Prestige Booklets – from Stamp Booklets to Booklets with Stamps
Two mothers are waiting for their children at a school bus stop in New York City. One says to the
Sarkozy takes up stamp collecting with help from the Queen
In times gone by monarchs, foreign rulers and presidents were well known as serious philatelists. The term “the Hobby of
Markings on a Letter to France 1841)
[Published by kind permission of the author.] I recently acquired a cover which has a 2EDON marking,
Stamps of Tunisia: Pictorial Series (1931-1941)
The same designs as the 1926 Tunisia series were retained for a series recess-printed by the Institut de Gravure and
Madagascar: Definitive series (1930-1944)
The definitive series of 1930-1944 was unusual, as French colonial sets went, in that four of its designs were typographed,
Stamps of Tunisia: Pictorial issues (1926)
A pictorial series had been issued in 1906, with small designs for the low values and double-sized designs for the
Stamps of France: The First Issues (1849)
The French ‘Penny Black’ made its début on New Year’s Day 1849. Although French postal administration closely observed the working
Millésime
Marginal marking in use between 1876 and 1826 on sheets of French stamps to indicate the year of printing. A
Le Style francais
Something of a stroll down memory lane for me this issue, and the first occasion on which I have featured