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Ah Japan, the post mark cancel capital of the world. If you are a cancel hound, this is the country for you. Many countries create them, few attain the sheer delicate beauty and whimsy of Japan’s.

Early aircraft & photos when I can find them. Details taken from various early aeroclub & aviation newspapers and magazines c 1895-1920. Purpose is to create a sortable archive of early aviation ...

Guernsey 2024 stamps manage to cover everything from dragons to little fluffy bunnies, and it its only April! What else do the folks at Guernsey Post have in mind for us? As usual, the year starts ...

The EUROPA 2020 – Old Postal Routes competition produced a spectacular thematic year. The only thing that could have made it more exciting would be changing it to “Early Airmail Routes”. Although ...

Instant Coffee $2 a month Espresso Shot $5 month Espresso & Stamps $10 per month Deluxe Mocha & Box of Stamps tier – $25 per month.

Couple that with top of the line artists and designers, and … well, I have no idea why Türkiye’s stamps aren’t talked about more. 2026 feels like PTT told their designers “have fun and wow us”.

Among the philately related images you can buy are unique Cinderella airmails I’ve been creating.

I love the Faroe Islands and their stamps. To my tired little brain the islands take on a mythical status. Combine cultural pride, history, wild landscape with a robust artist population and you have ...

2021 was declared the Year of the Ładoś Group. The Ładoś Group, also called the Bernese Group, were a group of Polish diplomats and Jewish activists who saved between 2,000 to 3,000 Jews from across ...

While doing research on Canadian small Queens a while ago, I ran into a couple of articles that listed inks were used. Problem is, for the life of me, I can’t remember which book. I suspect it was ...

Japan Post 2025 has reaffirmed it’s still one of the best at designing exquisite, tiny cancels. For any cancel hounds out there, if you are looking for a new country to explore, Japan with it’s ...