Wedding stamps are the hottest new trend
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Thanks to persoanlise stamps, philately makes it mark once again, this time in the USA!
Wedding season is underway and one of the hottest new trends in the industry are personalized wedding postage stamps. Among the styles causing buzz this year at Ever After Postage are the tropical stamps and the new wedding cake stamps.
Engaged couples looking to carry a monogram theme throughout their wedding will love the monogram line. Brides concerned postage rate increases this year need not worry. (read more)
published April 7th, 2010
Success rolls on for Personalised Stamps
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Personalised Stamps The issue on 16 April is the sixth so far and Norway Post has announced that there will be more! Personalised stamps are a success all over the world. Initially (late 1990s) they were not proper stamps, just perforated labels to affix beside the stamp. As time went by, a number of postal administrations decided to go all out and upgraded the label to a stamp with a value and a country name. (read more)
published April 1st, 2010
Canada plate proofs on offer
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Canada 1897 Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Plate Proofs #SCM239 Special Offer
Gary J Lyon (Philatelist) Ltd are currently holding an offer whilst stock lasts for the Canada 1897 Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee plate proofs #SCM239. In the past these proofs have been sold at £7000.00 and they are currently guaranteeing a selling price of only £2495.00 whilst their stocks last. The condition of the proofs are very fine which is most unusual for these. For further information please visit their website www.garylyon.com
published March 30th, 2010
JOBURG 2010 World Stamp Expo
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South Africa will be holding their third International stamp exhibition from the 27th to 31st October 2010. It will be held in the Sandton International Convention Centre, which is located in the heart of a mega shopping mall in Johannesburg.
The location has specifically been chosen to create more interest and increase the profile for philately. Further information on the show can be found via the following website. www.joburg2010stampshow.co.za
South Africa has had a number of International Events during recent years such as the Miss World Competition and the forthcoming World Cup. The Stamp Show promises to be a great success with a lot of efforts being made by all the rganising comittee.
GOOD LUCK TO SOUTH AFRICA
published March 29th, 2010
New Defintive stamps in Spain
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This year’s definitive series is made up of four stamps depicting the portrait of King Juan Carlos I.
He is King of the Spanish people as he himself proclaimed on the 22nd November 1975. Defender of democracy and the constitutional values, the figure of Don Juan Carlos I as head of state is well known to all and he has always been very much aware of the social and cultural development of all regions. He is regularly in touch with universities, foundations and academies and promotes the development of new technologies, investigation, sport and culture in all its proceedings. (read more)
published March 29th, 2010
Great surcharge stamp rarities will auction priced £5,000
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Spink is auctioning 1,110 lots in its Collectors’ Series Stamps sale.
Among the auction’s numerous philatelic highlights is a historic surcharge stamp dating back to British Ceylon, now known as Sri Lanka. (read more)
published March 27th, 2010
Belarus World Expo Stamp
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On May 1, 2010 the Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus will issue a stamp “World Expo 2010 Shanghai China”. The World Exhibition “Expo 2010” will be held in the city of Shanghai, China from May 1 to October 31, 2010. The mail aim of participation of the Republic of Belarus in the exhibition is to strength the image of the county in the world arena. The national exposition of Belarus will be disposed in a separate hall of 1000 sq. m. October 11, 2010 is agreed with the coordination office “Expo 2010” as the Day of Belarus.
- Designer: Ivan Lukin.
- Printing: offset.
- Colour: multicoloured.
- Paper: chalk-surfaced, gummed.
- Perforation: comb 133/4: 131/2.
- Size of the stamp: 26×37 mm.
- Sheet composition: 9 (3×3) stamps.
- Size of the sheet: 99×131 mm.
- Print quantity: 72.000 stamps.
- There are elements of protection on the stamp.
published March 27th, 2010
Made in Italy – dedicated to Alfa Romeo
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The stamps feature, respectively, the first car built by Alfa Romeo, the “24 HP 1910”, and the new Giulietta model, inspired by the car produced in the 1950s. They are designed to represent the journey from the past to the present, and both illustrations also feature the logo of the centenary of Alfa Romeo. (read more)
published March 26th, 2010
King George V; the King collector
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A set of four wonderfully illustrated stamps have been issued by Gibraltar Post to commemorate the Centenary of the Accesion to the throne of King George V, the british monarch who adored stamps and started the Royal Philatelic Collection.
One of the stamp illutrations, fittingly featues him enjoying his stamp collection in his study! (read more)
published March 26th, 2010
Stanley Gibbons increase its philatelic profits
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Stamp collecting and related services provider Stanley Gibbons Group plc Friday posted an increase in pre-tax profit for the full year ended December 2009, reflecting a 20% sales growth contributed mainly by its philatelic trading and retail operations. Further, the company proposed a final dividend, which leads to a 5% increase in total dividend. The company’s shares gained more than 6% in morning trade.
For the full year, pre-tax profit rose 11% to GBP 4.11 million from GBP 3.70 million last year. (read more)
published March 25th, 2010
Sunset and Sunrise in Guernsey
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The ‘abstract’ theme continues with six more magical yet realistic shots from Alex Wallace and Nick Despres of Perfect Prints (www.perfectprints.co.uk), and this time they illustrate the first issue of the ‘pricing in proportion’ system, whereby postage is determined by an item’s dimensions.
There is a sunrise on Guernsey’s west coast, with a headland in the distance crowned by a German Occupation concrete tower which, unusually for such a fortification, can have an attractive, almost arty appearance from certain angles and in a certain light.
The sun rises over Havelet Bay, seen from the top of its slipway, with the beginning of the south coast cliffs (read more)
published March 24th, 2010
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