In the United States in the 19th and early 20th centuries, travelling via the railway was the most comfortable and practical way of covering the often great distances between towns and cities. The first stations were built in the...
Since we last featured the topic of lighthouses in 2019 there have been many great issues for the collector. Here we've made a selection from those produced in the three years up to and including 2022. Naturally if you...
The artist responsible for the images on these stamps from Curacao, Mirjam Griffioen, loves to paint animals and she finds goats particularly interesting. Goats, like many other grazing mammals, have horizontal eye pupils that allow their eyes to stay...
Here we have a small selection of items recently added to PostBeeld's vast stock. We kick off with these se-tenant PHILEXAFRIQUE '85 stamps from Central African Republic issued for the exhibition held in Lomé, Togo, in 1985.
Great set of Cook...
The iconic stamp shown here, issued by the United States of America in 1948, features Palomar Observatory, located atop Palomar Mountain in north San Diego County, California. Conceived of nearly 100 years ago, the observatory has been in continuous...
Some very fine examples of stamps from China, Estonia, United States of America, Antigua, Trinidad & Tobago and Sarawak recently added to PostBeeld's vast stock:
The first stamps here commemorate the 50th anniversary of China's People's Liberation Army, the armed...
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...
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...
Here's a small sample of stamps from the thousands added to PostBeeld's vast stock in the last weeks.
The lighthouses featured on these 1989 stamps from Taiwan are, from left to right: the Tungyin Tao Lighthouse, Oluan Pi Lighthouse, Yuweng...
On January 13, 1983, the Deutsche Bundespost issued a series of four values for Berlin under the title 'Historic Berlin Street Pumps'. It was only after the stamps' release that the Berlin Water Works company noticed that something was...
