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 Most of postal operators don't use stamps when you order something. Fortunately, KEP (Kyrgyz Express Post) isn't one of them. They've sent cover with 5 nice…

ROSSI’S RULES ON BUYING STAMPS ON FACEBOOK 1. CHECK THE SELLER’S PROFILE. WHETHER THEY SOLD BEFORE OR NOT THEY SHOULD HAVE A LENGTHY PROFILE EVEN FOR…

 Facts for Stamp Sellers And How to Donate to a Worthy Cause   Social Media is a great place to interact with collectors. It’s now the…

 Besides running this private charity, Kids Need Stamps 2, i help out in a number of various stamp discussion groups on Facebook. More times than…

Topical collecting has been a specialization for decades. The specialty of Space has become back into the vogue as Musk sends spaceships to the Space…

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 Another fine Canadian jumbo cover received last year, but this time with 12 personalized stamps on front. There is also rare sticker "flip over", which…

 My friend Trevor Ashman designed this cover dedicated to Mars 2020 launch, when rocket Atlas V carried rover Perseverance and the small robotic coaxial helicopter…

Topical collecting is a valid form of specialty collecting that some stamp lovers choose to spend their past time doing. Over the decades there are a…

I found a bunch of stamps or I inherited a bunch of stamps is for intents and purposes a very common refrain heard on the…

 Crew Dragon Endeavour is a Crew Dragon spacecraft manufactured and operated by SpaceX and used by NASA's Commercial Crew Program. It was launched into orbit…

 Like all European postal administrations, Polish post issued common Europa CEPT theme Ancient Postal Routes. They issued one stamp with unusual dimensions, so this one…

   I received this wonderful card last year with top view of fruit vendors in San Juan de Dios Market in Guadalajara in Mexico. It is…

   We received this postcard randomly sent from Postcard united several months ago. It shows Land  camera from 1947. The camera, which became better known by…

 I didn't received cover from Australia for a very long time, so it was pleasant surprise to find this one in my mailbox several months…

 Last year i received these two fantastic prepaid ATM covers, with special postmark dedicated to 200 years of discovery of Antarctica by Fabian Gottlieb von…

 Last year i received this cover with personalized stamp and cover design dedicated to medical workers on the front line fight with COVID-19 virus. Anti-COVID-19…

 Several months ago i received this wonderful stamp set The national minorities of Ukraine - Germans, used on two covers. Ukrainian post issued in previous…

 The 2020 Europa stamp theme was ancient postal routes, and the Åland contribution shows the Postal Boat Race across the Sea of Åland. Following the…

Facebook as the Wild Wild West of Stamps Facebook, much more than Ebay, has fast become the wild wild west of stamps where the novice…

The 27th edition of the catalog is out. Editor this year is Donna Houseman assisted by Bill Jones. As in the past, Sergio Sismondo made…

This is the title of an article in the latest Kelleher's Stamp Collector's Quarterly, vol 6, #3. If you aren't familiar, the magazine features consistently…

There has been a nice discussion on the Stamp Community forum about buying, maintaining, and repairing binders for the Scott International albums. My two cents:1) If…