Author: thedigitalphilatelist

State sponsored propaganda has made its way into postage stamps. Since stamps can travel to all the corners of the world, the messages can penetrate places where other forms of propaganda can’t. Join The Oriental Philatelist for a look at propaganda stamps. This is the second episode presented in Arabic…

Join The Oriental Philatelist for a look at the first stamps issued in Lebanon. These stamps were more than just stamps. They were a geopolitical tool used by France to introduce the new country: Grand Lebanon to the rest of the world. This is the first episode in a philatelic…

Únase a Mi Oficina y Yamil Kouri para el correo cubano entrante ante la U.P.U. Join My Oficina and Yamil Kouri for Cuban incoming mail before the U.P.U. Support Document El Correo de llegada a Cuba antes de la UPU (PDF)

Join Looking at Stamps for his 2021 Stamp Year in Review –  his top 5 favourite stamps, his two biggest disappointments and his two biggest surprises.

Join the Hong Kong Philatelic Society for a presentation of Hong Kong “Errors” – members showed plate flaws and printing, perforation errors of Hong Kong stamps from King George V to Queen Elizabeth II period. Three members showed errors in postmarks.

Join Kyle’s Stamps for Episode 2 of browsing his stamp cabinets!

In previous episodes of Philatalk, The Stamp Channel managed to rekindle Bill’s interest in collecting stamps and now he wants to pick up where he left as a child. Reinhard answers the beginner’s questions about budget, equipment and the first stamp purcases and accepts a very special homework from Bill.

Ourdadsstamps explores the reasons behind the printing of the Queen Victoria £5 orange. Starting with the price of telegrams in the Victorian era and then the changes in the system that lead to the £5 postage stamp. He goes on to look at the temptations involved when dealing with a…