It’s been over a year since the COVID pandemic stopped the world. As lockdown or stay at home orders were applied throughout the world, people returned to the old and trusted hobby of stamp collecting. Old albums were pulled out of closets and attics and collectors that had been disengaged…
View More Opinion: The New Normal?The Machin series of postage stamps is the main definitive stamp series in the United Kingdom, used since 5 June 1967. It is the second series to figure the image of Elizabeth II, replacing the Wilding series. Designed by Arnold Machin, they consist simply of the sculpted profile of the…
View More Collecting: MachinsGeorge V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. Born during the reign of his grandmother Queen Victoria, George was third in the…
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George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was also Emperor of India from 1936 until 1947, when the British Raj was…
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In Episode 2, Stamp Stories talks about the creation of the Canadian Association for Philatelic Exhibitions (CAPEX), with a focus on the stamps from CAPEX ’51, CAPEX’78 and The Canada 82 Youth Exhibition. Blog and Podcast The Canada 82 Youth Exhibition
View More Stamp Stories: Episode 2 – The Canada 82 Youth Exhibition
Join Bob Collects Stamps as he looks at the stamps that depict King Arthur and those around him. See the previous video for his story, illustrated with stamps.
View More Bob Collects Stamps: Episode 7 – Arthur, King of Postage
In Episode 22, Stamp Stories takes a look back at Expo67 and the stamps issued by Canada Post to celebrate the event. Blog and Podcast Episode 22 – Expo67
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In Episode 6, Stamp Stories celebrates the stamps created to honour Canada’s contribution to space exploration. Blog & Podcast Celebrating Canadians in Space
View More Stamp Stories: Episode 6 – Celebrating Canadians in SpaceIn Episode 28, Stamp Stories delves into the story of Laura Secord, and the two stamps that Canada Post released to celebrate this Canadian Heroine. Laura Secord, who to most of the Canadian public, is the face of a chocolate company — even though it’s just in name only —…
View More Stamp Stories: Episode 28 – Laura SecordIn Episode 4, for Halloween, Stamp Stories looks at a selection of some of my favourite Haunted Canada stamps. Blog & Podcast Haunted Canada Stamps
View More Stamp Stories: Episode 4 – Haunted Canada Stamps