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These days, enormous quantities of Christmas and New Year's cards are being written and received. I myself have already sent and received dozens of Christmas and New Year's cards. I also made a large garland with them. Many of us do that. Quite a nice tradition. In the past, mainly...
During my little search for stamps featuring an image of the Eiffel Tower, I came across a beautiful example. On November 26, 1973—the stamps were previously issued (separately and in a different color) on August 9 and 10, 1973—by...
No, in this case, what is meant is a stamp used on mail items posted on board ships. Sailors who wanted to send letters or postcards could frank their mail with stamps from their 'own' country. An example of...
The Universal Postal Union (Union Postale Universelle) was founded in 1874. In 1974, the UPU therefore celebrated its 100th anniversary, and many countries commemorated the centenary by issuing one or more stamps. The Netherlands did too...
Just before the First World War, in 1913, a series of stamps was issued in Russia in 17 different denominations to commemorate the anniversary of the immensely wealthy Romanov imperial family, which was then in power. The House of Romanov had ruled for 300...
In 1941, Estonia was occupied by German troops. Virtually all countries that faced war as occupied territories also faced postal problems. In many cases, the occupying power withdrew the stamps that were in use...
You might not say it immediately, let alone see it right away, but the stamp above, an example from the 1981 Export series, features the famous Mercedes logo: the star. Whoever literally gets the exhaust manifold on the left thoroughly...
Have you ever been to Wales, or as they spell it themselves, Cymru? Then you know that mountains of grey waste rock lie in North Wales. Remnants of a time when there were many slate quarries here. Like the Pentre Llechwedd, close to the village of...
Postal stationery? Such as postcards, change-of-address cards, and airmail sheets? Yes, postal stationery can also be collected. They are highly prized by collectors of special postmarks, because the impression can come across very well on them. A stamp affixed to a card or envelope is always a little bit...
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