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Vexillology: One of the Newest Pursuits Scholarly study of all aspects of flag is Vexillology. The term was coined in 1957 by Late    Dr…

India and Iran jointly dedicated the second joint stamp issue between the two countries on 17th February 2018. The stamps in two designed were dedicated…

ALBUM - International Zone of Tangier, British Offices Summary The International Zone of Tangier, located on the northwest coast of Morocco, was administered by a…

Issue #7 Apr 11, 2018 Michael Adkins Welcome to Issue 7 of the DCStamps Investigator. If you are a regular reader, you might have noticed…

The Ultimate Collection  Introduction The Kingdom of Prussia in German revolution history was absolutely great. It was synonymous with great leadership, energetic spirit, intellectual and…

In a surprising move, Scott announced today that they are discontinuing the International stamp albums. According to the press release: "We have been producing the…

New Entries Even now,after many years acting like a avid buyer of stamps, I think that some times we get much more than we have…

ARCHIVED I'm moving over to two new posts - a BetterPhilately wishlist and another one with India Post's pending stamp proposals. This was necessary because…

Issue #6 Mar 14, 2018 Michael Adkins In the last issue of the DCStamps Investigator, we discussed overprints using initials. In this edition, we continue…

ALBUM - German Occupation of Luxembourg in WW2 Summary The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is a small country bordering Belgium, France and Germany. In May/June,…

New Entries Luxembourg stamps from the beginning of the XX century are among those we do not want to fail on our collection...the beauty and all…

I was not going to write about this album because I suspect anyone who reads this blog will already know about it from the Stamp…

Issue #5 Feb 23, 2018 Michael Adkins In this issue of the DCStamps Investigator, we continue our series on the world of overprints on stamps,…

Issue #5 Feb 23, 2018 Michael Adkins In this issue of the DCStamps Investigator, we continue our series on the world of overprints on stamps,…

In a surprise move, India and Viet Nam released a joint stamp issue on 25th January, 2018 in New Delhi showcasing two historical monuments associated…

Update (04 Feb 2018): Papua New Guinea stamps finally arrived in late-January. PNG Post is selling individual stamps, miniature sheet and first day covers along…

While I was aware that the American Philatelic Society's Library (APRL) has a collection of stamp albums, I was unaware of any details as these…

ALBUM - German Occupation of Lorraine in WW2 Summary Lorraine (Lothringen) is an area in eastern France on the German border. The rich agricultural and…

Issue #4 Feb 13, 2018 Michael Adkins When I began collecting dead country stamps, I thought that I would only include "countries" that printed at…

Update on 28 Jan 2018: This will be final addition to this post for last year. I'd been meaning to write a few details for…

Issue #3 Jan 27, 2018 Michael Adkins This week I continue the discussion about the definition of a “dead country.” In Issue #2 of the…

New Entries Today I have a 'last minute' post with a small group of stamps from El Salvador...I had everything prepared for a post about…

ALBUM - German Occupation of Alsace in WW2 Summary Alsace (Elsaß) is an area in eastern France on the German border. The rich agricultural and…

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