Category: Stamp of the Month

To mark the 100th anniversary of Paul Bocuse (1926–2018), La Poste is honoring the great chef with a stamp to be issued in February 2026. The design features a calm, almost lifelike portrait: Bocuse looks at the viewer as if he were listening. Depicted with his chef’s hat and the “Meilleur Ouvrier de France” medal, Read More …

There are stamps – and then there are those that feel like more than just postage. Belgium released new issues in January 2025, but one miniature sheet stands out in particular: a tribute to hat designer Elvis Pompilio. From the very first glance, it’s clear that this is less about function and more about expression. Read More …

No Christmas idyll in Advent – quite deliberately. We already featured a Christmas stamp in November 😊. Instead, New Zealand Post demonstrates with the “Avatar: Fire and Ash” miniature sheet how contemporary stamp issuing policy can be today. The design refers to the third film in the successful Avatar series, which will be released exclusively Read More …

When the Arctic winter envelops Greenland in silence and the last light of day glides across snow and sky, images unfold a special power. The new Christmas stamps from Tussass Greenland, to be released on 20 November 2025, capture precisely this moment. They were designed by Nikolaj Andersen Olsvig, who presents his second and third Read More …

In October 2025, Belgium released an extraordinary souvenir sheet featuring five micro-stamps that reveal a world usually hidden from the naked eye: Microanimaux. The stamps are extremely small—10 × 20 mm—making them among the most fascinating modern issues in European philately. When I first saw the Microanimaux souvenir sheet from Belgium (October 2025), it was Read More …

Swiss Inventions – Toilet Duck: When Swiss Ideas Make Waves A duck for the toilet, a digger that can climb, and burrs that inspired fashion – Switzerland is full of ingenious inventions. The Stamp of the Month for September 2025 honors the Toilet Duck, a symbol of inventive spirit and humor. It shows that Swiss Read More …

The stamp of the month for August took me on a journey into the past – to a man whose name is scarcely known today, yet whose invention still shapes our everyday lives: Nicolas-Jacques Conté (1755–1805). An artist and technician, both visionary and practitioner, to whom we owe the pencil in its modern form. An Read More …

Just in time for summer, when beaches are crowded and surfboards dominate the scene, Spain released a special issue. The new 3-euro stamp features Basque surfer Nadia Erostarbe performing a spectacular backside off-the-lip move (in this maneuver, the surfer rides with her back to the wave up to the lip and then sharply directs the Read More …

On 5 June 2025, Deutsche Post issued a special stamp to mark the International Year of Quantum Science. The occasion is the 100th anniversary of quantum mechanics – a theory that plays a central role in modern research and technology. The stamp was designed by Frank Philippin, based on an illustration by Johan Jarnestad for Read More …

After the Swiss Post issued Thermoink stamps about a year ago as a tribute to the Swiss abroad, another stamp with a special reference to swiss traditions is now being released – featuring an extraordinary technical production process. Just in time for the triennial Federal Wrestling and Alpine Festival (ESAF) 2025, taking place from August Read More …