'May the Force be with you' corresponds to May 4. Based on the English pronunciation of the date 'May the Fourth', May 4 was chosen by Star Wars fans worldwide to celebrate the holiday. The meaning of this...
Great Britain 2013 In 2013 the enduringly-popular British BBC television series "Dr. Who" celebrated its 50th anniversary. And Great Britain's Royal Mail issued many commemorative items that year, including the above booklet with portraits of the first actor to play...
Who was Doctor Who? On November 23, 1963, a 25-minute science fiction film was broadcast by the BBC in London starring a time traveler named 'Doctor Who'. This film was produced to be an appealing, exciting...
In 1995, it was one hundred years since the publication of the book 'The Time Machine', written by Herbert George Wells. On June 6, 1995, Royal Mail issued a series of four stamps relating to four books from the...
In the 1978 American science fiction film “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” a strange kind of seeds fall from the sky in San Francisco. These seeds produce beautiful, large plants with magnificent flowers. They attract a lot of attention. The plants...
Many new stamps on a wide range of subjects appear with great regularity. Below you will find a selection of recently issued stamps from around the world. Many readers are likely familiar with the recent issue by Great Britain on the occasion of...
Science fiction is a popular genre of books, television series, and feature films. For many people, it is also a fun subject to build a thematic stamp collection with. Over time, there have been many beautiful stamps featuring this...
Science fiction is a popular subject for books, television series and feature films. For a lot of people it's also a great subject to build up a thematic stampcollection because over the years a lot of beautiful stamps with this...
Never heard of him? He was the first person to launch a rocket using liquid fuel! Robert Hutchings Goddard was born on October 5, 1882, and died on August 10, 1945. I ran into him at a...
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