Roald Dahl Celebrated on Royal Mail’s Stamps 10th January 2012
A set of six stamps, launched on 10th January, celebrate some of Roald Dahl’s most popular stories and feature illustrations by Quentin Blake, whose iconic drawings are synonymous with Roald Dahl’s children’s classics. Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
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Stamp Collecting for Beginners
You do not have to be rich to collect stamps! There are many ways of obtaining stamps inexpensively. Firstly decide what you wish to collect. The obvious choice is your own country, as you are more likely to obtain material because of availability.
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Stamps of the United States: Golden Gate Exposition (1939)
Any of us who have collected the stamps of the United States will be familiar with the Golden Gate International Golden Gate Exposition issue released February 18, 1939. This article, extracted from the “Quarterly Review” (February, 1939), gives us some interesting historic background to this famed exhibition.Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Australia: Maryborough Post Office, Queensland 4650 (2012)
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Queen Elizabeth II, 1st Royal Tour: Melbourne, Australia 1954
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Philatelic Crossword: Stamps of British Commonwealth #1
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Collecting Disney Stamps
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
America’s Smallest Post Office, Wheeler Springs, California
Here’s a curiosity sent to us by one of our readers. It was entitled “America’s Smallest Post Office”. It may well be. However, if any of our reader know of a smaller one, they might like to send us a picture of one…Saturday, January 14th, 2012
Disney in the News at the American Topical Association
The Disneyana on Stamps Society (DoSS) has just been certified as a Study Unit of the American Topical Association (ATA). Bruce L. Johnson, Director of Study Units for ATA, made the announcement in early January. The Disneyana on Stamps Society is the 90th study unit affiliated with the Association during its 62-year history. Currently there are 48 units actively affiliated with the ATA.Monday, January 9th, 2012
This article is extracted from the “Quarterly Review” (October,1938), published by the World Research Society. Most stamp collectors know of Queen Marie of Romania, so the information contained within should be of interest.
