Stamp collecting is more than just filling an empty slot in a pre-printed stamp album. I like to make a study of it, such as potential types in the design and different printing techniques for one and the same stamp. Also...
When I added the stamp booklet 'Ships', issued by the Swedish postal service on November 15, 1966, to my collection, I immediately noticed that the stamps included in it looked very familiar. As a collector of Swedish stamps, I initially found that...
In 1999, the Universal Postal Union, the UPU, celebrated its 125th anniversary. And Posten Åland could not be left behind with an issue. But 1999 was also the year of the introduction of the euro, the Europa stamp with a double value indication, in marks...
As a collector of Great Britain's stamps, I have sometimes wondered whether more stamps were issued during King Edward VIII's very short reign than the four for Great Britain itself. With a little research, I found out...
On August 1, 1916, three supplementary values were issued in the 'Germania' series. The 2½ Pfennig, 7½ Pfennig, and 15 Pfennig stamps featured a modified design compared to the preceding issues. The horizontal lines behind the image of 'Germania' were...
Some collectors are crazy about 'marginal areas'. Sheet margin peculiarities, such as printer's marks, cutting marks, etc. There is even a separate association that studies these matters. But packaging material used by the postal service itself? Collectors of vending machine booklets are mainly interested in the contents of...
The Swedes are proud of it: the Göta Canal. They call this canal the greatest Swedish wonder. The canal is one of the largest projects ever undertaken in Sweden. The canal connects Sjötorp to Lake Vänern...
During one of our first holidays in England, thirty years ago now, we came across a poster in a post office featuring a series of stamps that were due to be released in a few days. It was a series of four stamps with the...
Many collectors of Dutch stamps also include stamp booklets in their collections. Stamp booklets have existed for a very long time, first as counter booklets, later as vending machine booklets. Usually, a single stamp from such a booklet can be recognized because the stamp is attached to one...
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