North Toronto Stamp Club members share some cool recent acquisitions.
View More NTSC Presents: Show and Tell – June 2021
Author: thedigitalphilatelist
Pennsylvania Postal History Society: International Exhibition of 1876
Join Pennsylvania Postal History Society and Gus Spector for a day trip at the International Exhibition of 1876!
View More Pennsylvania Postal History Society: International Exhibition of 1876
Mi Oficina Philatelic Society: Un paseo por La Capilla Sixtina y algunos de sus secretos
Descubra La Capilla Sixtina e alguns de seus segredos através de selos com Mi Oficina! Support Document Un paseo por La Capilla Sixtina y algunos de sus secretos (PDF)
View More Mi Oficina Philatelic Society: Un paseo por La Capilla Sixtina y algunos de sus secretos
Philatelic Specialists Society of Canada: Uncommon Destinations For Mail From Palestine During British Occupation
Ed Kroft, President of The Royal Philatelic Society of Canada, provides an epic adventure around the world in his postal history presentation. There is a discussion of over 150 rare covers sent from Palestine to various uncommon worldwide destinations over a 31-year period. His presentation describes and analyzes covers to…
View More Philatelic Specialists Society of Canada: Uncommon Destinations For Mail From Palestine During British Occupation
Guam
Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. It is the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands and the largest island in Micronesia. People born in Guam are American citizens by birth. Indigenous Guamanians are the CHamoru, historically known…
View More Guam
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. Navigator Christopher Columbus was the first European to see Guadeloupe, where he landed in 1493, and gave the island its name It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the two inhabited Îles…
View More GuadeloupeFaroe Islands
The Faroe Islands, or the Faroes (also written Faeroes), are a North Atlantic archipelago. Between 1035 and 1814, the Faroe Islands were part of the Kingdom of Norway, which was in a personal union with Denmark from 1450. In 1814, the Treaty of Kiel transferred Norway to the King of…
View More Faroe IslandsBrazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. Brazil was inhabited by numerous tribal nations prior to the landing in 1500 of explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral, who claimed the area for the Portuguese Empire. It remained a Portuguese colony until…
View More BrazilÅland Islands
The Åland Islands, or simply Åland, is an archipelago at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea belonging to Finland. It is an autonomous and demilitarised region of Finland since 1920 by a decision of the League of Nations. Åland’s autonomous status means that those provincial…
View More Åland Islands
Opinion: From the 1c Magenta to Crypto Stamps
On 8 June 2021, one of the world’s rarest and most valuable stamps was estimated by Sotheby‘s to be sold for USD$10-15million. When the hammer hit, it achieved only $7million*. Within hours of being sold, Stanley Gibbons, one of the world’s oldest stamp dealers, announced it had purchased the stamp.…
View More Opinion: From the 1c Magenta to Crypto Stamps