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Collectable Covers & Postcards
Collectable covers are a fascinating and important part of philately and postal history. Watch this exploration of different types of traditional and philatelic covers, as well as the interesting histories that they reveal. By the way…if never ever thought about using gloves, it seems like a good idea. 🙂 Enjoy! … Continue reading →
Romania National Grand Lodge 140th Stamps
On the occasion of the 140th anniversary of the existence of the National Grand Lodge of Romania, commemorative postage stamps were released to celebrate its establishment. The issue, consisting of two postage stamps and a perforated souvenir sheet, brings to the attention of passionate stamp collectors’ novel aspects of the existence and activity of this fraternal society. Masonry as we know it today, has arrived in Romania at the beginning of 17th century, coming from Istanbul along with the ships … Continue reading →
Coronavirus on Postage Stamps
The medical professionals fighting the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the country are featured on a commemorative postage stamp of Iran. We can read on National Iranian Postal Company that “the new stamp salutes the sacrifices of the country’s medical staff as front-line efforts to fight the coronavirus”. NATIONAL HEROES The stamp design includes symbolic images from electron micrographs of the coronavirus with three people from the medical profession wearing face masks and a soldier wearing a gas mask and … Continue reading →
Odd Shaped Postage Stamps for Australia Disaster Relief
Australia Post has released a special edition Disaster Relief stamp booklet, to raise funds for the Red Cross. Australia Post will donate $2 to the Red Cross from every stamp booklet sold. The Australia Post Disaster Relief stamps are helping support communities affected by disaster. The booklet contains 5 x $1.10 stamps and for every Disaster Relief stamp booklet sold, $2. will be donated. All donations go to the Australian Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery Fund. The shape of … Continue reading →
A buyer for the world’s oldest working post office?
Will a buyer for the world’s oldest working post office be found before May 2020? The opportunity to be a part of postal history doesn’t come along very often and any new owner would be only the 17th person to run Sanquhar Post Office in over 300 years. ‘Dr Manzoor Alam and his wife Nazra have run the site in Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway, since 2015. They are retiring which means there is an opportunity a new owner to become … Continue reading →
How Sir Rowland Hill’s Postal Reform Changed The World
Imagine my enthusiasm as I stumbled upon an episode of BBC News podcast titled ‘Postage Stamp‘ inside the series 50 Things That Made The Modern Economy.  I really enjoyed listening to this entertaining story on the positive impact Rowland Hill’s creativity had on postal services and happy to share it here with you. ‘In the mid-19th Century, a man named Rowland Hill got fed up with how Britain’s postal service worked, and decided to come up with a new system … Continue reading →