. When I went to pick up my “snail mail” today, I noticed in the pile of letters an envelope with a particular stamp on it… !?! . At first glance, its silver color got me thinking it was an hologram stamp, but checking it out more carefully revealed it was a stamp printed on silver foil. Imagine my excitement, as you don’t get this kind of mail every day! 🙂 . . I continued on the Web my investigation about … Continue reading →
On April 12 1961, aboard Vostok-1, Yury Gagarin navigates around the planet Earth in 108 minutes and finalize his great odyssey with one second in advance of the soviet engineers calculation ! Â “Traveling over 25 times the speed of sound, Cosmonaut Yury Gagarin made a complete orbit around the planet in 1 hour and 49 minutes. After re-entering the atmosphere, Gagarin parachuted to safety some four miles above Earth, bringing to a close the most exciting round-the-world trip of … Continue reading →
Take a close look at the above photograph…  Now, examine carefully the stamps below: Notice a difference? Yes, you got it 🙂 Audrey Hepburn is pictured with a woman’s cigarette holder instead of the sunglasses on the original photo !! How come ? Read on… Sean Ferrer, Audrey Hepburn’s son, will tell us more… “In the original photo, she’s got sunglasses hanging from her mouth, but they (Germany Postal Administration) had flipped the negative and replaced the glasses with … Continue reading →
Great Britain, Russia or Romania?  Watch this short video for the answer…. 🙂 Further reading:  Scotland’s National Poet & Bard, Robert Burns (1759-1796) on Postage Stamps Happy collecting! Talk soon, Janice aka Stampy PS: If you have a topical stamp checklist of Robert Burns on postage stamps that you would like to share with all our readers, do not hesitate to send it over and we will publish same in the TOPICAL CHECKLISTS section of the blog. You can get in … Continue reading →
. Each time the Canadian Stamp News is delivered to my mailbox, I know I will discover something that will sparkle my day, and that’s a marvelous feeling! So, let me share with you the scoop from one of the most recent issues. 🙂 It’s all about chocolate… As reported by Bret Evans, the popular pre-printed specialty cover depicting a box of chocolate and commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Purdy’s Chocolates will now be much easier to locate! That’s good news for … Continue reading →
You’re about to discover what you need to start stamp collecting. Click on the arrow to start the video: Janet Klug, past president of the American Philatelic Society and member of the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee, is a great mentor on everything related to topical stamp collecting and I have much admiration for all she does for the stamp collecting community. To read an interesting interview with Janet about her stamp collecting interests, click here. Enjoy and happing collecting! Janice
Continue reading →Graffiti is an expensive and defacing form of vandalism and Canada Post hopes to eliminate this nuisance on their street letter mailboxes by introducing a new design so graphically bold, that it does not leave much space work for the creators of graffitis. Furthermore, a special coating on the re-designed mailboxes will make it easier to remove the graffitis as soon as they are reported. No notices, stickers or graffiti are to be placed on Canada Post equipement and a decal … Continue reading →
Shells on Stamps – A New Youth Stamp Collecting Study Program American Philatelic Society member Dan Pattison, retired educator/administrator is teaming up with Diane Thomas, educator and program specialist at the Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum to design a new youth program to teach how to start a collection of shells on stamps. The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum is a nonprofit organization located on Sanibel Island, Florida totally devoted to the study of shells & mollusks. The museum is hoping that collectors of shells on … Continue reading →
It took four years for Rev John Walden, a keen stamp collector since the age of eight and veteran of Britain’s atomic testing programme, to showcase his topical stamp collection on the subject of atoms, inside a heavy 560 pages illustrated book! At the age of 18, he was sent on assignment to Australia inside the RAF Balloon Unit Crew to suspend an atomic bomb beneath three balloons. “I manhandled the atomic bomb and did receive an overdose but so far I have … Continue reading →
Ever wondered why stamps were invented? Watch this short animated video created by the Smithsonian National Postal Museum. It is a great introduction to postal history, which by definition “tells you the story of how mail has been handled, who has handled it, and why.” The history of postage stamps goes way back in time…. Postal history is a another example of how you can specialize your stamp collection to a particular subject inside the realm of philately. As mentioned on their … Continue reading →
On May 22nd, 2010, simultaneously with the reopening of the Canadian Museum of Nature, Canada Post unveiled a souvenir sheet of five (5) stamps and a booklet of ten (10) stamps, showcasing the winning photographs of 2009 Canadian Geographic’s second “Canadian Wildlife Photography of the Year”. The story behind this colourful and spectacular set of stamps started last year when Canadian Geographic entered a partnership with the Canadian Museum of Nature and invited Canadians to submit photographs inside the five … Continue reading →
Secrets About Stamp Collecting  Click on the arrow below to start listening. Enjoy! https://discovertopicalstampcollecting.com/audio/seven-secrets.mp3 Secret #1: Why Stamp Collecting is The Most Fascinating Hobby In The World! Secret #2: Why Topical Stamp Collecting is the fastest growing area of the stamp collecting hobby! Secret #3: Why it is important to store, organize, evaluate and care for your stamps! Secret #4: Why starting a topical stamp collection is so easy and inexpensive! Secret #5: Why you should open a blog to share … Continue reading →
