Stamps May 2010 Archive

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By 1938 there had been 20 years of airmail stamps issued, with plenty more to come.  The first, designated as C1 in the Scott Catalog guaranteed that your mail would be ... Read More

Is stamp collecting the hip thing to do? Peter Stanford writes in the Independent in his article Stuck on you: How the world fell in love with stamp collecting again ... Read More

Reports of stamp collecting's death are greatly exaggerated. Though as anyone who has been to a stamp show in the last ten years and looked around knows, it is clear ... Read More

Today in California, as well as other places across the country, the first offical Harvey Milk Day is being celebrated. And philatelists are wondering when the man who was recently ... Read More

The London 2010 Festival of Stamps "is a year long celebration of stamps, stamp design and postal heritage. The Festival also marks the centenary of the accession of George V, ... Read More

Can anyone tell me a more romantic spot to buy stamps than at the booths along the Seine in Paris? The open air philatelic marketplace has been there since 1887 ... Read More

What would you think the Penny Black project is? Probably something having to do with collecting the world's first postage stamp? You're way off. In reality it was a Microsoft endeavor ... Read More

It's hard to think of a more satisfying hobby than stamp collecting.  An old, well-worn phrase says it is "the hobby of kings and the king of hobbies." And though a ... Read More

On this Cinco de Mayo we must have one last visit with President Roosevelt, stamp collector, and look at the Mexican stamps that honored the fallen president. Using the "stamp ... Read More