Category: Stamp of the Month

With Josephine Baker, Monaco’s philately honors not only a great entertainer but also an extraordinary personality of the 20th century who passed away 50 years ago. The artist, born in the USA, became a star in Paris during the 1920s. Her performance in the legendary banana skirt made her famous – but behind the dazzling Read More …

Perhaps inspired by the 2022 Europa series, which focused on legends and myths from participating European countries, the United Kingdom issued a stamp series on the same theme on March 27, 2025. Eight designs each tell a mythological story from the country. Since presenting each legend in detail would go beyond the scope of this Read More …

The stamp series – which also commemorates the end of World War II 80 years ago – honors an extraordinary chapter in San Marino’s history: the reception of over 100,000 refugees between late 1943 and 1945. This number was more than six times the population of San Marino at the time, which had only around Read More …

The Hungarian Post is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Rubik’s Cube® with a special stamp issue. The Rubik’s Cube®, originally called the “Magic Cube,” was invented by Ernő Rubik in 1975 and patented in 1977. To mark this occasion, a numbered souvenir sheet featuring a scrambled Rubik’s Cube® will be released, along with an Read More …

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 …