Have Juan Carlos and Sofia been honored with stamps for the 30th anniversary of their proclamation as King and Queen? En el Nombre de DIOS Arriba Nosotros.

Hi all, This article was in a Belgian newspaper a few weeks ago. I'll try to translate it as accurately as possible. "The American filatelist Bill Gross may, from now on, call himself the only person in world to posess all the postage stamps from the nineteenth century - something that even the...

I'm looking for information re the different cancellations on these stanmps. The Scott general catalog doesn't help. I'm insterested because when I go to some of the larger sites selling these, there seems to be a premium on some cancellations. Where can I get that...

On 13 Oct 2005 Canada and China released a joint issue for the 35th anniversary of diplomatic relationships, featuring a Cougar and a Snow Leopard. Here is the Canadian issue http://queries.heindorffhus.dk/canada2005-JointIssueChina-sheet-large.jpg A nice token of diplomacy featuring carnivores...

WANTED - Quality Germany,Austria=IN TRADE Looking to make trades of collections,accumulations of all kinds of stamps and covers,in exchange for quality items - stamps/covers - of Germany, German area, and first sets of Austria and Lombardy-Venetia If you have such items, and would like to trade...

X-No-Archive I found the following stamp (Scott #2445a off the top of my head?) last week while sorting through some recent US kilowa http://www.wam.umd.edu/~rlennen/nixon_error.jpg The catalogue value for this stamp in mint condition is $1400, but how does one assess the value of a used...

G'day Mette, was that a slip of the keyboard? Snow Leopard? Is that not a Chinese Leopard ? I just received mine from Canada, with a lovely assortment that will keep me interested whilst the family is in Thailand. Christmas is a good time for collectors :) We are so easy to buy for.

Postal Notes on St. Petersburg, Florida "After the Civil War folks coming to the peninsula clustered at Big Bayou, also called Pinellas Village (on the southeast side of today's City). Boasting a half dozen shops and a modest hotel, it established its own post office in 1876 with early settler...

Confederate (States) "Reprints" Advertising recently appeared (in two of our contemporary weeklies) offering 12 varieties, a set, of the general issues of the Confederate States, as "Reprints" at a price of 25¢. As is well known, there never were any reprints of any of the regularly issued...

After a short pause, both sites are again accessible and should be fully functional. They should run a bit faster, especially when accessed from the USA. The Art on Stamps site, that recently celebrated its 9th anniversary, received in advance as a New Year's present a new domain name. -- Victor...

Hungary has issued a Breast Cancer stamp that is identical to America's first semi-postal. Scott B1 issued July 29 1998 http://www.bombaystamps.com/full_pic.asp?img_id=33291 I know I should make the effort to try and put up and image of America's stamp for comparison but I am not into scanners...

Finally the SNA site returned, just in time for holidays. As you surely know, Tracy contributed with a lot of scans to this site. The new URL is: http://www.sna-on.postalstamps.biz/ (some will possibly appreciate the new subdomain name and will eventually visit the main domain www.postalstamps.biz...

For Immediate Release The Virtual Stamp Club Covers APS Board Meeting Live In a first for philately, members of The Virtual Stamp Club were able to get real-time reports online from the December 7th meeting of the American Philatelic Society's Board of Directors in Bellefonte, Pa. VSC staffer...

A few weeks ago Stan Markey sent an image of U.S. 599A to me and asked me to upload it to the web for him so discussion could continue on R.C.S.D. I am happily but somewhat tardily following through with his request. The (tested) URL is http://www.bcphilatelic.org/599Aweb.jpg. Bob

I am researching a crash cover from Linee Aeree Italiane Flight 451 at Idlewile, December 18, 1954. After crashing into a pier which supported slope-line approach lights, the aircraft sank into Jamaica Bay. Twenty-six of 34 crew and passengers were killed. Pilot/crew fatigue was blamed. The DC-6B...

Senior citizenship welcomes Tracy and I would like to wish him Happy December Days whereever he is. According to new rulings we can no longer use Christmas, the Christ might offend the minorities. Can't use Jesus any more, same reason. We can hang decorations but with no lettering. Schools can't...

68th exhibit on EXPONET http://www.japhila.cz/hof/ Wellcome Bret

I cannot classify this stamp because of the cancellation. In the 1920-22 Scott A8 series there are only 2 brown stamps 3aur bister brown and 8aur dark brown. in the 1930-33 series there is a 3 aur bister brown again. It looks to me on the stamp, that there are 2 digits, the right one looks to be an...

Do You Like Tapioca? Really? Well, you've been absorbing it, and as far as I have noted none of you have particularly objected to it, on the score of taste, and you generally pay regular dough to secure on the backs of your mint stamps. Some of you hold it in such high esteem as to...

"Franchise" Stamps Most of us understand the purposes and usages of "Postage Dues," "Officials," "Semi-Postals," "Special Deliveries," and other groups of stamps, but in Scott's Catalog we also find under Germany, Portugal, Spain and probably other countries, items designated as "Franchise"...