What is a topical or thematic stamp? What are some topics? How do you house a topical collection? How do you decide on a topic? Bob Collects Stamps gives a brief, but hopefully good answer to these questions.
View More Bob Collects Stamps: Episode 3 – Collecting Topicals
Join the Winnipeg Philatelic Society as they look at French General Leclerc from the perspective of the seven French stamps issued in his honour.
View More Winnipeg Philatelic Society: General LeclercThe 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…
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The most replicated and popular image of Queen Elizabeth II is on the Machin series of stamps. Visit the London Postal Museum, home of a plaster cast of the Queen and also the Mail Rail used to transport mail under the street of London. These stamps are also popular with…
View More Exploring Stamps: Season 2/Ep.17 – Machins and London Postal Museum
Join Exploring Stamps as he looks at tweezers and tongs.
View More Exploring Stamps: Best Stamp Collecting Tongs/Tweezers
It is the end of 2020! Exploring Stamps has a chat and update on some recent news while also checking out the many things my viewers have him.
View More Exploring Stamps: #Philately – Vlog 10 – Seasons Greetings
Alan Dunne, an Irish stamp designer, shares his experience and the process of designing stamps for Ireland’s holiday series, 2019 with the American Philatelic Society. Enjoy the incredible unfolding of national stamps, the high stakes of creating art with national identity in mind and how Dunne, the artist, dealt with…
View More Stamp Chats: Alan Dunne, Irish Stamp Designer
“Ask a Dealer” is intended to give collectors an opportunity to learn more about auctions, and selling and buying online. Dealers Charles Epting of HR Harmer and Michael Cortese of NobleSpirit (Conversations with Philatelists) join American Philatelic Society’s Stamp Chat to take questions from a live audience.
View More Stamp Chats: Ask a Dealer with Michael Cortese & Charles Epting
Stamp values peaked in 1981, and have been in a steady decline ever since. In this episode of Ted Talks Stamps, Ted looks at advertised prices in a 1983 issue of Stamps magazine, and compares them to prices you can find online today. With the bursting of the speculative bubble,…
View More Ted Talks Stamps: Episode 8 – The Decline In Stamp Values Since the 1980s
In this holiday special, Charles Epting of HR Harmer and Michael Cortese of NobleSpirit reflect on their individual philatelic highlights of the year, including which newly found stamps were most memorable, and the recent PTS Award win. They discuss their philatelic resolutions for the new year, and the goals they…
View More Conversations with Philatelists: Episode 29 – Holiday Special & 2020 Highlights