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One of the most popular British heroes of the late 19th-century Victorian period was the Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone (1813-1873). On one of his expeditions he traversed the country we today know as Malawi. Blantyre, Malawi's second...
Some examples of items recently added to PostBeeld's stock - beginning with a fine stamp sheet from the Isle of Man issued in 1991 to mark the 80th anniversary of the island's annual Tourist Trophy motorcycle races (see also...
Estonia became independent from Russia in 1918 and first competed as a nation at the VII Olympiad, the 1920 Summer Olympic Games held in Antwerp, Belgium. In 2020 Estonia issued a special pure silver stamp to celebrate the 100th anniversary of...
Part 10 in this series of articles begins in the year 1998 with a stamp commemorating Madam C.J. Walker (1867-1919). Madam C.J. Walker created hair-care and cosmetic products, particularly specialising in products for African-American hair. She developed a very...
A stamp issue from the South Arabian postal administration of Aden in 1968 was dedicated to the old and, what might have been considered by its designers in 1968, new wonders of the world. The stamp sheet has two...
The set of definitives shown here was issued in 1903 by Madagascar, a French colony from 1897 to 1958. The stamps' artwork features a Zebu (a cattle breed) a small tree and a Lemur. The tree is the ornamental...
Pro Patria, in Latin, means 'for one's country'. The Pro Patria Association is a Swiss patriotic and charitable association whose aim is to promote Swiss National Day, which now takes place every August, and to collect funds to benefit disadvantaged groups and minorities. Much of...
Unfriendly dogs can often be hindrance to postmen when delivering mail and although this story doesn't have a particularly happy ending, one medium-size mongrel's memory lives on at America's Smithsonian National Postal Museum in Washington D.C.
In America towards the...
Here's a small sample of stamps from the thousands added to PostBeeld's vast stock in the last weeks.
With cancellation of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the possibility of the games taking place this...
At the end of May Royal Mail issued a set of 12 special stamps to celebrate one of the UK’s most successful songwriters and greatest music icons, Paul McCartney.
The main stamp set features a selection of eight LPs which have...
