It is an accepted fact that the more desirable and valuable collectible items become, the temptation for counterfeiting increases. And in the world of philately, the master forger was surely Jean de Sperati.
Born in Pisa, Italy, in 1884, Giovanni...
New stamps appear regularly with a variety of subjects. Below is a selection of recently-published stamps from around the globe. From Malta, as part of the World Wildlife Fund’s endangered species series, this sheet features the Levantine Shearwater (puffinus...
Maybe luck doesn’t come into it, but most of us in the philatelic world are quite envious of the man pictured below. Why?
Possibly some of our readers will recognise the man above as being the owner of an item...
In the late 1970s a fascinating series of articles written by Mr. K. Kouwenberg about the history of Stamp Collecting, appeared in the Dutch magazine Philatelie. This series has been the source of inspiration for PostBeeld owner Rob Smit...
As seen around this time last year, treasure continues to turn up in unlikely places.
A collection of rare stamps was discovered in old church-donation envelopes stored in a cigar box in the loft of a house in the Cotswolds...
Stamps have proven to be a wonderful outlet to celebrate the spectacular nature existing in the World. Here we have a selection of stamps that not only feature people and discoveries, but also things that were the largest, fastest...
In the late 1970s a fascinating series of articles written by Mr. K. Kouwenberg about the history of Stamp Collecting, appeared in the Dutch magazine Philatelie. This series has been the source of inspiration for PostBeeld owner Rob Smit...
In the late 1970s a fascinating series of articles written by Mr. K. Kouwenberg about the history of Stamp Collecting, appeared in the Dutch magazine Philatelie. This series has been the source of inspiration for PostBeeld owner Rob Smit...
In February the United States of America will release the stamp sheet shown below. This issue commemorates the 250th anniversary of the repeal of the Stamp Act, British legislation that galvanized and united the American colonies and set them...
Strangely, during the Second World War, on the remote islands of Tristan da Cunha - a British Overseas Territory and dependency of St. Helena – the islanders actually used the humble potato as a form of currency!
And in 2015...
