North Korea threatens the West using propaganda postage stamps that look like posters. Join Graham Beck of Exploring Stamps as he takes a look at the various symbols used by the North Korean government to send messages to it’s people and the rest of the world.
View More Exploring Stamps: Season 2/Ep.10 – Message from North KoreaAuthor: James Gavin
Exploring Stamps: Season 2/Ep.4 – USA Lighthouse Stamps
Lighthouse stamps are very popular with stamp collectors. Exploring Stamps goes to Sandy Hook to learn more about America’s oldest working lighthouse and the incredible history of how it has survived.
View More Exploring Stamps: Season 2/Ep.4 – USA Lighthouse StampsExploring Stamps: First Postage Stamp – The Penny Black
Exploring Stamps looks at how it all began – the invention of the first postage stamp known as the Penny Black. Follow him as he uncovers this interesting story and it changed the world.
View More Exploring Stamps: First Postage Stamp – The Penny BlackExploring Stamps: Season 1/Ep.12 – Malta Chess Stamps
Exploring Stamps‘ Graham Beck visits the island of Malta in the Mediterranean through Stamps commemorating the Chess Olympiad held there in 1980.
View More Exploring Stamps: Season 1/Ep.12 – Malta Chess StampsExploring Stamps: Season 1/Ep.9 – Australia’s First Stamp
The controversy surrounding the British Monarch as head of state in Australia is as old as the country itself depicted in these early stamps including the Roo Stamp and valuable King George V stamp. Learn more with Exploring Stamps.
View More Exploring Stamps: Season 1/Ep.9 – Australia’s First StampExploring Stamps: Season 1/Ep.5- French Flying Machine
The Blériot XI airplane featured in this aviation stamp was the first to cross the English Channel and commemorates the formation of the Guatemala air force. Learn more about this aircraft with Exploring Stamps‘ Graham Beck.
View More Exploring Stamps: Season 1/Ep.5- French Flying MachineAustralia Philately: Lakemba (2195)
The new Lakemba Post Office was opened on 2 May 1925 by P E Coleman, M.P., as a post and telegraphic office. The official opening was presided over by the Mayor of Canterbury, Alderman Ewan, and Mrs Coleman was the first to send a telegraphic message from the new office.…
View More Australia Philately: Lakemba (2195)Australia Philately: Grenfell (2810)
The new Grenfell Post Office was constructed c.1922 by local contractors, W Guthrie & Son. 1980 Grenfell became a first day of issue postmarker office on 20 February 1980. References COUNTRY NEWS. (1922, July 18). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 10.
View More Australia Philately: Grenfell (2810)Australia Philately: Boolaroo (2284)
Boolaroo Post Office, located on the corner of Main Rd and Seventh Ave, was constructed in 1924. It was sold in the late 1990s. 1980 Boolaroo became a first day of issue postmarker office on 20 February 1980.
View More Australia Philately: Boolaroo (2284)Australia Philately: 1979 Ferries and Murray River Steamers – 50c PS Murray River Queen
Details Series: 1979 Ferries and Murray River Steamers Subject: PS Murray River Queen Designer: Otto Borchert Printer: Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne Process: Multicolour photogravure Cylinders: Paper: Burnie KP6T cream paper – with Helecon Watermark: None Perf: 13.75 x 13.25 (comb) Sheet: Quantity: 5,458,000 Sheet Numbers
View More Australia Philately: 1979 Ferries and Murray River Steamers – 50c PS Murray River Queen