I have taken the title of my new page from the recent "The Economist", Vol. 371 Number 8379. "General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr....

Hello, I'm making my own stamp album using AlbumGen for my 1933-1945 Germany collection. I'll print on blank Lighthouse pages and use a Deutsches Reich Lighthouse binder. I'm pondering on whether use color or black and white images for this album. Color images sure look nice but then you can't...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=264&item=5507745974&rd=1 And look at the ID of the (first) bidder! I've got a few Nicaraguans I'd love to sell sight unseen at that price, and I'm sure you can all guess what they are! Chris

Any Aussie that has enjoyed Mette's Etruscan Posts, There is a documentary Sunday night 7:30 (perth time) Lost Worlds: Ancestors of Ancient Rome-The Etruscans SBS FYI --

Taken from Fred Melville's - Phantom Philately Jacques Lebaudy was possessed of great wealth and a vivid imagination, he marked out a strip on unclaimed coast-line on the west of Africa, between Capes Bojador and Juby , with an indefinitely spacious hinterland, and from Paris proclaimed himself...

Mikaeri Bijin (A Beauty Looking Back), one of the pictures of beautiful women that Hishikawa Moronobu painted by hand, appeared on the first commemorative Japanese stamp, issued on Nov. 12, 1948 (Scott 422). This painting was then reproduced on several later stamps, the last time so far on a sheet...

This section of my site that includes the three closely related, yet very different art styles, has been totally revised with more information and some new tamps. Did you know that the well known logo for the Danish Carlsberg Breweries was designed by a Art Nouveau artist, who has also been...

Anyone have SG cat Nums for the The 36x22c Presidential stamps in sheetlet form 1986. CV? Thanks

A little Philatelic Phiction from an Aussie (ex-Scot) Hmmm. And notice if you will, the nutcracker / bottle opener cleverly disguised as a pair of scissors. http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=404 http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=405

Just for fun, I thought I'd post this link here to show some of you that there are some "purty" U.S. revenues / locals to be had, if one were to collect them. I have passed mine on to other people, but this is one heck of a good start towards a well rounded U.S. revenue collection. These are not...

Hello. I have this cover http://cjoint.com/data/hqu5tJv3Ve.htm With labels for a total of 8000 kop. What are those labels (certainly stamps but with which status) ? The date on the cancellation is october 26, 1993. It seems that the post office clerk hand-stamped in advance some brown paper to...

Anybody aware of the designer of these lovely German fonts? Seen here overprinted for Upper Silesia. http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=403 (Remove gum to reply)

I have 2 US Postal Issue cards - UX44, and UX45 - I was wondering if anyone could provid me with the issue dates of these cards. I am assuming mid to late 1950's based on the stamp of the Statue of Liberty being the same format used in the "Liberty" definitive series. Thanx C.

With all the the discussion about governmemts-in-exile and in particular Dulac's "Marianne" design, I went back to look at some of Edmund (Edmond) Dulac's work. There is certainly enough for more than one stamp issue...

could someone tell me what "omnibus" means in relation to stamps? I have a few complete sets of GB issues consisting of what appears to be a stamp of every current British Colony. Also, the term "crown agents" Gordon

Over the years, there have been many governments in exile. A number of these also issued stamps (or labels). To get started, here is a short list of governments in exile. government-in-exile - a temporary government moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to rule when their...

Gday I don't know if anyone out there knows Rob Hunt who used to be a dealer and very knowledgeable collector in Auckland, New Zealand. He was a charming guy who was always ready to help no matter whether you needed to distinguish between two Chalon printings or needed a buck for your bus...

In some recent email exchanges with Seb (Sebastian) Delcampe I made suggestions to him about adding some sort of translation bar to his site. The offers there appear in French, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish and even English, but such a concentration of diverse languages can be daunting. This...

Now this guy I love... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=263&item=5506506329&rd=1 A page of the purplest prose describing the wonderfulness of his dealings and the investment value and joy of philately, all in an exciting bright brown typeface, before you even get to the...

I am at present working on a page about the French Romanticist painter Eugene Delacroix. I was rather surprised that Michel Catalogue describes France 1995, Michel 3089 (Scott # 2477) as "Palais Bourbon, Siege of the National Assembly, part of the painting "Liberty Leading the People" by Eugene...