. Ever thought of starting a topical stamp collection on Trains and Locomotives ? Watch this video with Wade Saadi and you’re on your way! ‘Postage stamps are unique works of art that tell a story’ Enjoy! Talk soon, Janice
Continue reading →. To all Stamp Collectors with a little bit of Sherlockian wit, here’s a fun contest that you might want to check out! The Round-Up has decided to have a “What’s This Stamp” contest from time to time. The rules are simple. The first person to correctly identify the stamp pictured above by country will win a very nice presentation pack courtesy of Royal Mail. The first person to correctly identify the stamp pictured by country AND SCOTT CATALOGUE NUMBER will also win a Royal Mail presentation … Continue reading →
I’m always happy to receive emails from our dear Scottish friends, Iain and Margaret. They are so entertaining and always filled with great stories directly sourced from their worldwide traveling adventures. In yesterday’s mail, Iain mentions a conversation with row seat passenger while flying from Prestwick, Scotland to Wrocklaw, Poland: “I recall that we talked a bit – on the plane – about Chopin’s time in Scotland, the last summer of his short life. Monday – 17th October – … Continue reading →
My virtual friend Bruce Kilgour created a colorful video on virtual stamp collecting and I thought you might like to see what it’s all about. Click on the arrow below to start the video: “Virtual stamp collecting has become a favourite pastime on social media platforms such as FaceBook, Flickr and Twitter/Twitpic. This is a short introduction with all you need to know to get started as well as directions to the main virtual stamp websites. Start your … Continue reading →
. Just received this beautiful!…magnificient!…envelope postmarked at Cestas Post Office, (just south of Bordeaux, France) and bearing the Rugby France 2011 Silver Stamp! Background depicts a sunset over New Zealand city landmarks. Top left corner shows the Rugby World Cup and underneath, a listing of all participating countries with country flags. This private cover is such a beautiful stamp collectible! To read more about this French silver stamp issue, click here => France Silver Rugby Stamp Commemorates Rugby World Cup … Continue reading →
“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” In his great wisdom, Will Rogers gave us a secret key towards the realization of our goals: take action! Remembering Rogers On November 4, 1948, the U.S. Post Office commemorated Rogers with a three-cent stamp. He also was honored on the centennial of his birth, in 1979, with the issuance of a U.S. Postal Service 15-cent stamp. At the time of his death, Will … Continue reading →
. In the May-June 2011 Journal of Thematic Philately issued by the American Topical Association (ATA), I read with great pleasure Wayne L. Youngblood’s article titled: “Greenstamps Provide Topical Springboard” in which he relates his challenging experience of creating first day covers with the USA Go Green stamps released last April 14th. Mr Youngblood’s creativity is amazing! Just to give you an idea, take a look at this wonderful philatelic collectible produced with the first stamp of the pane which … Continue reading →
I received the following question from one of our loyal readers, and thought it would be a good idea to respond to it via the blog so we can all learn together. We found a box(wood)with 25 silver stamps of royalty collection. This is the 1s 3d coronation stamp of 1953. It says the queens jubilee. The same thing we found in gold (plated). The paper with it says “The Africana Commemorative Mint”. We would like to know if it … Continue reading →
Well, believe it or not, he did! Wow…that’s great news. 🙂 I’ve learned about it this morning when reading Paul Fraser’s article “Warren Buffett: how stamp collecting bred one of the world’s richest men – and great altruists” . Great reporting which leads us right into Warren Buffet’s own article published yesterday in The New York Times: “Stop Coddling the Super-Rich“, which triggered a worldwide wave of conversations on Twitter! . I wonder if Warren … Continue reading →
Great news for Gold & Silver topical stamp collectors! To commemorate the 7th Edition of the Rugby World Cup, France issued on July 11, 2011 a beautiful silver stamp made of 0.999 silver and housed in a protective capsule to help resist tarnishing. Valid for postage, the stamp has a nominal value of 5 euros, which is quite high. In 2007, France hosted the Rugby World Cup and therefore issued a series of stamps devoted to Rugby in April, June … Continue reading →
It was Mark Twain who said, “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you did not do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bow lines, sail away from the safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails, explore, dream and discover.” That’s not something we do in the future. It’s something we do in the now. So, today — Explore. Dream. Discover. To a Day of Discovery, Mary Morrissey … Continue reading →
. Sometimes our lives can get so busy that we think that we don’t have time to get everything done and certainly don’t have time to pray or meditate. That is exactly the time when we do need to pause, even for just twenty or thirty seconds. Take a deep breath. Gather yourself together and realize some appreciation for this life and you will see that your thinking is clear, your choices are stronger and you really do have the … Continue reading →
Happy to share with you today a cross blog post that I wrote on Scotiana.com‘s website which is a great site about “Everything Scotland”. Photograph of King George V by W.& D Downey In fact Mairiuna, it was Prince Alfred, the second son of Queen Victoria ( later King George V ) that started the Royal Philatelic Collection. His enthusiasm about stamp collecting was shared with his brother, the Prince of Wales ( later King Edward VII) who bought … Continue reading →
The multifaceted life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the creation of his fictional detective character, Sherlock Holmes, catches your fancy? Sherlockian at heart? Then you must read Robert A Moss’s article, Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes: A Philatelic celebration, recently published in the American Philatelist, Journal of the American Philatelic Society, August 2011 edition. Robert A Moss, member of the Baker Street Irregulars, leads us with brio along a philatelic journey in which we discover gorgeous worldwide postage … Continue reading →
. If so, this article is of interest to you! I stumbled upon it while reading Paul Fraser Collectibles newsletter and the headline caught my attention: “I worried that I would be jailed”: China stamp artist’s error could bring $44,900.Two Chinese 8f ‘Entire Nation Is Red’ stamps, popular among collectors, are selling in Hong Kong. (…) Expectations for the sale are high, as the rarest and finest-quality Chinese Cultural Revolution stamps are among the most sought-after on the markets. … Continue reading →
Now you can! In the July 2011 edition of the American Philatelist magazine, under the article titled ” Have ‘STAMPS FOR KIDS’ Will Travel”, Wade E. Saadi, President of the American Philatelic Society reveals that Robert Martin, founder of the very succesful program “Stamps For Kids“, assisted by his wife Linda, is willing to travel all over the US to help anyone who has the desire to start and administer a Stamp Club For Kids. And the best part of … Continue reading →
