The Stamp Collectors Corner

So many countries around the world were affected by WWII and many have created postage stamps to pay tribute to their fallen soldiers and those who served in what will hopefully be the last world war.
In May of 2004, the United States Postal Service also released a postage stamp to honor the men and women [...]

Anyone who has ever had the opportunity to visit Washington, DC and the pleasure of visiting the World War II Memorial can surely attest to the amazing beauty of the site.  Majestic and serene come to mind when I think of the times that I have been there in the past.  The incredible monument pays [...]

In August of 2005, car makers and sports car enthusiasts were given a special treat with a neat set of postage stamps issued by the United States Postal Service.  The “America on the Move: 50s Sporty Cars” commemorative postage stamps were a fantastic way of celebrating American car history and culture of the 1950’s.
In 1949 [...]

The United States Postal Service joined forces with Great Britain in a joint issue with a couple of adorable postage stamps.  Issued on January 10, 2006, each set in the US and England contained eight stamps, but only two of the stamps in each set were issued in both sets.  The stamp sets featured popular [...]

In continuation from Friday…
Once the artist for the stamp design was chosen for the Wildlife of the 50 States set, he went about his task of creating a list of the 50 forms of wildlife.  To his surprise 46 of the 50 that he submitted to the Citizen’s Advisory Committee was approved, at least initially [...]

In continuation from Wednesday…
One of the reasons that the Citizen’s Advisory Board chose to create these wildlife postage stamps is that they found that the general public was more interested in animals than the other suggestions that were coming in from the public.  One road block that they encountered, however; is that not all states [...]

In June of 1987, the United States Postal Service released a much anticipated set of 50 postage stamps called the “Wildlife of the 50 States”.  The USPS had released other large panes prior to the release of these wildlife postage stamps, but none quite as artistically impressive as this particular set.  Previous sets included 50 [...]

Each October is designated “National Stamp Collecting Month” by the United States Postal Service.  To help kick off the campaign in 2002, which is intended to get youth interested in stamp collecting, the USPS issued a set of stamps called “American Bats” which featured one of natures most feared and misunderstood creatures…bats.  In particular in [...]

Adding to the popular Classic American Aircraft postage stamp collection that was issued in 1997, the United States Postal Service issued a set of postage stamps in July of 2005, called the American Advances in Aviation.  There are ten different stamps in the set and twenty stamps on the pane.  Many of the stamps in [...]

Before the days of the internet, postage stamp collectors had a far more difficult time finding stamps from different countries.  They were likely limited to trading with other local collectors, waiting for a special letter to arrive in the mail, or if they were lucky, they knew of a good Stamp Dealer.
Stamp Dealers are a [...]