Author: thedigitalphilatelist

Vesak is a religious festival that celebrates Buddhists all around the world. It demarcates the birth of Siddhartha Gautama, the enlightenment of lord buddha, and the passing away of lord buddha. here Stamps with Sara shows her collection of stamps-themed Vesak.

On Thursday 6th May 2021, Dr Neil Donen FRPSL gave a talk about the ill-fated 1935 Trans-Tasman Jubilee flight, in a meeting of the Royal Philatelic Society London. Hoping to secure the Australia–New Zealand leg of the All-Empire Airmail Scheme, Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith attempted to fly some 29,000 mail items…

Explore the life of celebrated environmentalist Rachel Carson with the National Postal Museum and Smithsonian Gardens. Educators read a children’s book on Carson’s life, highlight elements of the Smithsonian Gardens Habitat exhibit, and share postage stamps.

Author and West Point graduate Jay Joyce presents a history of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and its graduates through stamps and postal history. The presentation is based on Joyce’s book, Postmarked West Point, a continuation of the work started by noted philatelist, Richard Helbock.

Not all error stamps are rare and valuable. Many are quite affordable, and are nice additions that add variety and interest to any stamp collection. In this episode Ted Talks Stamps looks at affordable error stamps – all but one being under $25 – to show you how you can…