The United Kingdom (UK) was very strict on people on stamps, but gradually relaxed the rules and in 2005 the policy about the limitation of living people was abolished. In this episode, Richard Philatelist talks about people on the stamps of the UK and the controversies behind it.
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In this episode of Snail Mail with Smokey he takes you on a walkthrough of Hipstamp.com.
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Kyles’s Stamps has a folder for stamps he failed to identify from the last couple of years. He tried and gave up, then put them in this folder. Luckily, he is better at identifying stamps these days and has another go at them. He only goes through half of them…
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Many nations have a representation of their country as a person, usually a woman. In this episode, Ted Talks Stamps gives a brief overview of some of the countries which have depicted these personifications on their postage stamps. Collecting these issues also makes for an interesting topical collection.
View More Ted Talks Stamps: Ep.83 – Personification of Nations On Postage Stamps of the World
Join the Lithuania Philatelic Society for their February 2023 philatelic meetup. Presentation by Daumantas Kiulkys about the ship mail history in the Curonian lagoon.
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The Christchurch (NZ) Philatelic Society Inc has again been accepted to organise the 18th New Zealand National Philatelic Literature Exhibition 2023 (18th PLE) and members of the Society form the Organising Committee. The Society is home to an extensive philatelic library in New Zealand, housed in our Philatelic Centre.…
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Join the Eclectic Philatelist for fairy and folk tales of the Brothers Grimm that are depicted on stamps.
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In this episode John Collects Stamps looks at a piece of postal history that has been to space and back!
View More John Collects Stamps: Episode 21 – Space Mail
American Philatelic Society (APS) Director of Expertizing, Ken Martin speaks on “Blood: The Gift of Life. An Introduction to Thematic Exhibiting.” He covers the development of his thematic exhibit, sharing both the good and bad techniques. The spark for this collection came from the intersection of two of his greatest…
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Join Charles Epting on his trip to the Van Wyck Homestead and discover how the mail was delivered in New York State in the 18th century.
View More H.R. Harmer Fine Stamp Auctions: Discovering Postal History in the Hudson Valley