof of advance payment is shown by the placing of a stamp or a postmark. The piece shown...
Great Britain’s Royal Mail has very recently issued a stamp set in celebration of its home-grown film industry. It features six classic British films that have enjoyed worldwide success since the Second World War. British cinema on stamps The Stamps...
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