On Thursday the fortieth day after Easter, Christians celebrate the Ascension of Jesus Christ. It is the fortieth day after his resurrection from the grave and ten days before Pentecost (the descent of the Holy Spirit). In 2023, Ascension Day falls on...
In a relatively short period, eleven typographic stamps were issued. For collectors, these text stamps proved to be neither meaningful nor appealing. The message hidden within, related to the stamp subject, is not seen and/or discovered. For maximum card collectors of the 'Association...
A series of four stamps was issued by the Royal Mail on 16 June 1987 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the St John Ambulance in Great Britain. The series was designed by Debbie Cook, an internationally recognized designer and...
Yesterday, you were able to get acquainted in detail with the background ideas in the article 'Identical December Twins 2017', in which ten designers incorporated and/or hid their artistic-creative vision into the 2017 December stamps. The same designers have received a follow-up assignment to incorporate the stamp images into a...
Many stamp-blog readers will soon be taking a few weeks off for vacation again. They will be heading out by bicycle, car/bus, boat, or plane to unknown regions and areas at home and abroad. In this contribution, you get a foretaste of it with the help of...
In 1935, the Belgian King Leopold III, who had succeeded his father on 23 February 1934, and Queen Astrid had three children: Josephine Charlotte, born on 11 October 1927, Baudouin, born on 7 September 1930, and Albert, born on 6...
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