An extremely popular event is held each year in the period between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day in The Netherlands. A radio station, NPO Radio 2, hosts a week-long programme playing what listeners vote to be the best 2,000 songs of all time. The following article was written by...
This commemorative miniature sheet features an illustration by Chinese artist Wang Huming. The miniature sheet seen here, issued by Jersey Post, shows two tiger cubs playing with their mother. The Chinese hanzi (written character) for Tiger is featured in the background at the bottom right of the stamp. The narrative...
The charitable foundation Pro Juventute was set up in Switzerland in 1912. It is dedicated to supporting the rights and needs of Swiss children and youth. Since 1912 (with the exception of 1914, the year the First World War began), the Swiss postal authority has produced stamps annually to support the...
Hellenic Post comes bearing beautiful philatelic gifts of history and art this year. 2022 starts off with a set celebrating Greece’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites. With 18 currently on the list and 14 under consideration, it must have been a trial picking just 4 to showcase. A fresco, a mosaic,...
The former British Colony of British Guiana has some of the most valuable stamps ever issued. The World Famous One-cent Magenta from 1856 is considered the world’s rarest stamp, valued in the millions of dollars: well beyond the reach of most collectors, even if you have the money. I...
The Barbados Britannia’s were an iconic stamp, in daily use from 1852 until they were replaced by the Victorian keyplate design in 1882. They did their duty for 30 years, being used on all manner of items from newspapers and letters to parcels and packets. In total, there were over ten million...
Jules Massenet, a French composer born in 1842 and a close friend of Albert I, is celebrated on a new stamp. Jules Massenet, a French composer born in 1842, forged a deep friendship with Prince Albert I. Many of his operas were created in Monaco: Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame in 1902,...
Royal Mail have revealed the design of a special miniature sheet featuring ‘The Stamp Designs of David Gentleman’, which will be made available to coincide with the London 2022 international exhibition. The miniature sheet features six stamp designs by David Gentleman, the artist who helped change British stamp design...
It really is in quite a sorry state. Creased down the middle from a filing fold and with the wax seals on the reverse long since gone, the cover has seen better days. Add to this the battered corners and general grubby appearance and most people would not look...
When it comes to your wedding, naturally, you want the day to be perfect! Often to accomplish perfection (or as close to!), the devil is in the detail. However, when there are so many elements to consider the cost add up faster than you might anticipate initially. One important detail...
