John Davies’s presentation to the British Thematic Association tells the story of the introduction in 1890 of Great Britain’s first commemorative postal stationery to mark the introduction of Uniform Penny Postage fifty years earlier. This Open Class exhibit won Gold at Stockholmia in 2019 and Large Gold and Best in…
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Join Stamp Sleuth for an in-depth look at perfin and precanceled stamps from around the world, including a brief discussion on how to assemble a collection and identify the perforated initials on various stamps.
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That Stamp Guy finds out a bit about the Island of Nauru, Oregon in the USA and Porcini Mushrooms.
View More That Stamp Guy: Ep.6 – Nauru, Oregon, and Porcini MushroomsThe kendama is a traditional Japanese skill toy. It consists of a handle (ken), a pair of cups (sarado), and a ball (tama) that are all connected together by a string. On one end of the ken is a cup, while the other end of ken is narrowed down, forming…
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Join Eclectic Philatelist as he discusses collecting postal items that depict Kendama, a Japanese. skill toy.
View More Eclectic Philatelist: Kendama – A Micro TopicA playing card is a piece of specially prepared card stock, heavy paper, thin cardboard, plastic-coated paper, cotton-paper blend, or thin plastic that is marked with distinguishing motifs. Often the front (face) and back of each card has a finish to make handling easier. They are most commonly used for…
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Richard the Philatelist takes a look at the stamps and postal history of Newfoundland, from a Newfoundland dog stamp.
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Join the Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria for their March 2022 meeting.
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Join Stories Behind the Stamps and learn about a fascinating and not well known item that encourages merchants to sell their wares.
View More Stories Behind the Stamps: A Sample Without Value – What is That?
Here is the fourth and last Mystic album Kyle’s Stamps has been building. This Back of Book album has special delivery, registration, postage due, official & other stamps to look at!
View More Kyle’s Stamps: US Mystic Back of Book Album