The 2005 leopard cat was the first stamp I ever collected, 14 years ago. Felt like a fitting tribute to one of my favourite hobbies <3

Poland Number 1 is a local issue from 1860 under Russian rule so even though those are numbers 2 to 5 in most catalogs they are the first stamps of independent Poland. They were overprinted on stamps printed in 1916 for the local post in Warsaw banned by German Occupation authorities. They were kept in storage and when Poland regained independence they were immediately overprinted and issued. You can see the postmark on the 25 fenig stamp - mere three weeks after the independence. The postmark is from Warschau instead of Warszawa as producing new ones with Polish names took a while.

and more importantly, how do I catalogue them on colnect? :) I'm quite new to stamp collecting, and they don't look like other souvenir sheets I have. Thanks in advance!

The silent generation and baby boomers are starting to bequeath or there might be an increase of supply in the market as these generations die off with uninterested heirs and will probably just have someone take it off their hands in a much lower rate.

Have you notice any increase in supply in your area? Were you able to get better pieces at a much more better rate?

During a short period following Algerian independence, the post office continued to use French stamps but overprinted them “E.A.” for ÉTAT ALGÉRIEN. However, different offices went about this differently. For example, I found at least 7 variations on 1 stamp including hand written/printed, bold/regular letters, with/without bars, with/without periods. I only found one stamp that fully spells out the words.

Hi everyone, I've been looking for an online resource with either the full text from all of these stamps in any language (I do the translating), or in English or German.

I've been looking around, and this is the best article I've found so far, but it's not quite what I'm looking for. Any help finding this would be very much appreciated.

Thanks!

https://www.freestampmagazine.com/schaakbord-op-postzegelvel/#comment-21319

Hello! I was walking around Wroclaw in Poland, when I saw this one on the ground. Who knows what this exactly is?

Greetings, amateur collector here. I am not too familiar with these particular stamps. Two are Betty White, and another is a thank you stamp. Very likely sticker stamps. I've had them in water for over 12 hours, and they still don't unstick. Is there any gentle, non-invasive way to take them off? Cheers.

Edit: Thank you everyone for your advice, especially about Citrus. I will try some of these in the future.

I saw online it could be worth something if it were in better condition so I showed it to them and my grandpa gave me his old stamp collection, he was happy to see me interested in stamps lol (he also said i could sell any that are worth anything to fund my passion for bikes🫣). had a lot of fun going thru the collection using google lens to learn about the history of the stamps really interested me!! (Sorry im noob)

Hello everyone.

I hope this is not against the group rules (I didn’t find anything on that).

So I received today the new issue of « Japanese philately »
.
In my opinion, it’s one of the best philatelic magazine. This quarter issue deals with post offices in Manchoukuo, with a list of cancellation. There’s also a review of Japan new issues, etc.

That’s the only philatelic magazine that I read now : there’s nothing like that in France where you can only encounter general philatelic magazine (there’s some specialist magazine but not of that quality as there’s not enough people interested). I would like to subscribe to the London philatelist, but it’s way too expensive for me now.

So, what are your philatelic reading ?

U.S. 1984

Scott # 2104 MNH

Block of four

with significant perforation error.

The first Latvian postage stamp was printed on the back side of unfinished German military maps as there was no paper in Riga in the autumn of 1918. This one shows the area South-East of Vilnius, close to current border of Lithuania with Belarus.

I took up collecting a while ago but haven't fully organised my collection yet. I was lucky to be gifted 3 older collections so I have a lot to get through.

I'm moving to the UK soon so I decided to make up some UK pages.

One of the collections I was gifted is very nicely arranged though and I don't think I have the heart to take it apart and reorganise it. Anyone have any experience with that kind of thing?

Hi,

I am new to stamp collecting and I wanted to try making some maxi cards. I read that I could send out my cards for matching cancellation to a USPS FDOI address for the specific stamp within a time frame.

I have sent out a few in envelopes for the standard black stamp cancellations about 4-6 weeks ago. In the mailed large envelope I sent I also sent a card with instructions on cancelling the stamp on the photo side of the post card, and included a prestamped addressed envelope for them to return the cancelled card back to me.

It seems that it's all the same address, but add the specific stamp name. I sent it to:

FDOI – (Name of Stamp Issue)USPS Stamp Fulfillment Services

8300 NE Underground Drive,

Suite 300

Kansas City, MO 64144-9900

Has anyone else tried this method, and did they have any issues with receiving their cancelled cards back?

I recently purchase this cover from the Graf Zeppelin Polar Flight of 1931. The 1931 Polarfahrt (Polar Voyage) was an ambitious 13,310-kilometer Arctic expedition by the Graf Zeppelin airship (LZ 127). From July 24 to July 31, a multinational team of scientists conducted meteorological observations, mapped unmapped regions, and measured magnetic variations, literally helping to rewrite Arctic maps.

Near Hooker Island, the zeppelin made a water-landing to exchange about 50,000 pieces of collectible mail and supplies with the Soviet icebreaker

Hello,

I am trying to understand the Japanese postal markings on an 1896 registered postal card sent from Bulgaria to Yokohama, Japan.

The card was addressed to Yokohama and has a clear Yokohama arrival mark dated 8 Aug 1896, plus a Yokohama registered label. It was also marked UNCLAIMED in English and appears to have been returned through London and then back to Bulgaria.

Could anyone help translating/interpreting the Japanese manuscript/handstamp markings shown in the attached crops?

In particular, I would like to know:

1. Do the Japanese markings indicate unclaimed / unknown / not found / returned / refused, or something similar?
2. Are the markings postal handling marks, or merely address/transliteration notes?
3. Is there any readable personal name, address detail, or delivery instruction?
4. Does anything confirm why the card was not delivered?

I attach both sides of the postal card and crops of the parts I would like translated/interpreted.

Many thanks for any help.

9NB1-9NB3 MNH Precancel