In 2023 Great Britain's Royal Mail issued yet another in its series of stamps celebrating the careers of famous British rock bands and musicians, this time featuring the "Heavy Metal" band Iron Maiden.
Inexplicably to many heavy metal musicians and...
Here is a very small selection from the hundreds of stamps added daily to PostBeeld's vast stock. For a better insight you are welcome to visit the company's websites.
In 2001 this beautiful stamp sheet was produced by Botswana. It...
There are many postage stamps featuring imaginary characters from children's stories and in 2002 Australia issued a stamp set showing figures from a book written for kids by Australian author John Marsden. Beginning top left we have: the Gnome;...
The set of four stamps issued by India in 1997 commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences in the city of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh and show two plant fossils. Professor Birbal Sahni (1891–1949) was the first...
Some examples here of savings on stamp purchases in PostBeeld's Year End sale. 75th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Charitable Society of Cundinamarca, Colombia. Mint stamps from 1944, 25% discount.
In April 1941 Germans and Italians set up the...
The fourth monthly PostBeeld auction is underway and bidding is currently (see website) possible. It is the largest to date with over 900 lots. In this New Year auction there are once again many unique items for the specialised/passionate...
Today we feature a small selection of festive season stamps, starting with Åland's two beautiful 2022 Christmas stamps that show a modern version of the classic gnomes. Christmas is the holiday when we send most greetings by post. The...
The person featured on the 2017 Black Heritage stamp was Dorothy Height (1912-2010). She fought long and hard for the rights of women, especially women of colour. Height helped to form the National Women’s Political Caucus in 1971. She...
The year 2022 is the 90th anniversary of the founding of a company that produces one of the most popular toys enjoyed by children and adults alike. Austria saluted the anniversary with the stamp seen here. We are talking...
Crypto stamps have attracted younger people to look at stamp collecting from a completely different angle and the popularity of these items has seen more countries being involved with issuing crypto stamps. Above is the first Crypto stamp. Österreichische...
