tourism
Below you will find articles about tourism. Or click here to view stamps with the subject tourism in the catalog.
Bohemian Rhapsody yet again! (part one)
An extremely popular event is held each year in the period between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day in The Netherlands. A radio station, NPO Radio 2, hosts a week-long programme playing what listeners vote to be the best 2,000...
Beautiful Italy (part 2)
Italy has for many years promoted tourism by way of beautifully illustrated postage stamps. In this second article we feature some of the later stamps with the theme of tourism. The artist/designer G. Veluzzo helped produce the 2015 stamp set...
Beautiful Italy! (Part 1)
As with the above Europa stamps issued in 2004 on the subject of vacations, here we celebrate the beautiful land/seascapes found in Italy and the designers/artists responsible for the attractive stamps issued since the 1970s on the topic of Tourism....
New stamps (5)
Day after day new postage stamps are issued depicting a variety of topics. Here are some examples of recently-issued stamps featuring a variety of topics. Australia released a series of stamps on the subject of equestrianism. Cross-country, Pony Club, Show...
Newly spotted (8)
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. Australia is issuing a series of stamps featuring equestrian sports: Cross-country, Pony Club, Showjumping, Polocrosse, and Dressage...
The power of oil
Aruba and oil. But no oil is to be found on or around the island. Yet, for many years, one of the largest oil refineries in the world stood there. And oil remains, alongside tourism, an important employer and source of income....
The first photomontages on postage stamps
In 1931 and 1932, a number of stamps were designed in which the designer made use of photographs. Piet Zwart was one of the first to use photography for the two stamps for parcel post rates featuring an image of Queen...
The Industrial Revolution
One of the most beautiful series of stamps in my Great Britain album is dedicated to structures from the time of the Industrial Revolution. Not only because of the design, but especially because of the memories that come flooding back after a visit to one of...
