For Honesty in Stamp Collecting
Monday October 29, 2012
A situation has presented itself to the philatelic world, through an individual who was caught with his hand in the cookie jar. I find this turn of events very sad. ... Read More
A Philatelic Journey Continues
Monday October 29, 2012
While one is drawn into the hobby of stamp collecting thanks to a fascination with small bits of paper, it is the people of the hobby that often make the ... Read More
No One's Got Your Back with Cover Fronts
Monday October 29, 2012
It is something that mystifies new stamp collectors, until they realize that any antique item that has a faulty part is worth much less than its fit counterpart. That puzzling ... Read More
More National Stamp Collecting Month
Monday October 29, 2012
If an interest in National Stamp Collecting Month has brought you here -- welcome. Why not use this time of greater philatelic interest to get into what is called the ... Read More
Gibbons Shows Jon Daniel's Latest Post-Colonial Stamp Exhibit
Sunday October 21, 2012
It's Black History Month UK, and friend of About.com Stamps, graphic designer/ad man/philatelist Jon Daniel, is back with another fascinating philatelic display.
The second installment of what is hoped will be ... Read More
It's National Stamp Collecting Month in the US
Monday October 15, 2012
The Council of Philatelic Organizations (COPO) seems to have existed for a brief period of time, but expired due to lack of funding.
National Stamp Collecting Month continues, though it ... Read More
Philatelic Interest From The East?
Monday October 15, 2012
In his Linn's Stamp News column Modern FDCs of Oct 22 Lloyd deVries reports that the most popular FDC offered by the USPS of the first nine months of 2012 ... Read More
Philatelic Deja Vu
Monday October 15, 2012
Interesting to see how the USPS's sheets without die cuts have injected some life into the hobby for end of year excitement. As dealers trumpet availability of the Baseball All-Star, ... Read More
A Stamp Artist Named Deas
Monday October 15, 2012
Stamps as art is not a new concept. But stamps as fine art? One who believes that philately and fine art are a proper coupling is Michael J. Deas, whose ... Read More
Columbian Stamps for Columbus Day
Monday October 8, 2012
The Columbian set of 1893 were the first U.S. commemoratives and remain one of the keys to a collection of United States stamps.
Interest in them as philatelic items of note ... Read More
Stanley Gibbons Ltd. Offers Definitive British Postmarks Catalog
Saturday October 6, 2012
When modern postal history is coming up short, through the lack of postage stamps and postal markings used on mail; and as bland and colorless meters and permits become the ... Read More