No block, but three stamp booklets were included in the 1999 issuance program. And again, three issue dates with a total of 20 stamps. Notable was the announcement that a series of six stamps would be issued featuring images of six islands...
The year 1985 once again saw five issues, one of which was in a stamp booklet. A total of 19 stamps. With the exception of the Europa stamps, all images related to the Faroe Islands. Without exception, the images were beautifully designed, ideal for thematic collectors....
Five hundred years ago, it was possible too. A German noble family originating from Italy that established a postal route between the then Netherlands and Austria. It was the von Thurn und Taxis family who, for two centuries, maintained a city palace...
Born on June 28, 1577, in Siegen, Germany, Peter Paul Rubens came to live in Antwerp as a 13-year-old boy, where, eight years later, in 1598, he was admitted to the Guild of Saint Luke as a master painter. He was in the apprentice...
During my visit to Madrid for the international philatelic exhibition ESPAÑA 2000, I visited the Prado. The Prado is the national art museum of Spain and houses a large collection of paintings from the 14th to the 19th centuries. And...
In earlier years, the slate industry of Blaenau Ffestiniog was the very reason for organizing goods transport there so thoroughly. This was done by making use of real horsepower: the wagons filled with heavy slate thundered down the slope with a great roar, thereby...
No, my uncle is not depicted on this stamp. He had been to Japan in November 1956 and had given me, as a 12-year-old boy who collected stamps, a set of stamps from Japan as a gift. He had been to the post office in...
Many new stamps on a wide variety of subjects appear with great regularity. Below you will find a selection of recently issued stamps from around the world. Serbia recently won the Under-20 World Cup in New Zealand....
Many new stamps on a wide variety of subjects appear with great regularity. Below you will find a selection of recently issued stamps from around the world. Christmas Island is an island in the Indian Ocean and belongs to the Commonwealth...
Many new stamps on a wide variety of subjects appear with great regularity. Below you will find a selection of recently issued stamps from around the world. The Bayeux Tapestry on an Alderney block. A prestige booklet has also been released....
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