Gerbera flowers are very famous because of their beauty and the bright colours. In this video, Stamps with Sara looks at an Australian stamp issued in 2011 for the floral festival.
View More Stamps with Sara: GerberaA series of short Q & A shows aimed at introducing young children to the pleasures of stamps, stamp collecting & philately. This first installment looks at the following kids questions. What is a stamp? What is the world’s oldest stamp? What is the word’s most expensive stamp? Can I…
View More British Library’s Philatelic Collections: Philately Dad – Episode 1Mr. Leon Reed shares a program about American Civil War postal history; using covers for historical reference with the American Philatelic Society.
View More Stamp Chats: Civil War Covers as Historical DocumentsUsing modern stamps from the British Library’s Philatelic Collections issued by Sri Lanka to commemorate Vesak, this presentation discusses how the lives of the Buddha, his teachings and the Buddhist community have been represented on stamps. It questions whether the production as well as the distribution of Buddhist themed stamps…
View More British Library’s Philatelic Collections: Buddhist Themed StampsThe season finale of Exploring Stamps sees Graham Beck travelling to the Netherlands in search of windmills. Graham learns about these mechanical “giants” as he tilts his tongs and hunts windmills to bring an end to an amazing adventure and season.
View More Exploring Stamps: Season 3/Ep.20 – Windmill StampsJames Gavin of the Rhodesian Study Circle joins American Philatelic Society‘s Stamp Chats to look at how the stamp community has dramatically changed in the age of social media and how websites can take simple to steps to connect to a new audience and membership. James has won a number…
View More Stamp Chats: The Future of Philately is HereAmerican Philatelic Society presents League of Nations at 100, presented by President of the UN Philatelists and Vice President of the American Philatelic Reserach Library Board of Trustees, is Mr. Greg Galletti.
View More Stamp Chats: The League of Nations at 100The Danish West Indies (Danish Antilles or Danish Virgin Islands) were a Danish colony in the Caribbean, consisting of the islands of Saint Thomas, Saint John, and Saint Croix. Water Island was part of the Danish West Indies until 1905, when the Danish state sold it to the East Asiatic…
View More Danish West IndiesAlberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. Before becoming part of Canada, Alberta was home to several First Nations like Plains Indians and Woodland Cree. It was also a territory used by fur traders of the rival companies Hudson’s Bay Company and North West Company. The…
View More AlbertaSaskatchewan is a province in Western Canada. Saskatchewan has been inhabited for thousands of years by indigenous groups. Europeans first explored the area in 1690 and first settled in the area in 1774. It became a province in 1905, carved out from the vast North-West Territories, which had until then…
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