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Phillip Tellick was certified by Guinness World Records this morning as the 1000th person to complete a Scott International Volume One this year.As a consequence,…

Hello Friends: I sadly announce a pause in the activity of this blog for a lapse of 2 or 3 months.  I hope to resume…

Code: LAT-2019-01 Release Date: March 15, 2019 Title: Lighthouses 2019 - Slitere Format: 1 stamp Presentation: Sheets of 10 stamps Design: Arta Ozola-Jaunaraja Printing Process: …

Code: EST-2019-01 Release Date: March 14, 2019 Title: Lighthouses 2019 - Osmussaare Format: 1 stamp Presentation: Sheets of 10 stamps (2x5) Design: Roman Matkiewicz Printing…

This paper will illustrate the unique contribution of Sister Nivedita, who not only propagated the importance of the need of a National flag for India…

Code: MOZ-2019-01 Release Date: February 10, 2019 Title: Lighthouses Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp Thanks Jaap for the alert

This week I examine the last two physical characteristics of these stamps before I get into the most significant topic of this issue, which of…

NEW ISSUE Minisheet Code: NZL-2019-01 Release Date: March 06, 2019 Postal Authority: New Zealand Post Title: Lighthouse Perspectives Format: Serie of 6 stamps Presentation:  -Single…

This week I cover the aspect of the tagging on these stamps. A lot has been written in the catalogues such as Unitrade over the…

NEW ISSUE Code: NET-2019-04 Release Date: April 23, 2019 Postal Authority: Post NL Title: Mooi Nederland (Beautiful Netherland) - Wadden Islands - Ameland Format: 1 stamp Presentation: -Minisheet of…

NEW ISSUE Code: NET-2019-03 Release Date: March 25, 2019 Postal Authority: Post NL Title: Mooi Nederland (Beautiful Netherland) - Wadden Islands - Terschelling Format: 1 stamp Presentation: -Minisheet of 5…

NEW ISSUE Code: NET-2019-02 Release Date: February 25, 2019 Postal Authority: Post NL Title: Mooi Nederland (Beautiful Netherland) - Wadden Islands - Vlieland Format: 1 stamp Presentation: -Minisheet of 5…

Code: CAF-2019-01 Release Date: January 16, 2019 Title: The Lighthouses Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp

This week, my detailed blog post about this issue looks at the perforations in detail. In addition to the basic differences in measurement, all of…

Update (02 Feb 2019): Firstly, a list of stamps being issued in 2019 can now be found at the end of this post. I will…

This week's detailed post about this issue explores a topic that has surprisingly received little to no attention in even the most specialized catalogues: the…

NEW ISSUE Code: ARG-2019-01 Release Date: January 28, 2019 Postal Authority: Correo Argentino Title: Definitives 2019 - New Values Format: 4 stamps - 2 ordinary and 2…

NEW ISSUE Code: RUS-2019-01 Release Date: January 25, 2019 Postal Authority: Russian Post / Marka Title: Way to the Victory - Lifting the Blockade of…

Code: DJB-2018-02 Release Date: December 13, 2018 Title: Lighthouses and Shells Format: Minisheet of 4 stamps and Block with 1 stamp Thanks Klaus for the…

This week, I wanted to do a short post about the varieties found on the low value stamps. Although Unitrade does list a few constant…

Click on the images below to enlarge and right click to save. Update (23 Jan 2019): Details for India Post stamp issues from October to…

Update (20 Jan 2019): It had been a while since I'd updated this post, especially total number of India Post stamps etc from 2017 were…

*** No Image Yet *** *** Issue date updated *** Code: Release Date: May 06, 2019  Title: Agustin Fresnel (1788-1827) Format: Merci Daniel for the…

Update (20 Jan 2019): Just wanted to update the se-tenant list of stamps to include issues from 2018. There were much fewer se-tenant stamp issues…