Thursday, November 25, 2021

THE LATEST: Philatelic News Reports (November 25, 2021)


Philatelic News
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Compiled By Philatelic Journalist Brian Harrod
Department of Posts will organise the First District Level Virtual Philatelic Exhibition - MANJEERAPEX 2021 - from December 16 to 20.
Customers may purchase stamps and other philatelic products through the Postal Store at usps.com/shopstamps, by calling 844-737-7826, ...
The latest meeting of the Ayrshire Philatelic Society was the annual auction. This event gives members the opportunity to offer surplus items for ...
Philately has close links with geography and history, as evidenced by October's second meeting, with the subject "Early Albanian postage stamps"....
Philatelic Foreword by Jay Bigalke. As of this writing, I have just returned from my seventh major stamp show of the year in different parts of ...
The year 2021 marks the 75th anniversary of this beloved childhood character, and Thomas the Tank Engine has a long history of connections, philatelic ...
We sat down with Victoria Lajer, the managing director of philately for Stanley Gibbons, to get the scoop. When did Stanley Gibbons decide to ...
Philatelic Foreword by Jay Bigalke. In the last three months of every year, postal administrations from around the world issue stamps for ...
Smith to receive ATA Distinguished Topical Philatelist award ... 8-10 auction series features U.S., worldwide stamps, philatelic gems, ...
Rubin; and Philatelic Lexicon, a crossword puzzle by David Saks. In this week's issue, Rubin sends readers on the hunt for 28 stamps from the eastern ...


Brian Harrod is a stamp collector and philatelic journalist, as well as, the publisher
and editor of the RoundupNewswires.com news website, as well as, multiple
hyper local news social media pages.

You can learn more about Mr. Harrod at BrianHarrod.com.

 

Friday, November 19, 2021

VIDEO: Postal Stamp Artist: What it Takes to Create One Stamp


Antonio Alcala has spent over a decade creating a single postage stamp. He is one of only four art directors nationwide that oversees stamp design at the U.S. Postal Service. Maxim Moskalkov spoke with Alcala about how a stamp is created.... https://www.facebook.com/themidnightsoaker/posts/4657722090916888

VIDEO: World’s 1st Postage Stamp Goes Up for Auction

An example of the world's first postage stamp, the Penny Black, is being offered at a Sotheby’s auction in December.

Dating from 1840, the item is "the earliest securely dated example of the first postage stamp," according to the auction house.
“It took me three years with a team of people to collect the information and to be able to validate. It is certified by all of the top authorities,” said Alan Holyoake, current owner of the Penny Black stamp. https://www.facebook.com/themidnightsoaker/posts/4657734030915694

Thursday, November 18, 2021

Rumsey Dec. 8-10 auction series features U.S., worldwide stamps, philatelic gems, Munson collection of Hawaii


PHOTO: This 1930 registered cover franked with a complete set of Iceland’s Parliament Millennium stamps and a 10-eyrir Gyrfalcon airmail stamp will cross the auction block during Schuyler Rumsey Philatelic Auctions’ Dec. 8-9 sale of United States and worldwide stamps and covers. Ludwig Hesshaimer, the designer of the stamps, addressed the cover to himself.

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Friday, November 12, 2021

LINN'S STAMP NEWS: The APS announces editorial leadership changes - Linn's Stamp News

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As-it-happens update



The American Philatelic Society announced Nov. 10 that Gary Wayne Loew, editor-in-chief of the American Philatelist and the Philatelic Literature ...




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GIBALTAR: Stamp marking the centenary of the establishment of City Council issued



Philatelic News
As-it-happens update 
 

The stamp is now available at the Philatelic shop at the Post Office or on the Gibraltar stamps website. An exhibition commemorating the 100th ...



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ATLANTA CONSTITUTION: Former Hawks player Mike Glenn opens Black stamp exhibit at APEX Museum



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What I found was that you can include Black history in more than just February because National Stamp Collecting Month is in October.".




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PRESS RELEASE: Collect and travel to Botswana with the new NFT stamps by BotswanaPost

GABORONE, TALLIN , December 14, 2022.  The first digital NFT stamps of BotswanaPost will be released on  stampsdaq.com  on December 7 th , 2...