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I can't show you the vital, secret error on this rare stamp.  Because a computer screen simply won't do it justice.  Which means only the…

The cream of the crop from recent acquisitions I’ve recently added some new acquisitions to our website.  I must say I am particularly pleased with…

 Marble statue of Goddess Saraswati (featured in India Post stamp)Saraswati, the Hindu Goddess of wisdom is known since Vedic era. In the scripts of Rigveda,…

We appear to be in something of a Golden Period in the introduction of new resources for the Latin American philatelist. An excellent example is…

All of us at Waterfowl Stamps and More would like to wish everyone a happy New Year and health, happiness and success in 2023! While…

Hungary (Magyar Posta) - 30 Mar 1984"The world is on a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator." - Antonio Guterres, Secretary General,…

Just as I’d pressed ‘send’ on my recent post about new Latin American catalogues, along comes yet another (very welcome) reference work. This time, it…

The most elusive stamp in Volume 1, Syria 106c, has been offered twice to my knowledge this year. (My knowledge, unfortunately, being after the fact…

 An amazing stepwell at AdalajWorldwide people know that mighty Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (1628-1658) had built the famous Taj Mahal in Agra in the memory…

It’s been a good year for new and updated specialized catalogues for the Latin American collector with four catalogues recently published. First up is the…

 100+ Years old operating refineryPetroleum is the main driving force of modern civilization. Crude petroleum oil is extracted from underground reservoirs, refined in oil refineries…

Postcrossing is a worldwide project which allows anyone to send and receive postcards from all over the world. The idea is simple: for each postcard…

The 2022 edition of the annual federal duck stamp art contest was originally scheduled to take place at the North Dakota Heritage Center and State…

This is a stamp issued for charity. By purchasing this stamp, you donate 1 euro to the Estonian Cancer Society (MTÜ Eesti Vähiliit) and support…

The Riigikogu building was completed by 12 September 1922, designed according to the projects of architects Eugen Habermann and Herbert Johanson. A modern avant-garde style…

This stamp from the stamp series ‘Estonian fauna’ depicts the Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans L.), a rare species, the European habitats of which are…

Although this may be minutiae, there is nevertheless an interesting discussion on StampCommunity about a heretofore "undocumented" binder variation for the Scott Internationals. I'm not…

Piano making in Estonia was an art practiced during the late 18th century and has been documented as early as 1779. The craft had flourished,…

 Gualberto Villarroel López (Source: Internet)The President of the country was hanged on a lamp post.He died on 21 July 1946 at the age of 37…

The Tallinn Town Hall is the oldest and the only surviving Gothic town hall in the Nordic and Baltic countries. It is first mentioned in…

The Republic of Estonia and the United States are celebrating a centenary of diplomatic relations in 2022. On 28 July 1922, the United States officially…

Spot the Difference if you Can #21 One of the areas I have been attempting to concentrate on lately are the early stamps of Finland.…

The motor sailer Läänemaa is one of the most notable ships in the history of Estonian cargo fleet. This cargo ship was the first state-of-the-art…

Over the past couple of months we have made many additions to the website: the federal waterfowl stamp catalogs have been revised and updated (to…