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The Service Stamps of Canada (Part 3)

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • 13 February 2017

Stamps with the overprint OHMS instead of the perforation OHMS had only a very short lifespan. The Canadian Postal Service had, probably because it was cheaper, proceeded to have existing stamps reprinted with the overprint in order to...

The Service Stamps of Canada (Part 2)

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • 6 February 2017

The first four stamps featuring the OHMS perforation issued by the Canadian Postal Service were from 1935. The perforation is easily recognizable as belonging to the postal service and not the Ministry of Finance because the shape is smaller...

Willem Meerkerk over Self-adhesive or gummed, what do you collect?: I collect the annual collection of Dutch stamps. That automatically means that I collect gummed and self-adhesive stamps. The perforated…

Lars over Self-adhesive or gummed, what do you collect?: I collect both, though I prefer not to have mint self-adhesive ones. You never know how they will stand the test of time. Just look at the Nede…

Lars over Mouth-watering tart stamps with a sweet scent: One advantage of self-adhesive stamps is that people cannot tear off the perforations. Of the gummed stamps used, you can alti…

Rob over Chessboard on stamp sheet: @Elizadoug I always use the Google Translate app with the camera function myself.

Willem Meerkerk over Mouth-watering tart stamps with a sweet scent: I do see a trend in PostNL's new issues. More and more "self-adhesive" stamps, just like with the 2026 children's stamps. htt…

Haas over New Priority Mourning Stamp Netherlands: Unusual: new rates taking effect on a Sunday. PostNL faces a challenge. With priority, it is guaranteed that the next working day (Mon…