Stamps of Russia: Express Stamps (1932)
This is an interesting looking set featuring express mail vehicles. That's a powerful-looking locomotive! Mind you I wouldn't like to
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:20+11:00Mar 30, 2016|Express Stamps, Motor Bikes on Stamps, Postal Carriers, Postal Vans, Postal Workers, Russia, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics, Train Archive, Trains, Transport|
This is an interesting looking set featuring express mail vehicles. That's a powerful-looking locomotive! Mind you I wouldn't like to
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:20+11:00Mar 29, 2016|Aircraft on Stamps, Asia, Bicycles on Stamps, China, Motor Bikes on Stamps, New Issues 2016, Postal Carriers, Postal History, Postal Services, Postal Vehicles on Stamps, Postal Workers, Postboxes, Stamp Profiles, Taiwan, Topicals or Thematics|
This year the Chinese Postal Service (CPS) celebrates its 120th anniversary. It was officially launched on March 20, 1896 and
By PDb Archive|2017-10-11T09:19:20+11:00Mar 29, 2016|Cyprus, Flags on Stamps, Greece, History, Military, Overprints, Printers, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
Aspioti-Elka are Greek security printers who first began operating in 1911. The company produced the Iris and Hermes series, recess
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:20+11:00Mar 28, 2016|Art on Stamps, Austria, New Issues 2016, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
Austrian Post is now dedicating a commemorative stamp to the distinguished artist, featuring an untitled work from 2013 taken from
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:20+11:00Mar 27, 2016|Art on Stamps, Balkans, Dutch East Indies, New Issues 2016, Religion on Stamps, Serbia (Servia), Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
Easter Sunday is the date of the annual celebration of Christ‘s resurrection. The Orthodox Church celebrates the Easter on the
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:20+11:00Mar 26, 2016|Birds on Stamps, Charity Stamps, Designers, Engravers, Medicine on Stamps, Netherlands & Colonies, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
This charity stamp was issued to aid the Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis. Designed by A.J. Derkinderen and engraved
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:21+11:00Mar 26, 2016|British Commonwealth, Channel Islands, Great Britain, Hats on Stamps, New South Wales, Queen Elizabeth, Royalty, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics, Uniforms on Stamps|
In April H.M.Queen Elizabeth II will become the first reigning British monarch to reach the age of 90. With Queen
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:21+11:00Mar 22, 2016|Australia & Dependencies, Bridges on Stamps, New Issues 2016, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
While bridges have been a feature of civilization for millennia, the development of materials, technologies and engineering knowledge has led
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:21+11:00Mar 17, 2016|Balkans, Flowers on Stamps, New Issues 2016, Romania, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
omfilatelia offers to all the ladies a symbolic bouquet of flowers in form of original stamps. Each of the stamps
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:21+11:00Mar 16, 2016|Balkans, Butterflies on Stamps, Conservation, Endangered Species on Stamps, Insects on Stamps, New Issues 2016, Serbia (Servia), Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
Serbia is a country of rich, yet not well explored biodiversity, with total of 194 butterflies‘ species. In many places
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:21+11:00Mar 14, 2016|Balkans, Geology on Stamps, History, New Issues 2016, Serbia (Servia), Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
Serbian Geological Society is one of our oldest scientific organizations and the first geologists‘ society in the Balkans. At the
By PDb Maps|2017-10-11T09:19:21+11:00Mar 13, 2016|History, Maps, North America Maps, Railroads or Railways, Railways, Topicals or Thematics, United States, United States of America|
Here is a detailed map of the Denver rio-Grande Railroad in 1904. This chart may prove useful to both TPO
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:21+11:00Mar 10, 2016|Flowers on Stamps, Hungary, New Issues 2016, Religion on Stamps, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
Easter is celebrated around the world in a surprising variety of ways – with traditions like chocolate bunnies, wooden rattles,
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:22+11:00Mar 10, 2016|Botanica on Stamps, Flowers on Stamps, New Issues 2014, New Zealand, Oceania, Pacific Islands, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics|
The flora of the Pitcairn Islands consists of 81 species, of which 10 are endemic. IUCN Red List threat categories
By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:19:22+11:00Mar 6, 2016|Music on Stamps, New Issues 2016, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics, United States, United States of America|
This new stamp by the U.S. Postal Service that honours one of America‘s great singers, Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990). The artwork