Category: Stamp of the Month

The European yew (Taxus baccata) is not only found in Europe, but also in certain regions of North Africa, including Algeria. Here it reaches the southern limit of its range and can now be found on a stamp from Algeria (see below for details). At first I had overlooked this stamp as “Stamp of the Read More …

My stamp for November 2024 is part of a special series issued by the Principality of Liechtenstein. Four special stamps decorated with illustrations from historical medical books take the viewer on a fascinating journey through the natural sciences. These illustrations are modelled on the elaborate woodcuts that were used in scientific works at the time. Read More …

The stamp presented today is one of the final two in Norway’s Research, Innovation, and Technology series, released on October 5, 2024. Celebrating Norway’s accomplishments in Arctic and climate research, this stamp highlights the Nansen Legacy project, an ambitious six-year endeavor involving over 230 researchers from ten Norwegian institutions, concluding in 2024. The stamp design Read More …

This month, I have selected a stamp that is humorously thought-provoking. The Spanish stamp and the accompanying miniature sheet were designed by the artist Flavita Banana. Flavita Banana’s works are known for their “sad humour”, a mixture of genre and absurdity that often conveys profound messages. Flavita Banana started drawing cartoons at the age of Read More …

The stamp of the month for May comes from Romania and is characterized by flowers and bright colors. It comes from the “Flowers and Colors” series, whose motifs are based on traditional fairy tales and depict fairies. The design of the stamps for this vacation is intended to convey joy, optimism and beauty. Some would Read More …

The ‘Palais Idéal’ in Hauterive is a national monument in France and attracts thousands of visitors from all over the world every year, including us on our current holiday in France. We actually only went to see it because we saw a miniature sheet commemorating the 100th anniversary of the artist’s death on 22 April Read More …

This stamp, or in this case sheet of the month, caught my eye because of its bright colours. Yellow and pink. Yellow suits Swiss Post, but pink? That’s why I read up on what’s behind these Swiss stamps. They were issued to mark the 175th anniversary of Swiss Post. It has been in existence since Read More …

In February 2024, I am presenting a Czech Post miniature sheet on the theme of “Works by Bedřich Smetana”. The three stamps with face values represented by the letters “A” (standard domestic letter), “E” (standard mailing to other European countries) and “Z” (standard mailing to non-European countries) depict landscape motifs from the compositions in the Read More …

Do you know Sint Maarten? I didn’t until I stumbled across this stamp from this to me hitherto unknown country. And once again it proved that stamp collecting contributes to general education. This stamp was the first time I learned about the peculiarities of our neighbouring country, the Netherlands. Or did you know that Sint Read More …

I know, there should actually be a stamp for Christmas here. But since it’s almost Easter at the time of writing this post, this stamp will probably work too, since it’s about food. Important for both Easter and Christmas. But why Japan in particular? Because of childhood memories. I once had a Japanese pen pal Read More …