The Stamp Collectors Corner

In continuation from Friday…
Over the years, hunters are not the only ones who choose to purchase the Duck Stamps.  Philatelists and conservationists alike also realize the value of these cool stamps.  Each year a new Duck Stamp is issued.  Since 1949, the Duck Stamp designs have been chosen via the only art competition that is [...]

President Franklin D. Roosevelt requested the issuance of the first Federal Duck Stamp in 1934.  It featured two mallards in flight that were about to land on a marsh pond.  The original stamp sold for $1 in 1934.  In mint condition, a philatelist could expect to pay as much as $750 for that Duck Stamp [...]

So imagine yourself back in the 1950’s.  Bobby socks, poodle skirts, leather jackets, and muscle cars were all the rage.  I’m not sure what exactly was going on in Boys Town, Nebraska; but I wonder if the Boys Town Stamp Collecting Club knew they would set a world record when they began making the “World’s [...]

Continuing from Wednesday…
There was some debate in England as to whether the double-decker bus should be considered an “icon” or not.  I think that most people will agree, thanks to travel, television, pictures, and movies, that the double-decker bus definitely is because those big beautiful red buses are associated mostly with England.
The sad news is [...]

Since its’ first appearance in the 1950’s, the Routemaster double-decker bus has been a huge hit with Londoners and tourists alike.  So popular in its design, double-deckers can also be found in other countries as well.  Many older Routemasters have resurfaced in countries like Canada, Sri Lanka and the US.  In other places, such as [...]

December 26, 2004 marked a day that many people around the world will never forget.  It’s a day when the deadliest Tsunamis ever recorded in history hit fourteen different countries and killed almost 230,000 people.  The Tsunamis were triggered by an earthquake measuring 9.2, deep in the Indian Ocean.  According to reports, the earthquake was [...]

The United Nations Postal Administration joined forces with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs to bring awareness of the need to end hunger and poverty all around the globe.
Children from around the world were invited to participate in an art contest to design a postage stamp for the United Nations which would [...]

As with selected stamps in the United States, in October of 2008, the Canada Post issued a PERMANENT domestic rate semi-postal postage stamp to bring social awareness to the plight of mental health in their nation.  The Mental Health postage stamp is issued in a book of 10 and each stamp has a 10 cent [...]

Some mythical creatures are believed to originate from real creatures that were often described from traveler’s tales.  For good storytelling purposes, mythical creatures often took on the form of two actual creatures combined into one making a new hybrid creature.  Others were just ones that were made up and downplayed for good storytelling purposes.  Over [...]

The Punch and Judy puppet show can be traced back as far as the 16th century.  Originally of Italian roots, the marionette show made their debut in London, England in 1662.  It did not take long for the show, which was originally geared towards adult audiences, to become very popular among the crowds.  As word [...]