The Post Office in Spain is celebrating Spain’s presidency of the EU with a set of two postage stamps.
During the first six months of 2010, Spain will preside over the EU and philately commemorates this event with two stamp issues.
published March 4th, 2010
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The Shanghai World Expo 2010 takes place from 1 May to 31 October 2010. The theme of Expo 2010 is “Better City, Better Life”, with participants from over 190 countries displaying and engaging with ideas of urban development and culture. The Australian pavilion, designed by renowned Melbourne architecture firm Wood Marsh (read more)
published March 1st, 2010
Children are no doubt the future of the hobby so all of us as collectors need to encourage our children and grandchildren to discover the fun and interest of stamp collecting.
Attracting young people to the grounds of PORTUGAL 2010 – World Philatelic Exhibition is a major objective of the Organizing Committee of the exhibition.
In the Exhibition Hall, a special space will be dedicated to the Youth Programs, where several computers will be available with philatelic oriented games and attractive information about stamps from all over the world. (read more)
published February 28th, 2010
The Penny Black was the world’s first adhesive postage stamp used in a public postal system. It was issued by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 May, 1840, for use from 6 May of that year. All London post offices received official issues of the new stamps but other offices throughout the United Kingdom did not, continuing to accept postage payments in cash only for a period. Post offices such as those in Bath, began offering the stamp unofficially after 2 May.
History
The idea of an adhesive stamp to indicate pre-payment of postage was part of Sir Rowland Hill’s 1837 proposals to reform the British postal system; it was normal then for the recipient to pay postage on delivery. A companion idea, which Hill disclosed on 13 February 1837 at a government enquiry, was that of a separate sheet that folded to form an enclosure or envelope for carrying letters.
At that time postage was charged by the sheet and (read more)
published February 27th, 2010
Children’s Books is the theme for this year’s Europa stamps, which are issued by the members of the Posteurop postal organization. The Swedish stamps honor two female children’s book authors who are separated by three-quarters of a century but share similarities in their writing styles, Elsa Beskow (1874-1953) and Lena Anderson (1939-).
“I would say that Lena Anderson is a modern version of Elsa Beskow. Both want to entertain their readers while still teaching their young readers a lesson. They expertly weave together artistry, storytelling and pedagogics,” says Cecilia Östlund, senior librarian at the Swedish Institution for Children’s Books in Stockholm. (read more)
published February 27th, 2010
Roger Federer was born on 8 August 1981, the son of a Swiss father and a South African mother, and grew up in the Basel suburbs of Riehen and Münchensteinauf. His mother’s origin explains Federer’s English pronunciation of his given name, which is not the typical French pronunciation that would be usual in Switzerland. He began to play tennis at the tender age of three, joining his first major club, ironically the “TC Old Boys” at the age of eight. (read more)
published February 26th, 2010
The castles and palaces each represent their own era, ranging from the 1500s to the 1900s. The oldest of the group is Vadstena Castle in Östergötland, the construction of which started around 1550 and architecturally is Sweden’s most renaissance castle. The history of Läckö Castle in Västergötland reaches back into the Middle Ages. It was renovated in the mid-1600s by one of Queen Kristina’s favorites to the baroque style that visitors see today. (read more)
published February 26th, 2010
The Royal Mail has introduced stamps that are tamper-proof to stop them being reused. The stamps have two strips, one either side of the Queen’s head, which are left on the envelope when the stamp is peeled away. They also have “Royal Mail” printed on them. Although stamps are franked at the sorting office, the markings on reused ones are not always picked up by staff. (read more)
published February 25th, 2010
The new set of Papuea New Guinea stamps feature images of the Carteret Island, also known as the ‘Sinking Island’ by the locals.
The Carteret Island is part of Papua New Guinea located 86 kilometres northeast of Bougainville in the South Pacific at 4°45′S, 155°24′E. Carteret Atoll incorporates a scattering of low lying islands in a horseshoe shape stretching around 30 kilometers in north-south direction, with a total land area of 0.6 square kilometers and a maximum elevation of 1.5 meters above sea level.
For more than 30 years, the inhabitants of the Carteret atolls have battled the Pacific ocean to stop salt water destroying their
published February 24th, 2010
Outskirts Press, the fastest growing full-service self-publishing and book marketing company, recently announced it is making available to its family of over 4500 published authors an opportunity to feature their book cover on customized first-class US postage stamps.
Every envelope they send out can then promote their own books with these new eye catching stamps. These are legitimate, custom First Class U.S. Postal stamps, and they come in quantities of 120, each with a color image of the author’s book cover (read more)
published February 22nd, 2010
This joint stamp issue between Australia and Papua New Guinea, a first between the two nations, commemorates the heroic stand by Australian soldiers against an enemy force during WWII.
These five stamps depict the relationship forged between the two nations from the Kokoda Campaign of 1942. Two stamps portray the difficult conditions and the close bonds forged through adversity. Another shows the memorial at Isurava, while the final two stamps reveal relationships today through the eyes of veterans and travellers. (read more)
published February 21st, 2010
