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50p : Red-billed Tropicbird (紅嘴熱帶鳥) ; 40p : Wilson's Storm Petrel (黃蹼洋海燕) 60p : Masked Booby (藍臉鰹鳥) ; 30p : Java Sparrow (爪哇禾雀) St Helena…

New Entries When we are working with North Korean stamps, we often stumble with several different kinds of design,coexisting harmoniously in each year issues... I'm talking…

Saker Falcon (獵鷹) Mongolia (2013) 11th July, 2016. Ulaanbaatar Saker Falcon is a large hierofalcon, larger than the lanner falcon and almost as large as…

Postmark : Golden Eagle (金鵰) Germany (2016) 26th June, 2016. Zürpich Postmark : Nightingale (夜鶯) Germany (2016) 23rd June, 2016. Berlin Phytogeographically, Germany is shared…

New Entries A year ago , I bought a beautiful lot of Turkish stamps from the Ottoman period...to complete the lot , there were some…

From left to right : Bonin Honeyeater (笠原吸蜜鳥) ; Ryukyu Robin (琉球歌鴝) Short-tailed Albatross (短尾信天翁) ; Red-crowned Crane (丹頂鶴) Japan (1975, 1976) 4th May, 2011.…

Malachite Kingfisher (冠翠鳥) Namibia (2002) 5th June, 2016. Windhoek Central Mlachite Kingfisher is a river kingfisher which is widely distributed in Africa south of the…

New Entries today I have some stamps from early 1900's and 2 or 3 series from the III Reich... the first group of stamps I…

Azores Bullfinch (亞速爾紅腹灰雀) Azores (2016) 21st June, 2016. Nordeste, Azores Azores Bullfinch also known as the São Miguel bullfinch, or locally in Portuguese as the…

New Entries For some of You , a post dedicated only to Portrait stamps could be an excess and easily lead to a state of…

New Entries Today I only have stamps printed by ABNC... they are from a period of time when ABNC New York not only was dominant in…

Levantine Shearwater (地中海海鸌) Malta (1993, 2001) 6th July, 2011. Marsa Shearwaters, which range from 35 to 65cm in length, nest in burrows on offshore islands…

First line : Peregrine Falcon (擬游隼) ; Crested Serpent Eagle (大冠鷲) White-backed Woodpecker (大赤啄木) ; Marsh Grassbird (斑背大尾鶯) Second line : Blakiston's Fish Owl (毛腳漁鴞)…

National Flag of Tibet. A Priceless Gift From Sherap Gyatso of Lhadhan Chotrul Monlam Chenmo Trust, Tibetan Monastery. Sarnath. With Sherap Gyatso  On 30 November…

Hingeless  Album Type 17 Catalogue Value

1850 ~ 1890 ISSUES Before 1867 Austria was an absolute monarchy, which included Hungary and Lombardy-Venetia. In 1867 the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy was established, with Austria…

The Heritage  Front Cover A rarity of the First Official Malaysian stamp album, in red featuring the latest coat of arms (1966), motto “Unity Is Strength”, 47…

23rd International Congress of Byzantine Studies - Belgrade 2016: What to say, just "wow", and great! This come to the market well on Aug. 22, 2016, to…

  Issued 1936~1937 Album Page Type 16 and Type 2 of Aden with inscription altered Catalogue Value

 SEMI-POSTAL A semi-postal stamps also known as a charity stamp, it is a postage stamp issued to raise money or fund for a particular purpose…

VANDALISM UNABATED   It seems our Government officials will never learn. Chief Elections Commissioner, Puducherry in association with Dept of Posts issued a subsidised Meghdoot Post…

This is one country (Serbia) with very interesting history!  From great battle on Kosovo territory against Great Turkish Empire, till today's time! How it affect…

Flags at Sea; ENSIGN  William Crampton in his book “The World of Flags” wrote “The use of flags at sea was the beginning of the…

“Jack” is the name given to the “Flag” flown on a small vertical spar (pole) at the stem or on the bowsprit of a warship.…